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for Leng Kee Single Member Constituency again after he won against WP's Chua Chwee Huat Peter with 64.96% of the vote against Chua's 35.04%.
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representing Leng Kee Single Member Constituency when he was elected unopposed. In 1981, Ow was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the
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From 1967 to 1971, Ow worked as a research and teaching assistant at Vanderbilt University. Afterwards, he worked as a lecturer at the
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in the Department of Economics. From August 1974 to June 1975, he was the research advisor to the National Productivity Board.
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for Leng Kee Single Member Constituency once more after beating Independent G. K. Niddy with 76.57% of the vote in the
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In 1997, after the dissolution of Leng Kee Single Member Constituency, Ow contested in the
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In 1980, Ow opened the Singapore Historical Photographs Exhibition by the
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is a Singaporean educator and former politician. Ow was a member of the
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representing Leng Kee Single Member Constituency after he won against
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M. (20 November 1976). 393: 360: 324:1997 Singaporean general election 317:1991 Singaporean general election 287:1984 Singaporean general election 272:1980 Singaporean general election 241:1976 Singaporean general election 182:from 1976 to 1997 and MP for the 757:Ng, Wan Ching (31 March 1997). 750: 734:. 14 September 1991. p. 14 718: 686: 654: 820:University of Singapore alumni 726:"What were the voters saying?" 622: 590: 558: 526: 497:Chin, Soo Fang (18 May 2022). 490: 459: 429: 405:"News about polls 'next week'" 1: 815:Vanderbilt University faculty 702:. 4 September 1988. p. 2 694:"Single-seat wards SCORECARD" 670:. 23 December 1984. p. 8 638:. 8 November 1984. p. 17 606:. 13 January 1981. p. 12 574:. 14 December 1980. p. 9 474:. 24 December 1976. p. 8 443:. 13 December 1976. p. 1 377:. 20 November 1976. p. 2 353: 189: 810:Vanderbilt University alumni 7: 198:. Ow was a graduate of the 10: 846: 566:"The 37 who got walkovers" 18: 213: 165: 155: 147: 142: 138: 126: 114: 103: 92: 80: 68: 57: 47: 43: 36: 542:. 1 May 1980. p. 12 319:against Niddy's 23.43%. 121:constituency established 534:"Ow to open photo show" 257:Speak Mandarin Campaign 225:University of Singapore 200:University of Singapore 800:Singaporean economists 662:"ELECTION '84 RESULTS" 280:Minister for Education 243:. He contested in the 133:constituency abolished 87:constituency abolished 302:next general election 289:, he remained as the 274:, Ow remained as the 237:People's Action Party 208:Vanderbilt University 176:People's Action Party 160:Vanderbilt University 467:"ALL THE RESULTS..." 249:Member of Parliament 196:Catholic High School 93:Member of Parliament 48:Member of Parliament 759:"Reversal of roles" 311:Ow remained as the 264:Ministry of Culture 603:The Business Times 731:The Straits Times 699:The Straits Times 667:The Straits Times 635:The Straits Times 571:The Straits Times 539:The Straits Times 504:The Straits Times 471:The Straits Times 410:The Straits Times 169: 168: 837: 779: 778: 772: 770: 754: 748: 747: 741: 739: 722: 716: 715: 709: 707: 690: 684: 683: 677: 675: 658: 652: 651: 645: 643: 626: 620: 619: 613: 611: 594: 588: 587: 581: 579: 562: 556: 555: 549: 547: 530: 524: 523: 521: 519: 494: 488: 487: 481: 479: 463: 457: 456: 450: 448: 433: 427: 426: 420: 418: 400: 391: 390: 384: 382: 367: 231:Political career 206:in economics at 143:Personal details 129: 117: 108: 83: 71: 62: 34: 33: 845: 844: 840: 839: 838: 836: 835: 834: 785: 784: 783: 782: 768: 766: 755: 751: 737: 735: 724: 723: 719: 705: 703: 692: 691: 687: 673: 671: 660: 659: 655: 641: 639: 628: 627: 623: 609: 607: 596: 595: 591: 577: 575: 564: 563: 559: 545: 543: 532: 531: 527: 517: 515: 495: 491: 477: 475: 465: 464: 460: 446: 444: 435: 434: 430: 416: 414: 401: 394: 380: 378: 369: 368: 361: 356: 247:and became its 233: 221: 219:Academic career 216: 202:and received a 192: 127: 115: 109: 104: 94: 81: 69: 63: 58: 49: 39: 32: 17: 12: 11: 5: 843: 833: 832: 827: 822: 817: 812: 807: 802: 797: 781: 780: 749: 717: 685: 653: 621: 589: 557: 525: 489: 458: 428: 392: 358: 357: 355: 352: 332:Chay Wai Chuen 295:Workers' Party 232: 229: 220: 217: 215: 212: 191: 188: 167: 166: 163: 162: 157: 153: 152: 149: 145: 144: 140: 139: 136: 135: 130: 124: 123: 118: 112: 111: 101: 100: 90: 89: 84: 78: 77: 72: 66: 65: 55: 54: 45: 44: 41: 40: 37: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 842: 831: 828: 826: 823: 821: 818: 816: 813: 811: 808: 806: 803: 801: 798: 796: 793: 792: 790: 776: 764: 763:The New Paper 760: 753: 745: 733: 732: 727: 721: 713: 701: 700: 695: 689: 681: 669: 668: 663: 657: 649: 637: 636: 631: 625: 617: 605: 604: 599: 593: 585: 573: 572: 567: 561: 553: 541: 540: 535: 529: 514: 510: 506: 505: 500: 493: 485: 473: 472: 468: 462: 454: 442: 438: 432: 424: 412: 411: 406: 399: 397: 388: 376: 372: 366: 364: 359: 351: 349: 345: 341: 337: 333: 329: 325: 320: 318: 314: 309: 307: 304:, Ow was the 303: 298: 296: 292: 288: 283: 281: 277: 273: 270:. 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Index

Chinese name
family name
Leng Kee Single Member Constituency
Ahmad Mattar
Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency
Vanderbilt University
People's Action Party
Leng Kee Single Member Constituency
Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency
Catholic High School
University of Singapore
doctorate
Vanderbilt University
University of Singapore
People's Action Party
1976 Singaporean general election
Leng Kee Single Member Constituency
Member of Parliament
United Front
Speak Mandarin Campaign
Ministry of Culture
National Archives and Records Centre
1980 Singaporean general election
MP
Minister for Education
1984 Singaporean general election
MP
Workers' Party
next general election
MP

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