Chay Wai Chuen
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Chay Wai Chuen | |
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| 谢惠泉 | |
.jpg) Chay c. 1990s | |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC | |
| In office 2 January 1997 – 27 April 2006 | |
| Preceded by | PAP held |
| Succeeded by | PAP held |
| Majority |
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| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Brickworks GRC | |
| In office 3 September 1988 – 2 January 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Majority |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 March 1950 |
| Party | People's Action Party (1988–2006) |
| Spouse | Agnes Tseng |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Singapore (BSS, MSS) University of Sussex (MA) |
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Chay Wai Chuen (Chinese: 谢惠泉; pinyin: Xiè Huìquán; born 5 March 1950) is a Singaporean diplomat and former politician.[1] A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Queenstown ward of Brickworks Group Representation Constituency between 1988 and 1997 and later Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency between 1997 and 2006.
Born on 5 March 1950, Chay attended St Joseph's Institution before graduating from the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) with a Bachelor of Social Sciences with honours degree in economics and statistics in 1973 and a Master of Social Sciences degree in 1978.
He was also a Research Scholar in Economics at the University of Singapore between 1973 and 1974 and Council Member at the National University of Singapore between 2000 and 2004.
Chay also completed a Master of Arts degree in development economics at the University of Sussex in 1975 under the Commonwealth Scholarship.
He graduated from the Singapore Command and Staff College in 1988 and attended the six-week Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.