Matthias Yao Chih is a Singaporean former politician.
13 Facts About Matthias Yao
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Matthias Yao served as the deputy director at the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1980 to 1981, and the deputy director at the Ministry of Finance's Public Service Division from 1982 to 1984.
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Matthias Yao was the deputy director at the Ministry of Communications and Information from 1986 to 1988.
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In 1988, Matthias Yao became the Political Secretary to Goh Chok Tong, who was then Singapore's First Deputy Prime Minister.
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Matthias Yao was elected to Parliament at the 1991 general election as an MP for the Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency.
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Matthias Yao remained part of the PAP's team at the Marine Parade by-election in 1992, and was re-elected.
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Matthias Yao was made a Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Defence in 1991.
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In 1994, Matthias Yao was publicly challenged by the secretary general of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party, Dr Chee Soon Juan, to stand against him in a single member constituency at the next general election.
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Chee initially written to the newspaper to respond to criticisms that Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had made of his book Dare to Change, and Matthias Yao then responded in his capacity as the PAP's Second Organising Secretary.
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At the 1997 general election, Matthias Yao defeated Chee by 12,546 votes to 6,713.
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Matthias Yao was re-elected as the MP for MacPherson at the 2001 and 2006 general elections.
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Matthias Yao was promoted to Senior Minister of State in 2001.
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In 2004, Matthias Yao left the Prime Minister's Office and became the Mayor of the South East District of Singapore.