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Cheng Li Hui is a Singaporean businesswoman and former politician who resigned from the People's Action Party (PAP) and her seat as Member of Parliament (MP) in 2023 due to an extramarital affair with Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin. She studied at National University of Singapore and Macquarie University, and is the daughter of Hai Leck Holdings founder Cheng Buck Poh.
Jul 18, 2023 · Cheng Li Hui resigned from parliament and party after having an "inappropriate relationship" with Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin since 2020. She was a "talk less, do more" MP for Tampines GRC, with a background in engineering and business.
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- She helped her father in grassroots activities while in secondary school. She said previously that in secondary school, she had accompanied her grassroots volunteer father on grassroots activities.
- She became a Tampines MP in 2015. Ms Cheng started volunteering in Tampines East in early 2015 and was fielded in PAP’s Tampines GRC team in the general election later that year.
- She was appointed deputy district adviser to the PAP Women’s Wing in 2016. Ms Cheng was appointed deputy district adviser to the PAP Women’s Wing in 2016, along with Ms Cheryl Chan, Ms Joan Pereira, Ms Rahayu Mahzam and Ms Sun Xueling.
- She is an independent director of supermarket chain Sheng Siong. Ms Cheng was appointed as an independent director of Sheng Siong in December 2021. She served on the board of NTUC Foodfare in 2019 until it merged with NTUC Fairprice in September 2019.
Jul 17, 2023 · Tampines GRC MP Cheng Li Hui announces her resignation from the People's Action Party and Parliament in a letter to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Mr Lee accepts her resignation and thanks her for her service.
Jul 17, 2023 · Cheng Li Hui, a Tampines GRC MP, and Tan Chuan-Jin, the Speaker of Parliament, have resigned over their extramarital relationship. PM Lee Hsien Loong accepted their resignations and said the PAP has to maintain high standards of propriety and personal conduct.
Jul 17, 2023 · The pair, who are both PAP members, quit their positions and the party after PM Lee learned of their inappropriate relationship. Mr Tan was a former SAF general and minister for social and family development, while Ms Cheng is a Tampines GRC MP.
Jul 17, 2023 · The Speaker of Parliament and the MP for Tampines GRC quit their positions after having an "inappropriate relationship" that continued despite warnings. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said their resignations were necessary to maintain the high standards of propriety and personal conduct in the PAP.
