Hany Soh
Hany Soh | |
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苏慧敏 | |
 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Member of Parliament for Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC | |
| Assumed office 10 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | PAP held |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Hany Soh Hui Bin 24 June 1987 |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Children | 2 |
| University of Liverpool (LLB) | |
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Hany Soh Hui Bin[a] (born 24 June 1987)[1][2] is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Woodgrove division of Marsiling–Yew Tee Group Representation Constituency since 2020.
Education
[edit]Soh attended Bendemeer Secondary School under the Normal (Academic) stream before graduating from Temasek Polytechnic after her O-Level with a diploma in law and management.[3][4][5]
She subsequently went on to complete a Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of Liverpool in 2011.[3][5]
Career
[edit]Legal career
[edit]Soh joined MSC Law Corporation in 2016 and became its director in 2017.[3]
Political career
[edit]Following her graduation in 2011, Soh had been a volunteer, along with other grassroots members of Bukit Panjang with the support of Teo Ho Pin, Mayor of North West District.[6]
In 2013, she was called to the Singapore Bar as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court.[3][5] In 2014, she established the first Community Legal Clinic in a Residents' Committee centre.[3][6]
Soh joined the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and served as a member of the PAP HQ Executive Committee between 2017 and 2018.[3][5]
During the 2020 general election, Soh was fielded as part of a four-member PAP team contesting in Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC.[4] On 5 July, during her election campaign, she fell and fractured her foot.[7][8] She and the PAP team in Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC were eventually elected into Parliament after defeating the opposition Singapore Democratic Party with 63.18% of the vote.[9]
Soh was appointed as Vice-Chairperson for Marsiling-Yew Tee Town Council (MYTTC) since 2020. Soh is part of the Government Parliamentary Committee under Education where she serves as deputy chairman since 2025.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Chinese: 苏慧敏; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: So͘ Hūi-bín
References
[edit]- ^ "MP | Parliament of Singapore".
- ^ "Celebrated my birthday a day in advance with my family yesterday..." Facebook. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "PAP's new GE2020 candidate Hany Soh is a Normal-stream student-turned-lawyer". 24 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Singapore GE2020: Lawrence Wong continues to head PAP's Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC team, new face Hany Soh replaces Ong Teng Koon". 28 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Hany Soh". Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ a b "GE2020: PAP's new prospective candidates include former public servants, lawyer and banker". 24 June 2020. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "PAP Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC new candidate Hany Soh fractures foot during house visits". 6 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "PAP new face Hany Soh fractures foot on house visits". 7 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "GE2020 official results: PAP team led by Lawrence Wong beats SDP in Marsiling-Yew Tee with 63.18% of votes". 11 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.