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Aug 16, 2021 · Finance Minister Lawrence Wong paid tribute to his father who has just passed away in a Facebook post on Aug. 16. Wong revealed that he had bade a final farewell to his father today which...
Wong was born on 18 December 1972, in the eastern part of Singapore. Growing up, Wong and his family lived in a public Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat in Marine Parade. Wong's Hainanese father worked as a sales executive while his mother was a teacher at his primary school.
- Marine Parade Boy…
- … and Neighbourhood Schoolboy
- Becoming PPS to PM Lee
- Reputation as Policy Wonk
- Thrust Into The Covid-19 Spotlight
- Budget Debut
- Music and Dogs
- Fronting Major Speeches
Mr Wong grew up in what he has described as an "ordinary family" in the Marine Parade HDB estate. His father, who died in August last year at age 86, was born in China's Hainan Island and left for Ipoh in Malaysia as a young boy. After completing his secondary education, the elder Mr Wong moved to Singapore to work in sales for Sime Darby. It was a...
Mr Wong attended a People's Action Party Community Foundation (PCF) kindergarten in Marine Parade before going to Haig Boys' Primary, where his mother taught. He remembers her as being a disciplinarian both in school and at home, and how that gave him "a strong sense of responsibility". It also ingrained in him the ethos of making sure he does some...
After he returned to Singapore, Mr Wong was posted to the Ministry of Trade and Industry and did economic modelling. He then rose through the ranks in the finance and health ministries. As director of healthcare finance at the Ministry of Health, he implemented reforms to MediShield to provide Singaporeans with better protection against large hospi...
Early in Mr Wong's career, he rebuffed offers from the private sector to stay on in the Government, which he felt allowed him to do different projects and shape schemes that could help Singaporeans. He said he found it meaningful going down to the ground to explain policies - which could be the reason why he has garnered a reputation for being a po...
In 2020, then Health Minister Gan Kim Yong had an idea to assemble a group to lead Singapore's fight against an emerging pandemic. Mr Wong was his pick to co-chair what would eventually be the multi-ministry task force (MTF) on Covid-19. Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, who was acting prime minister while PM Lee was away, called Mr Wong to tel...
After nearly two years of frequent appearances as co-chairman of the multi-ministry task force tackling the pandemic, Mr Wong put on a different hat in February 2022, delivering his first Budget statementsince assuming the portfolio of Finance Minister in May 2021. It was a significant Budget, packed with progressive tax measures aimed not only at ...
Mr Wong's Instagram bio still reads "bookworm, guitar player and dog lover". His father gave him a guitar when he was eight, and he still speaks about music with real enthusiasm. Where schoolmates had pictures of their favourite celebrities in school files, he had a picture of Eric Clapton's guitar. Mr Wong loves rock, blues and soul, and jazz sing...
After the 2020 General Election, it was Mr Wong who helmed a press conference to share preliminary findings from the PAP's post-mortem. He is a member of the party's top decision-making central executive committee, and adviser to the PAP Policy Forum, which organises regular dialogues for rank-and-file party members to engage government leaders on ...
[16 August 2021] I bade my final farewell to my dad today, which coincidentally happens to be his 86th birthday. Dad belonged to the generation of pioneers who persevered against tough odds with...
Apr 14, 2022 · Marine Parade boy… Mr Wong grew up in what he has described as an "ordinary family" in the Marine Parade Housing Board estate. His father, who died in August last year at age 86, was born in...
May 13, 2024 · Mr Lawrence Wong with his golden retriever, Summer, in 2017. PHOTO: LAWRENCE WONG/INSTAGRAM Outside these hobbies, those familiar with DPM Wong say that he is a fairly private man,...
Aug 16, 2021 · Lawrence Wong’s dad passes away aged 86. Mr Wong shared the sad news on Facebook, and also penned a tribute to him. Source. Mr Wong’s father had arrived from Hainan in Ipoh in the 1940s to join his father, also Mr Wong’s grandfather, working as a chef on the Malayan railways.
