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Ling Siew May (Chinese: 林秀梅; 1937 – 30 July 1999) was a China-born Singaporean architect who served as the 5th Spouse of the President of Singapore from 1993 to 1999, to President Ong Teng Cheong. She founded ONG & ONG, an architecture and urban planning firm, with her husband in 1972.
Jul 30, 1999 · Ling Siew May (b. 1937, Shanghai, China – d. 30 July 1999, Singapore) was the wife of the late former President Ong Teng Cheong, and principal partner at Ong & Ong Architects.1 She took over the company in 1993 and continued to work even after Ong was elected as president.2 Her notable architectural achievements include the ...
It was at a Christmas party organized by his schoolmate in 1952 that President Ong Teng Cheong first met his wife and the great love of his life, Madam Ling Siew May. Teng Cheong was then a student at the Chinese High School while Siew May was studying at Nanyang Girls’ High School.
Jul 31, 1999 · President Ong Teng Cheong's Shanghainese wife, Ling Siew May, passed away peacefully at 11.25am yesterday at the National University Hospital after being placed in intensive care on Wednesday,...
ONG & ONG is a Singaporean industrial design, architecture, and urban planning firm. It was first established in 1972 by Ong Teng Cheong and his wife Ling Siew May. [3] Headquartered in Singapore, the company maintains its presence across various Asian countries such as China, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mongolia, and Thailand. [4]
Jul 30, 1999 · Ling Siew May was born in Shanghai in 1937. She lived in an orphanage until when, at age 11, she left to live in Singapore. She then attended Nanyang Girls’High School and later when First Lady she was a generous benefactor and an esteemed mentor for her old school.
Mr Ong Teng Cheong's Eulogy to his beloved wife, Madam Ling Siew May (3 August 1999) “Here lies a girl who came from an orphanage in Shanghai 50 years ago. She arrived in Singapore at the age of 11, speaking only Shanghainese and owning scarcely more than the clothes on her back.
PORTRAIT OF MRS ONG TENG CHEONG (MADAM LING SIEW MAY), WIFE OF THE FIFTH PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE (1 SEPTEMBER 1993 TO 1 SEPTEMBER 1999)
Madam Ling Siew May, wife of President Ong Teng Cheong, with Mrs Wee Kim Wee, Senior Minister and Mrs Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister and Mrs Goh Chok Tong, Minister for Defence Dr Yeo Ning Hong, senior civil servants and prominent businessmen at ceremony to confer the Order of Temasek (First Class) on Mr Wee Kim Wee, former president of Singapore
Born in Shanghai in 1937, Ling Siew May (later Ong Siew May) was an architect and former First Lady. She married Mr. Ong Teng Cheong in the early 1960s and together they had two sons. She died on 30 July 1999.
