Ong Eng Guan
Ong Eng Guan (Chinese: 王永元; pinyin: Wáng Yǒng Yuán; 1925 in Malacca, Malaya – 2008) was a Hokkien Singaporean politician. An anti-communist, he was a Chinese-educated orator who was one of the pioneer members of the People's Action Party (PAP). Ong was well-known among the Chinese community in Singapore. He was elected to the City Council of Singapore and became to date the first and only duly elected mayor of Singapore in the 21 December 1957 fully elected City Council Election, after the PAP won 13 out of 32 City Council seats. Ong's anti-colonial stance shocked the British government and every City Council meetings then were considered entertainment for the spectators there.
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1957 Singapore City Council election1957 in Singapore1959 PAP prime ministerial election1959_Singaporean_general_election1961 Singaporean by-elections1961 in Singapore1963_Singaporean_general_election1964 race riots in Singapore1965 Hong Lim by-election1965 in Singapore2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore3rd Legislative Assembly of SingaporeAbdul Hamid JumatBarisan SosialisFirst Lee Kuan Yew CabinetHistory of SingaporeHong Lim Single Member ConstituencyIndex of Singapore-related articlesKallangLee_Kuan_YewList of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1959–1964)List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1964–1969)List of politicians of Chinese descentMinistry of National Development (Singapore)Operation ColdstorePeople's Action PartyResults of the 1963 Singaporean general electionSelf-governance of SingaporeSingapore in MalaysiaToh Chin ChyeTown Council (Singapore)United People's Party (Singapore)
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Ong Eng Guan
Ong Eng Guan (Chinese: 王永元; pinyin: Wáng Yǒng Yuán; 1925 in Malacca, Malaya – 2008) was a Hokkien Singaporean politician. An anti-communist, he was a Chinese-educated orator who was one of the pioneer members of the People's Action Party (PAP). Ong was well-known among the Chinese community in Singapore. He was elected to the City Council of Singapore and became to date the first and only duly elected mayor of Singapore in the 21 December 1957 fully elected City Council Election, after the PAP won 13 out of 32 City Council seats. Ong's anti-colonial stance shocked the British government and every City Council meetings then were considered entertainment for the spectators there.
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Toh Chin Chye ()
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