Chin Tet Yung

Chin Tet Yung (simplified Chinese: 陈德镛; traditional Chinese: 陳德鏞; pinyin: Chén Dé Yōng; born 2 August 1951, in Crown Colony of North Borneo) is a former Singaporean Member of Parliament for Sembawang GRC, and also served previously as the chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs and Law from 2002 to 2005. He had been a Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2006.

He announced his retirement from politics on 10 April 2006.

Biography

Chin started teaching law at a lecturer at the law faculty of the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1975. He still teaches law at NUS as an associate professor. He also served as the dean of the law faculty between 1992 and 2001.[1]

Chin joined the PAP and stood for elections in 1997 and 2001, both in Sembawang GRC and won on both occasions.

References
  1. "History of the Faculty". National University of Singapore.


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