Former MP for Tampines constituency Phua Bah Lee dies at 89

SINGAPORE - Former People's Action Party MP Phua Bah Lee, a key figure in helping to build a raft of institutions in post-independence Singapore, died on Sunday (Dec 26). He was 89. Mr Phua was elected MP for Tampines constituency in 1968, the same year he took political office as parliamentary secretary for communications. In 1971, he was promoted to...

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