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'''Tin Pei Ling'''  is a [[Chinese Singaporean]] who is one of five [[Singapore]] [[People's Action Party]] (PAP) Members of Parliament for the [[Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency]]. She is in charge of the [[MacPherson]] ward.
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'''Tin Pei Ling''' ({{zh|t=陳佩玲|s=陈佩玲|p=Chén Pèilíng}}) is a [[Chinese Singaporean]] who is one of five [[Singapore]] [[People's Action Party]] (PAP) Members of Parliament for the [[Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency]].<ref name="pap.org.sg">[http://www.pap.org.sg/uploads/ap/8051/documents/tin_pei_ling_cv.pdf Tin Pei Ling CV], PAP, 28 March 2011. {{WebCite|url=http://www.webcitation.org/5yVoihtLL |date=7 May 2011 }}</ref><ref name="STIStory_666295">{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_666295.html|title=Celebrating the PAP's win in Marine Parade GRC |author=Jermyn Chow |date=8 May 2011|newspaper=The Straits Times (Singapore)}}</ref>  She is in charge of the [[MacPherson]] ward.
Besides being the youngest MP in Parliament, she was also the PAP's youngest candidate in the [[Singapore general election, 2011]]. She is currently serving as the Chairperson of the Ulu Pandan Youth Executive Committee for the Young PAP (YPAP), the PAP's youth wing, and a member of the Community Development Welfare Fund Committee.


Besides being the youngest MP in Parliament, she was also the PAP's youngest candidate in the [[Singapore general election, 2011]]. She is currently serving as the Chairperson of the Ulu Pandan Youth Executive Committee for the Young PAP (YPAP),<ref name="pap.org.sg" /><ref name=exco>{{cite web|title=Young PAP 17th Executive Committee|url=http://www.youngpap.org.sg/about/executive-committee/|work=Young PAP web|accessdate=1 July 2011}}</ref> the PAP's youth wing, and a member of the Community Development Welfare Fund Committee.
She is married to Ng How Yue, the Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.


She is married to Ng How Yue, the Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.<ref name=straightfight>{{cite news|title=Straight fight in Marine Parade GRC between PAP and NSP|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_661750.html|accessdate=6 July 2011|newspaper=[[Straits Times]]|date=27 April 2011}}</ref>
==External Links==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_Pei_Ling Wikipedia Article]


