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 | PAGE 2 MARCH 2002 ADELAIDEAN OBITUARY ONG TENG CHEONG ONE OF the University of Adelaide's most distinguished alumni, the former president of Singapore Mr Ong Teng Cheong, died at his home in Singapore on Friday, February 8, at the age of 66. Mr Ong, who graduated with an H onours degree in Archite[...]and, auspiciously, to the people of Singapore". Ong Teng Cheong was born in Singapore in 1936, the second of fiv[...]at the University of Adelaide in the late 1950s, Ong Teng Cheong as a private student and Ling Siew May as a Colombo Plan scholar. Ong Teng Cheong and Ling Siew May married in 1963, and both retu[...]hey practised architecture for several years. Mr Ong was introduced to politics in 1969 and became a M[...]gapore in 1972. Heheld his seat for 21 years. Mr Ong served in the Singapore Government as a Minister,[...]Congress and was also Deputy Prime Minister. Mr Ong is widely credited as having made a unique contri[...]gapore labour movement. On September 1, 1993, Mr Ong became the first Elected President of the Republ[...]pore and its fifth President overall. His Mr Ong Teng Cheong. term lasted six years. He decided not to seek re-election, and Mr Ong resumed life as a private citizen on September 1,[...]he became New Law Dean appointed president, Mr Ong was diagnosed with low- grade lymphatic cancer. H[...]ys before he passed away. Throughout his career, Ong Teng Cheong supported his alma mater and was instrumental in[...]flected in a biography published last decade, Mr Ong "not only immersed himself in the material build[...]spirit as his mission". Tributes for the late Mr Ong flowed in from all over the world following the[...]e Alumni Association, the Hon. Greg Crafter. "Mr Ong was a widely respected and deeply loved man, and[...]eneration. We will miss him greatly" The late Mr Ong is survived by his two sons, Ong Tze Guan, 36, and Ong Tze Boon, 33, two daughters- in-law and his grandson. The information for this obituary is sourced from Mr Ong’s citation for his Distinguished Alumni[...] |
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