Hany Soh Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Hany Soh
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Singapore
Constituency Mp:Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC
(Woodgrove)
Term Start1:10 July 2020
Predecessor1:Ong Teng Koon
Majority1:29,081 (26.36%)
Party:People's Action Party
Alma Mater:University of Liverpool (LLB)
Children:2

Hany Soh Hui Bin (Chinese: s=苏慧敏|p=Sū Huìmǐn; born 1987) 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 GRC since 2020.

Education

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.[2] [3] [4]

She subsequently went on to complete a Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of Liverpool in 2011.[2] [4]

Career

Legal career

Soh joined MSC Law Corporation in 2016 and became its director in 2017.[2]

Political career

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.[5]

In 2013, she was called to the Singapore Bar as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court. In 2014, she established the first Community Legal Clinic in a Residents' Committee centre.

Soh joined the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and served as a member of the PAP HQ Executive Committee between 2017 and 2018.[2] [4]

During the 2020 general election, Soh was fielded as part of a four-member PAP team contesting in Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC.[3] On 5 July, during her election campaign, she fell and fractured her foot.[6] [7] 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.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MP | Parliament of Singapore.
  2. News: 24 June 2020. PAP's new GE2020 candidate Hany Soh is a Normal-stream student-turned-lawyer. 13 July 2020.
  3. News: 28 June 2020. Singapore GE2020: Lawrence Wong continues to head PAP's Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC team, new face Hany Soh replaces Ong Teng Koon. 13 July 2020.
  4. News: Hany Soh. 13 July 2020.
  5. News: 24 June 2020. GE2020: PAP's new prospective candidates include former public servants, lawyer and banker. 13 July 2020. 13 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200713124023/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/ge2020-pap-new-candidates-public-servants-lawyer-banker-12864856. dead.
  6. News: 6 July 2020. PAP Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC new candidate Hany Soh fractures foot during house visits. 13 July 2020.
  7. News: 7 July 2020. PAP new face Hany Soh fractures foot on house visits. 13 July 2020.
  8. News: 11 July 2020. GE2020 official results: PAP team led by Lawrence Wong beats SDP in Marsiling-Yew Tee with 63.18% of votes. 13 July 2020.