==Grassroots background==
Prior to the formation of the 17th Young PAP Executive Committee marked by the 2011 elections, she was formerly assistant treasurer for YoungPAP (YPAP) and a representative for the Ulu Pandan branch.<ref name=exco>{{cite web|title=Young PAP 16th Executive Committee|url=http://www.pap.org.sg/uploads/ap/3908/documents/yp_16th_exco_poster.pdf|work=Young PAP web|accessdate=3 May 2011}}</ref>
==Nomination and election as MP==
In the [[Singapore general election, 2011|2011 general election]], Tin was selected as a candidate for the [[Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency|Marine Parade GRC]] alongside former prime minister [[Goh Chok Tong]] among others. Having been a member of the Ulu Pandan branch of the Young PAP for 7 years, she was fielded by the PAP as a candidate to attract the "unpredictable" youth vote through social networking sites.<ref name=sentinel>{{cite news|last=Russell|first=Jon|title=Nicole Seah and the social media effect|url=http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3152&Itemid=181|accessdate=1 May 2011|newspaper=[[Asia Sentinel]]|date=27 April 2011}}</ref>
On election day, the PAP took Marine Parade GRC with 56.65% of the votes, defeating [[National Solidarity Party]]'s team led by Cheo Chai Chen<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_666063.html|title=PAP takes Marine Parade  |date=8 May 2011|newspaper=The Straits Times (Singapore)}}</ref> Goh Chok Tong  admitted after election that Tin Pei Ling's youth and negative image perceived by the public was a "factor" for the People's Action Party's weaker performance this elecion compared to their 72.9% win in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|title=GE: Tin Pei Ling "a factor" for weak results, says SM Goh|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1127545/1/.html|work=Channel News Asia|date=8 May 2011|accessdate=8 May 2011}}</ref>
On 1 June 2011, she announced on her [[Facebook]] account that she had resigned from her business consultant job in [[Ernst & Young]], where she had worked for 4 years. She said the decision was made in order to focus on her responsibilities as full time MP in her MacPherson ward and the Marine Parade GRC.<ref>{{cite news|title=MP Tin Pei Ling resigns from Ernst & Young|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_674920.html|accessdate=1 June 2011|newspaper=[[Straits Times]]|date=1 June 2011}}</ref>
==Online backlash==
Her selection as a candidate for parliament in 2011 resulted in a large online backlash, especially amongst young Singaporeans.<ref name=sentinel/> Throughout the campaign, Tin Pei Ling garnered negative attention due to her perceived immaturity to become an MP,<ref name="conscience">{{cite web |url=http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/conscience-clear-tin-pei-ling-20110414-001731-974.html |title=My conscience is clear: Tin Pei Ling |accessdate= 7 May 2011 |author=Alicia Wong |date=14 April 2011 |work= |publisher=Yahoo Singapore |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5yVndaHKj |archivedate= 7 May 2011 }}</ref> and allusions were also raised as to how her husband's position had opened doors for her into politics.<ref>http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_661750.html/</ref>
A widely-circulated Facebook photo of her "[[kawaii|act cute]]" pose with a [[Kate Spade]]-branded gift from her husband, also led to widespread accusations online of ignorance, materialism and privilege.<ref name="conscience"/><ref name=spade>{{cite news|title=PAP's youngest candidate faces online criticism|url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20110331-271039.html|accessdate=1 May 2011|date=31 March 2011}}</ref> When asked if there was a policy she would change, she replied that there were no policy that she felt strongly against.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ting|first=Victoria|title=Tin Pei Ling: New blood or bad blood?|url=http://veryfinecommentary.tk/articles/tin-pei-ling-new-blood-bad-blood/|work=Very Fine Commentary|accessdate=1 May 2011}}{{verify credibility|date=May 2011}}</ref> When asked what her "greatest regret" was, she said it was not having brought her (still living) parents to [[Universal Studios Singapore]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Video: Tin Pei Ling's greatest regret|url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20110331-271047.html}}</ref> 
Some Singaporeans were concerned that as an "undeserving [candidate]," she had a high chance of being elected "not on [her] own merit, but rather on the back of established MPs" since the 5-member PAP team would be voted in or rejected as a group under Singapore's [[Group Representative Constituency]] system.<ref>{{cite news |title=Online petition against PAP’s Tin Pei Ling |url=http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/online-petition-against-pap-tin-pei-ling-20110405-092443-518.html;_ylt=Akep0qaf6elwzcYgY9540bz9Vsd_;_ylu=X3oDMTBwcWVpbGxsBHBvcwMxMQRzZWMDTWVkaWFCbG9nSW5kZXg-;_ylg=X3oDMTFjaTBvcG51BGludGwDc2cEbGFuZwNlbi1zZwRwc3RhaWQDBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25zBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3 |work=Yahoo! News |date=6 April 2011 |last=Sim |first=Fann |accessdate=1 July 2011}}</ref>
The public's online hostility towards her was so great that her team comrade Goh Chok Tong defended about his team member in the press. He said he had taken Tin Pei Ling in when Prime Minister [[Lee Hsien Loong]] had offered her to be fielded as a candidate in his GRC. He had accepted her as he did not think Tin Pei Ling was a weak candidate. He dismissed the online criticisms as "distortion" and even though "some sound bites of her which pitted her as a rather light-weight person", it was just "a superficial view". He still believed that she "would work very hard", ''"[could] reach out to the young, and the not so young,"'' that he ''"would like her to do more to help the old people in MacPherson,"'' and that she would become "a good MP in due course".<ref name=siow>{{cite news|last=Siow|first=Maria|title=GE: SM Goh defends quality of new PAP candidates|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123539/1/.html|accessdate=18 April 2011|date=4 May 2011}}</ref>
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{{cite video |date=5 April 2011 |title=Interview with Lee Hsien Loong|url= |format=news interview |medium=television |language=English |publisher= [[MediaCorp Channel 5]]|location=[[Singapore]]|accessdate=4 May 2011 |time=9 pm}}</ref>
==Cooling-off day controversy==
[[Nicole Seah]] from NSP team in [[Marine Parade GRC]] filed a complaint to the [[Elections Department]] on 6 May stating Tin Pei Ling had violated the state-mandated cooling-off period 24 hours before polls by posting a Facebook comment on Seah crying during her walkabout. When questioned, Tin replied that one of her administrators, Denise He, had posted the comment under her account and that Denise had meant to post in her own capacity from her phone, but had forgotten to log out of Tin's account.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nicole Seah files complaint against Tin Pei Ling|url=http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20110507-277654.html|accessdate=7 May 2011|newspaper=[[AsiaOne]]|date=7 May 2011}}</ref> The NSP team was advised by the Elections Department to file a police report before the Elections Department could investigate.<ref name=oohstraits>{{cite news|title=NSP advised to make police report|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_665908.html|accessdate=7 May 2011|newspaper=[[Straits Times]]|date=7 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Loh|first=Andrew|title=TOC Breaking News: NSP makes complaint to Elections Dept over Tin Pei Ling Facebook posting|url=http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/05/toc-breaking-news-nsp-to-lodge-complaint-with-elections-dept-over-tin-pei-ling-facebook-posting/|accessdate=7 May 2011|newspaper=[[The Online Citizen]]|date=7 May 2011}}</ref> Investigators for independent Singaporean news blog [[Temasek Review]] noted that according to Tin Pei Ling's publicly available nomination forms on the Election Departments website,<ref>http://app.elections.gov.sg/data/candidatesForm/C00068/TIN%20PEI%20LING_</ref> Tin Pei Ling was listed as the sole approved moderator/administrator of her Facebook profile.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tin Pei Ling is the ONLY approved moderator of her Facebook|url=http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/05/07/tin-pei-ling-is-the-only-approved-moderator-of-her-facebook-as-declared-on-her-election-advertising-form/|work=[[Temasek Review]]|accessdate=7 May 2011}}</ref> The Singapore Police have confirmed that a police report has been lodged against her.<ref>{{cite news|title=Police report lodged against Tin Pei Ling over cooling-off day complaint|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1129239/1/.html|accessdate=16 May 2011|newspaper=[[Channel News Asia]]|date=16 May 2011}}</ref> Under the Singapore Parliamentary Elections Act,<ref>{{Singapore Statute| cap = 218 | title = Parliamentary Elections Act | ed = 2007}}</ref> canvassing on Polling Day and Cooling Off Day is prohibited and the offence carries a fine or imprisonment or both.
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Revision as of 21:57, 18 July 2012

Tin Pei Ling is a Chinese Singaporean who is one of five Singapore People's Action Party (PAP) Members of Parliament for the Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency. She is in charge of the MacPherson ward.

Besides being the youngest MP in Parliament, she was also the PAP's youngest candidate in the Singapore general election, 2011. She is currently serving as the Chairperson of the Ulu Pandan Youth Executive Committee for the Young PAP (YPAP), the PAP's youth wing, and a member of the Community Development Welfare Fund Committee.

She is married to Ng How Yue, the Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.

External Links

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