John Anthony Moore Ede (1913 – 23 January 2003) was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore, the chairman of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association, the General Manager of Cathay Organisation, the secretary of the Singapore Progressive Party and a pioneer of the orchid trade on the island.
In 1955, he was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore representing Tanglin.
[5] Ede was also a professor of English literature,[1] and served as the honorary secretary of the Cinematograph Association of Singapore in the early 1950s.
[1] Ede retired as the general manager of Cathay in 1962 to devote time to running the Mandai Orchid Gardens with his wife Amy, who was the second female member of the Municipal Commission of Singapore.
[3] By 1950, The company had begun exporting orchids to New York, Australia and Europe.