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Yong Nyuk Lin (Chinese: 杨玉麟; pinyin: Yáng Yùlín; 24 June 1918 – 29 June 2012) was a Singaporean former politician who served as the Minister for Communications between 1968 and 1975, Minister for Health between 1963 and 1968, and Minister for Education between 1959 and 1963.
Jun 29, 2012 · SINGAPORE: Mr Yong Nyuk Lin, a member of Singapore's first Cabinet, has died. He was 94. The late Mr Yong was the brother-in-law of former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's late wife, Madam Kwa...
Yong Nyuk Lin (b. 24 June 1918, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaya–d. 29 June 2012, Singapore 1) was the minister for education in the first cabinet of the People’s Action Party. He later took on the health and communications portfolios.
Oct 31, 2019 · Mr Yong Nyuk Lin was the first Minister for Education in Singapore’s first Cabinet in 1959. At the age of 41, Mr Yong resigned from the Overseas Assurance Company as its general manager to stand for elections in 1959. He was successfully elected and became a Member of Parliament for Geylang West.
Health Minister Yong Nyuk Lin speaks on: – The progress in pharmaceutical education in Singapore over the past 60 years; – The growth and achievements of the Department of Pharmacy, University of Singapore, in the last decade under its Director, Professor Elliot.
General Manager, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin (extreme right, standing) delivers his speech to the guests at the opening of the two branches of Overseas Assurance Corporation Limited, at 68 Klyne Street in Kuala Lumpur and 18 Station Street in Klang. He joined OAC in 1941 and left in 1959 for politics.
He went on to appoint his first Cabinet, which included Toh Chin Chye, Goh Keng Swee, S. Rajaratnam, Ong Pang Boon and Yong Nyuk Lin.4. In 1958, the British parliament passed the State of Singapore Act to convert Singapore from a colony to a self-governing state.
