Phyllis Eu Cheng Li, née Chia (also known as Mrs. Robert Lee) was a city councilor that became the first woman to be elected into public office in Singapore.
During her time in office she worked to strengthen consumer rights and to help involve women in politics.
Graduating in 1935 she taught at St Margaret's Church of England School until the outbreak of World War II when her family fled to Australia.
Here she studied at the University of Sydney and took part in a referendum before the family returned to Singapore in 1946.
[3] Phyllis Eu Cheng Li ran for election to the Singapore Municipal Commission in 1949 representing the Progressive Party in the Western ward.