Ho Peng Kee
Singaporean legal academic and politician
何炳基
Ho speaking to students at the SMU School of Law in 2019
for Nee Soon East SMC
3 November 2001 – 19 April 2011
for Sembawang GRC (Nee Soon East ward)
21 August 1991 – 3 November 2001
Colony of Singapore
SingaporeanNational Junior College,
National University of Singapore,
Harvard Law School
Ho Peng Kee (Chinese: 何炳基; pinyin: Hé Bǐngjī; born 9 May 1954) is a Singaporean legal academic and former politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Home Affairs, and a Member of Parliament representing the Nee Soon East Single Member Constituency. He announced his retirement from politics on 31 March 2011, prior to the 2011 Singapore general election.
Ho was formerly an academic, and at one time the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS). His academic research interests have included alternative methods of dispute settlement, consumer law and protection, the law of contract, and law and society. He retains the title of associate professor as he is on long-term secondment from NUS.[1]
Ho had his early education at Anglo-Chinese School and National Junior College, before going on to earn a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the National University of Singapore, and a Master of Laws (LLM) from Harvard Law School. He is called to the Bar as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore.[1]
He also serves actively as an elder at Mount Carmel Bible-Presbyterian Church.[2]
Previous positions
- Member of Parliament for the Sembawang Group Representation Constituency (1991–2001).
- Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore.
Notes
- ^ a b "Academic Profile - Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee". National University of Singapore. 25 June 2004.
- ^ "Professor Ho calls it a day after 20 years". www.asiaone.com. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
External links
Singapore portal
Biography portal
- Profile at Parliament of Singapore website
- Ministry of Home Affairs profile of leaders.
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NUS Faculty of Law
- Lionel Astor Sheridan
- Chua Boon Lan
- Harry E. Groves
- Leslie C. Green
- James Louis Montrose
- Geoffrey W. Bartholomew
- Thio Su Mien
- Tommy Koh
- S. Jayakumar
- Tan Sook Yee
- Tan Lee Meng
- Chin Tet Yung
- Tan Cheng Han
- Simon Chesterman
- Simon Chesterman
- Chin Tet Yung
- Ho Peng Kee
- S. Jayakumar
- Tommy Koh
- Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah
- David Tan
- Tan Cheng Han
- Tan Yock Lin
- Simon Tay
- Thio Li-ann
- Eleanor Wong
- Walter Woon
- Singapore Journal of Legal Studies
- Asian Journal of Comparative Law
- Asian Journal of International Law
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