Ho Peng Kee

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Ho Peng Kee
何炳基
Member of Parliament
for Nee Soon East SMC
In office
4 November 2001 – 7 May 2011
Preceded byhimself (Sembawang GRC: Nee Soon East ward)
Succeeded byPatrick Tay (Nee Soon GRC: Nee Soon East ward)
Majority11,414 (37.2%)
Member of Parliament
for Sembawang GRC (Nee Soon East ward)
In office
31 August 1991 – 3 November 2001
Preceded byCharles Chong
Succeeded byhimself (Nee Soon East SMC)
Personal details
Born (1954-05-09) 9 May 1954 (age 69)
NationalitySingapore Singaporean
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Alma materAnglo-Chinese School (Independent),
National Junior College,
National University of Singapore,
Harvard Law School

Assoc. Prof. Ho Peng Kee (Chinese: 何炳基; pinyin: Hé Bǐng Jī; born 9 May 1954) is a former Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Home Affairs, and a Member of Parliament representing the Nee Soon East Single Member Constituency. He announced his retirement from politics on March 31, 2011, prior to the Singapore general election, 2011.

Ho was formerly an academic, and at one time the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS). His academic research interests have included alternative methods of dispute settlement, consumer law and protection, the law of contract, and law and society. He retains the title of Associate Professor as he is on long-term secondment from NUS.[2]

Ho had his early education at Anglo-Chinese School and National Junior College, before going on to earn a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the National University of Singapore, and a Master of Laws (LLM) from Harvard Law School. He is called to the Bar as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore.[2]

He also serves actively as an elder at Mount Carmel Bible-Presbyterian Church.[3]

Previous positions

Notes

  1. ^ http://neesoon.org/ho-peng-kee
  2. ^ a b "Academic Profile - Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee". National University of Singapore. 25 June 2004.
  3. ^ "Professor Ho calls it a day after 20 years". mypaper. 1 April 2011.

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