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Ong Teng CheongOng Teng Cheong (January 22, 1936 - February 8, 2002) was the first elected President of Republic of Singapore. Chairman of the People's Action Party and secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress, Ong was considered a firm Lee Kuan Yew loyalist. During his tenure in the Ministry of National Development, Ong was a firm champion of the Mass Rapid Transit system. However, soon after his election to the (until then) largely ceremonial post of President in 1993, he became embroiled in a bitter dispute over access to sensitive information over the state of Singapore's financial reserves, and under heavy pressure did not run for a second term as president in 1999. Mr Ong Teng Cheong passed away on February 8, 2002 aged 66 in Singapore. Cheong, Ong Teng Cheong, Ong Teng Cheong, Ong Teng Cheong, Ong Teng
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