SINGAPORE - In order to signal that national defence was a priority back in 1965, Mr Ong Pang Boon, together with fellow ministers Jek Yeun Thong and Othman Wok, led by example and volunteered to ...

SINGAPORE — With the death of Mr Othman Wok, former ministers Mr Ong Pang Boon and Mr Jek Yeun Thong are the two surviving members of Singapore’s first Cabinet. The three men were last seen ...

SINGAPORE - As someone who spent almost three decades working closely with Mr Lee Kuan Yew, former Cabinet minister Ong Pang Boon said he was always struck most by Mr Lee's "complete passion for ...

Mr Ong Pang Boon, 86, Mr Jek Yeun Thong, 85, and Mr Othman Wok, 90 — the three remaining living signatories to the Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965 — will be attending this year’s ...