8th Parliament of Singapore

8th Parliament of Singapore
8th Parliament of Singapore
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of Singapore
Meeting place	Old Parliament House
Term	6 January 1992 – 16 December 1996 ; (4 years, 11 months and 10 days)
Election	31 August 1991
Government	People's Action Party
Opposition	Workers' Party; Singapore Democratic Party
Parliament of Singapore
Members	81
Speaker	Tan Soo Khoon
Leader of the House	Wong Kan Seng
Prime Minister	Goh Chok Tong
Leader of the Opposition	Chiam See Tong (until 1993); Ling How Doong (from 1993)
Party control	PAP supermajority
Sessions
1st
1st	6 January 1992 – 6 December 1993; (1 year and 11 months)
2nd	10 January 1994 – 16 December 1996; (2 years, 11 months and 6 days)

The 8th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 6 January 1992 and was prorogued on 6 December 1993. It commenced its second session on 10 January 1994 and was dissolved on 16 December 1996.^[1]

The members of the Eighth Parliament were elected in the 1991 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and his Cabinet. Tan Soo Khoon served as Speaker.^[2] The de facto Leader of the Opposition was Chiam See Tong until he resigned as secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party on 17 May 1993,^[3] with SDP chairman Ling How Doong taking his place afterwords.

Businessmen Chia Shi Teck and Robert Chua, surgeon Kanwaljit Soin, physician Toh Keng Kiat, unionist Tong Kok Yeo, and law professor Walter Woon were appointed for two-year terms as Nominated Members of Parliament on 7 September 1992.^[4] Soin and Woon would go on to serve another two terms, alongside unionist John de Payva, businessmen Imram Mohamed and Stephen Lee, and academic Lee Tsao Yuan.^[5] All six incumbent NMPs would be re-appointed on 7 September 1996 to serve for the remaining three months of the Eighth Parliament.^[6]

With a tenure of around five years, the Eighth Parliament was the longest in Singapore history. With Ng Kah Ting's departure, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew became the last MP from the First Parliament to remain in office.

Officeholders

Speaker: Tan Soo Khoon (PAP)
- Deputy Speaker:
  - Abdullah Tarmugi (PAP), until 30 June 1993
  - Eugene Yap Giau Cheng (PAP), from 26 February 1993
Prime Minister: Goh Chok Tong (PAP)
- Deputy Prime Minister:
  - Lee Hsien Loong (PAP)
  - Ong Teng Cheong (PAP), until 1 September 1993
  - Tony Tan (PAP), from 1 August 1995
Leader of the Opposition:
- Chiam See Tong (SDP), until 17 May 1993
- Ling How Doong (SDP), from 17 May 1993
Leader of the House: Wong Kan Seng (PAP)
Party Whip of the People's Action Party: Lee Boon Yang
- Deputy Party Whip of the People's Action Party:
  - Ho Kah Leong
  - Ong Chit Chung, from 30 April 1994

Composition

Party		Members
Party		At election	At dissolution
	People's Action Party	77	75
	Singapore Democratic Party	3	3
	Workers' Party	1	1
Nominated Members of Parliament		0	6
Vacant seats		6	2
Total		87	87
Government majority		73	71

