Former MP Alvin Yeo, 60, dies after battling cancer for 2 years

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SINGAPORE - Lawyer and former Member of Parliament (MP) Alvin Yeo died at home on Saturday morning (July 30) after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 60. He was an MP for Hong Kah GRC from 2006 to 2011 and for Chua Chu Kang GRC from 2011 to 2015. Law firm WongPartnership, where Mr Yeo was the chairman and...

Mr Yeo had an illustrious career specialising in various fields, including banking and corporate disputes and construction-related matters.SINGAPORE - Lawyer and former Member of Parliament Alvin Yeo died at home on Saturday morning after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 60.Law firm WongPartnership, where Mr Yeo was the chairman and senior partner, announced his passing in a statement, saying it was mourning the passing of its co-founder.

She added: "I often looked forward to listening to his thoughtful and insightful speeches in Parliament. His example as a caring MP and colleague would always stay fresh in my heart and mind."In a tribute on Facebook, Mr Alex Yam, an MP for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, highlighted Mr Yeo's accomplishments as a lawyer, including his appointment as senior counsel of the Supreme Court in 2000 at the age of 37 - the youngest ever.

He added: "I found out towards the end of 2020 that he was ill. He was undergoing treatment then and yet he remained positive, saying that he looked forward to meeting up with a few of us in 2022 when he was fully recovered."Since being called to the bar in 1988, Mr Yeo had an illustrious career specialising in various fields, including banking and corporate disputes and construction-related matters.

He also represented the firm as counsel for the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes in the first of such cases to be handled by a Singapore firm. He successfully defended a claim over the seizure of shares in a mining company with more than US$1.5 billion in assets.WongPartnership founder, Senior Counsel Wong Meng Meng, described Mr Yeo as a partner, confidante and adviser to him when they set up the firm in 1992.

 

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