Liang Eng Hwa is politician from the People's Action Party

People's Action Party

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 (PAP). He is currently one of the 4 Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MPs) representing the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC in Singapore

Singapore

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.

Political career

Liang started serving as an MP in 2006 after a walkover victory in the Singapore 2006 General Election as one of five members of the Group Representation Constituency

Group Representation Constituency

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 (GRC). He was the MP in charge of Zhenghua district within the GRC during his first term. In 2011, he contested again representing the team from the PAP which was led by Minister Vivian Balakrishnan

Vivian Balakrishnan

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 together with Christopher de Souza

Christopher de Souza

Christopher de Souza is a member of the Singapore Parliament and a practising litigation partner at the Singapore-based law firm Wong Partnership....

 and Sim Ann

Sim Ann

Sim Ann is currently the Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Law. She is a Member of Parliament for the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.- Education and early career :...

 in a reduced-size (from 5 MPs to 4) Holland-Bukit Timah GRC. They faced heavy challenges from Team-A of the Singapore Democratic Party

Singapore Democratic Party

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 (SDP) which was represented by Ang Yong Guan, Tan Jee Say

Tan Jee Say

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, Michelle Lee

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 and Vincent Wijeysingha

Vincent Wijeysingha

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. The PAP team managed to win 60.1% of the votes against their rookie competitors. Liang was officially declared as an MP for his second term on 9 May 2011.

Alma mater

• Bukit Panjang English School
  Bukit Panjang Primary School
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• Anderson Secondary School
  Anderson Secondary School
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• Singapore Polytechnic
  Singapore Polytechnic
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   (Diploma in Civil Engineering)
• University of Melbourne
  University of Melbourne
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   (Bachelor of Commerce (Honours))

Other notable appointments held

• Managing Director of Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) (1993-????)