Members

Constituency	Division	Member
Aljunied GRC	Aljunied	Chin Harn Tong 钱翰琮	PAP
	Kampong Kembangan	George Yeo 杨荣文	PAP
	Kampong Ubi	Maidin Packer ميدين ڤاکر	PAP
	Paya Lebar	Ker Sin Tze 柯新治	PAP
Ang Mo Kio GRC	Ang Mo Kio	Yeo Toon Chia 杨敦清	PAP
	Kebun Baru	Umar Abdul Hamid عمر عبد الحميد	PAP
	Teck Ghee	Lee Hsien Loong 李显龙	PAP
	Yio Chu Kang	Lau Ping Sum 刘炳森	PAP
Ayer Rajah SMC		Tan Cheng Bock 陈清木	PAP
Bedok GRC	Bedok	S. Jayakumar எஸ். செயக்குமார்	PAP
	Fengshan	Arthur Beng 孟建南	PAP
	Kampong Chai Chee	Tan Soo Khoon 陈树群	PAP
	Siglap	Abdullah Tarmugi عبد الله تارموعي	PAP
Boon Lay SMC		Goh Chee Wee 吴志伟	PAP
Braddell Heights SMC		Goh Choon Kang 吴俊刚	PAP
Brickworks GRC	Brickworks	Ahmad Mattar أحمد مطر	PAP
	Clementi	Bernard Chen 陈天立	PAP
	Queenstown	Chay Wai Chuen 谢惠泉	PAP
	West Coast	Wan Soon Bee 阮顺美	PAP
Bukit Batok SMC		Ong Chit Chung 翁执中	PAP
Bukit Gombak SMC		Ling How Doong 林孝谆	SDP
Bukit Merah SMC		Ch'ng Jit Koon 庄日昆	PAP
Bukit Timah SMC		Wang Kai Yuen 王家园	PAP
Buona Vista SMC		Peter Sung 宋彼得	PAP
Changi SMC		Teo Chong Tee 张宗治	PAP
Cheng San GRC	Cheng San	Lee Yock Suan 李玉全	PAP
	Chong Boon	S. Chandra Das எஸ். சந்திர தாஸ்	PAP
	Jalan Kayu	Heng Chiang Meng 王章明	PAP
	Punggol	Michael Lim 林俊龙	PAP
Chua Chu Kang SMC		Low Seow Chay 刘绍济	PAP
Eunos GRC	Eunos	Sidek Saniff صديق صانف	PAP
	Kaki Bukit	Chew Heng Ching 周亨增	PAP
	Pasir Ris	Charles Chong 张有福	PAP
	Tampines North	Tay Eng Soon (until 1993) 郑永顺	PAP
Hong Kah GRC	Hong Kah East	Kenneth Chen 陈冠立	PAP
	Hong Kah North	John Chen 陈晓朋	PAP
	Hong Kah South	Yeo Cheow Tong 姚照东	PAP
	Hong Kah West	Harun Abdul Ghani هارون عبد الغني	PAP
Hougang SMC		Low Thia Khiang 刘程强	WP
Jalan Besar GRC	Geylang West	Peh Chin Hua 白振华	PAP
	Jalan Besar	Lee Boon Yang 李文献	PAP
	Kallang	Choo Wee Khiang 朱为强	PAP
	Kolam Ayer	Zulkifli Mohammed ذوالکيفلي محمد	PAP
Jurong SMC		Ho Kah Leong 何家良	PAP
Kampong Glam GRC	Cairnhill	Wong Kwei Cheong 黄贵祥	PAP
	Kampong Glam	Loh Meng See 罗明士	PAP
	Kim Seng	Yeo Ning Hong 杨林丰	PAP
	Moulmein	R. Sinnakaruppan ஆர். சின்னக்கருப்பன்	PAP
Kreta Ayer SMC		Richard Hu 胡赐道	PAP
Leng Kee SMC		Ow Chin Hock 欧进福	PAP
Marine Parade GRC	Geylang Serai	Othman Haron Eusofe عثمان هارون يوسف	PAP
	Joo Chiat	Lim Chee Onn (until 1992) 林子安	PAP
	Joo Chiat	Teo Chee Hean (from 1992) 张志贤	PAP
	MacPherson	Matthias Yao 姚智	PAP
	Marine Parade	Goh Chok Tong 吴作栋	PAP
Mountbatten SMC		Eugene Yap 叶尧清	PAP
Nee Soon Central SMC		Cheo Chai Chen 蒋才正	SDP
Nee Soon South SMC		Koh Lip Lin 高立人	PAP
Potong Pasir SMC		Chiam See Tong 詹时中	SDP
Sembawang GRC	Bukit Panjang	Lee Yiok Seng 李玉胜	PAP
	Chong Pang	K. Shanmugam கா. சண்முகம்	PAP
	Nee Soon East	Ho Peng Kee 何炳基	PAP
	Sembawang	Tony Tan 陈庆炎	PAP
