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Tan Chuan-Jin
Personal details
陈川仁

Current Role	• •
Party	ex-PAP

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2017 to 2023 - Speaker of the Parliament
2011 to 2023 - MP for Marine Parade GRC
2014 to 2015 - Minister for Manpower
2015 to 2017 - Minister for Social and Family Development

Early Life and Education

attended Anglo-Chinese School
went to Raffles Junior College
graduated from the London School of Economics with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics under the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship
completed a Master of Arts degree in defence studies at King's College London
2008 - obtained a Master of Public Administration degree at the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in 2008

Controversies

Affair with fellow MP while holding post of Speaker of Parliament

Tan Chuan-Jin resigned 17 July 2023 after Lee Hsien Loong revealed that the former, a married man and father of two, had been having an affair with fellow PAP MP Cheng Li Hui of Tampines GRC, who is single, since at least 2020
despite being spoken to and counseled, most recently in February 2023, both he and Cheng Li Hui carried on with their "inappropriate relationship".
both tendered their resignation on the same day
post scandal, Tan Chuan-Jin stepped down as president of the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) and as an adviser to the National Council of Social Service (NCSS). He also left his roles as patron of the Centre for Fathering and chairman of the NUS Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum's advisory committee.

“Fxxking populist" comment as Speaker of Parliament

called another Member of Parliament a “fxxking populist”, apparently made in response to a speech by Associate Professor Jamus Lim, Member of Parliament for Seng Kang GRC from the Workers’ Party.^[1]
despite "unparliamentary" behaviour, was not censured^[2]^[3]

Old people collect cardboard as form of 'exercise'

Jul 2015 - Youth Corp members highlighted the plight of some cardboard collectors in Singapore
- as Minister of Social and Family Development, he commented that "Some prefer to earn extra monies, treat it as a form of exercise and activity rather than being cooped up at home."^[4]
- roundly criticised by public for being out-of-touch and putting a spin on the lives of the elderly aunties and uncles who pick cardboards for a living and that his remarks were insensitive and amounted to whitewashing a sad situation.

Latest Update

May 2024 - he stirred up public scrutiny again when he was scheduled to reappear publicly at a masterclass series by the Singapore Manufacturing Federation on 10 July 2024. The three session masterclass cost S$1,000, and received ridicule from some quarters.^[5]
as of 2025, he refers to himself as " Leader", "Consultant", "Advisor", "Board Member", "Mentor", "Speaker" on his Linkedin page.

Tan Chuan-Jin's latest post dated Jan-Feb 2025

14th Parliament

MP	:	Ang Wei Neng ● Baey Yam Keng ● Cheryl Chan Wei Ling ● Chan Chun Sing ● Chee Hong Tat ● Cheng Li Hui ● Edward Chia Bing Hui ● Chong Kee Hiong ● Desmond Choo ● Chua Kheng Wee Louis ● Eric Chua ● Darryl David ● Christopher de Souza ● Foo Mee Har ● Grace Fu Hai Yien ● Gan Kim Yong ● Gan Siow Huang ● Gan Thiam Poh ● Gerald Giam ● Derrick Goh ● He Ting Ru ● Heng Chee How ● Heng Swee Keat ● Shawn Huang Wei Zhong ● Indranee Rajah ● S Iswaran ● Janil Puthucheary ● Amy Khor Lean Suan ● Koh Poh Koon ● Kwek Hian Chuan Henry ● Desmond Lee ● Lee Hsien Loong ● Liang Eng Hwa ● Lim Biow Chuan ● Jamus Jerome Lim ● Sylvia Lim ● Lim Wee Kiak ● Low Yen Ling ● Mariam Jaafar ● Masagos Zulkifli Bin Masagos Mohamad ● Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman ● Mohd Fahmi Bin Aliman ● Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap ● Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim ● Murali Pillai ● Nadia Ahmad Samdin ● Ng Eng Hen ● Ng Ling Ling ● Louis Ng Kok Kwang ● Rachel Ong ● Ong Ye Kung ● Joan Pereira ● Leon Perera ● Denise Phua Lay Peng ● Poh Li San ● Pritam Singh ● Raeesah Khan ● Rahayu Mahzam ● Saktiandi Supaat ● Seah Kian Peng ● K Shanmugam ● Sharael Taha ● Sim Ann ● Sitoh Yih Pin ● Hany Soh ● Sun Xueling ● Alvin Tan ● Carrie Tan ● Tan Chuan-Jin ● Dennis Tan Lip Fong ● Desmond Tan ● Jessica Tan Soon Neo ● Tan Kiat How ● Tan See Leng ● Tan Wu Meng ● Patrick Tay Teck Guan ● Teo Chee Hean ● Josephine Teo ● Tharman Shanmugaratnam ● Tin Pei Ling ● Edwin Tong Chun Fai ● Vikram Nair ● Vivian Balakrishnan ● Wan Rizal ● Don Wee ● Lawrence Wong ● Xie Yao Quan ● Alex Yam Ziming ● Yeo Wan Ling ● Yip Hon Weng ● Melvin Yong Yik Chye ● Zaqy Mohamad ● Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim
NCMP	:	Leong Mun Wai ● Hazel Poa

References

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20250223194957/https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2023/07/11/parliamentary-speaker-tan-chuan-jin-admits-to-muttering-fxxking-populist-after-jamus-lims-speech/

[2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20240809095024/https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2023/07/11/peoples-voice-leader-calls-for-resignation-of-parliament-speaker-over-controversial-remark/

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20250223194538/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/tan-chuan-jin-speaker-parliament-jamus-lim-hot-mic-populist-3623856

[4] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20250223193257/https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2015/07/13/msf-ministers-post-on-cardboard-collectors-draws-flak/

[5] ttps://gutzy.asia/2024/05/13/tan-chuan-jin-to-appear-at-smf-masterclass-following-political-resignation/

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 * despite being spoken to and counseled, most recently in February 2023, both he and [[Cheng Li Hui]] carried on with their "inappropriate relationship".
 * both tendered their resignation on the same day
+* post scandal, Tan Chuan-Jin stepped down as president of the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) and as an adviser to the National Council of Social Service (NCSS). He also left his roles as patron of the Centre for Fathering and chairman of the NUS Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum's advisory committee.
 ===“Fxxking populist" comment as Speaker of Parliament===