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Ling How Doong, former Bukit Gombak MP and SDP chairman, dies aged 85
Ling How Doong speaks at an election rally on Apr 29, 2006. (File photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman)
01 May 2021 05:16PM (Updated:
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SINGAPORE: Former Bukit Gombak Member of Parliament and Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chairman Ling How Doong died on Friday (Apr 30) at the age of 85.
Mr Ling was MP for Bukit Gombak Single Member Constituency from 1991 to 1997, and served as SDP chairman from 1984 to 2007.
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He won his parliamentary seat after defeating incumbent People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate Seet Ai Mee with 51.4 per cent of the votes at the 1991 General Election.