Tampines GRC	Changkat South	Chng Hee Kok 庄熙国	PAP
	Tampines Changkat	Aline Wong 简丽中	PAP
	Tampines East	Mah Bow Tan 马宝山	PAP
	Tampines West	Yatiman Yusof ياتيمان يوسف	PAP
Tanglin SMC		Lew Syn Pau 刘信保	PAP
Tanjong Pagar GRC	Radin Mas	S. Vasoo எஸ். வாசு	PAP
	Tanjong Pagar	Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀	PAP
	Telok Blangah	Lim Hng Kiang 林勋强	PAP
	Tiong Bahru	Koo Tsai Kee 顾蔡矶	PAP
Thomson GRC	Bishan East	Wong Kan Seng 黄根成	PAP
	Bishan North	Ibrahim Othman إبراهيم عثمان	PAP
	Serangoon Gardens	Lau Teik Soon 刘德顺	PAP
	Thomson	Leong Horn Kee 梁汉基	PAP
Toa Payoh GRC	Boon Teck	Ho Tat Kin 何达坚	PAP
	Kim Keat	Ong Teng Cheong (until 1993) 王鼎昌	PAP
	Kuo Chuan	S. Dhanabalan எஸ். தநபாலன்	PAP
	Toa Payoh	Davinder Singh ਦਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ	PAP
Ulu Pandan SMC		Lim Boon Heng 林文兴	PAP
Yuhua SMC		Yu-Foo Yee Shoon 符喜泉	PAP
Nominated Members of Parliament		Chia Shi Teck (1992–1994) 谢世德	Nonpartisan
		Robert Chua (1992–1994) 蔡哲洲	Nonpartisan
		Kanwaljit Soin (1992–1994) ਕੰਵਲਜੀਤ ਸੋਇਨ	Nonpartisan
		Toh Keng Kiat (1992–1994) 苏庆杰	Nonpartisan
		Tong Kok Yeo (1992–1994) 唐国耀	Nonpartisan
		Walter Woon (from 1992) 温长明	Nonpartisan
		John de Payva (from 1994)	Nonpartisan
		Imram Mohamed (from 1994) عمران محمد	Nonpartisan
		Stephen Lee (from 1994) 李庆言	Nonpartisan
		Lee Tsao Yuan (from 1994) 李曹圆	Nonpartisan

References

↑ "Sessions of Parliament". Parliament of Singapore. 8 June 2017.
↑ "List of Former Speakers". Parliament of Singapore. 7 August 2017.
↑ Chiam See Tong v Singapore Democratic Party [1993] 3 SLR(R) 774 at [2].
↑ Zuraidah Ibrahim (1992-09-08). "Six new NMPs officially appointed". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
↑ Wang, Hui Ling (1994-09-03). "Four new faces among six NMPs in new term". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
↑ "All 6 incumbent NMPs renominated". The Business Times. 1996-08-30. ISSN 0218-3862. Retrieved 2026-05-06.

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[1] "Sessions of Parliament". Parliament of Singapore. 8 June 2017.

[2] "List of Former Speakers". Parliament of Singapore. 7 August 2017.

[3] Chiam See Tong v Singapore Democratic Party [1993] 3 SLR(R) 774 at [2].

[4] Zuraidah Ibrahim (1992-09-08). "Six new NMPs officially appointed". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2026-05-06.

[5] Wang, Hui Ling (1994-09-03). "Four new faces among six NMPs in new term". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2026-05-06.

[6] "All 6 incumbent NMPs renominated". The Business Times. 1996-08-30. ISSN 0218-3862. Retrieved 2026-05-06.

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