Tin Pei Ling (Chinese: 陈佩玲; pinyin: Chén Pèilíng; born 23 December 1983)[1] is a Singaporean politician and businesswoman.
[5] She attended Crescent Girls' School and Hwa Chong Junior College before graduating from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree with honours in psychology.
[10][11] Tin served as the chief executive officer of Business China—a government related non-profit organisation aiming to strengthen Singapore–China ties through the support of businesses—between May 2018 and December 2022.
[11] In February 2023, Tin initially accepted the role of Director of Public Affairs and Policy from Grab, a Singapore-based technology company.
[14] Tin made her political debut in the 2011 general election as part of a five-member PAP team led by former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, contesting in Marine Parade GRC and won 56.65% of the vote, defeating the National Solidarity Party (NSP) team led by Cheo Chai Chen.
[17] On 1 June 2011, Tin announced on her Facebook account that she had resigned from her senior associate position in Ernst & Young, where she had worked for four years.
[16] Throughout the campaign, Tin garnered negative attention due to her perceived immaturity to become a Member of Parliament,[21] and allusions were also raised as to how her husband's position had opened doors for her into politics.
[22] A widely circulated Facebook photo of Tin posing with a Kate Spade-branded gift from her husband, also led to widespread accusations online of ignorance, materialism and privilege.
He said he had taken Tin in when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had offered her to be fielded as a candidate in Ang Mo Kio GRC.
[37] During the 2020 general election, Tin defended her parliamentary seat in MacPherson SMC with 71.74% of the vote against Goh Meng Seng of the People's Power Party.