Carrie Tan
{{Short description|Singaporean politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}{{Use Singapore English|date = July 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = The Honourable
| honorific_suffix =
| name = Carrie Tan
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|陈浍敏}}}}
| image = frameless
| caption = Tan in 2020
| constituency_MP1 = Nee Soon GRC
(Nee Soon South)
| predecessor1 = Lee Bee Wah (PAP)
| term_start1 = 10 July 2020
| majority1 = 33,149 (23.80%)
| term_end1 = 19 April 2025
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|04|11|df=y}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.gov.sg/mps/list-of-current-mps/mp/details/carrie-tan|title=PARL | MP|website=www.parliament.gov.sg}}
| birth_place = Singapore
| party = People's Action Party
| alma_mater = National University of Singapore (BA)
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (MPA)
}}
{{Family name hatnote|Tan|lang=Chinese}}
Carrie Tan Huimin ({{lang-zh|s=陈浍敏|p=Chén Huìmǐn}}; born 11 April 1982) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Nee Soon South division of Nee Soon GRC since 2020.
Prior to joining politics, Tan founded Daughters of Tomorrow (DOT), an organisation which enables livelihoods and financial self-sufficiency for underprivileged women in Singapore.{{cite news |last1=Womg |first1=Kim Hoh |title=Ex-headhunter now empowers disadvantaged women with the ability to make a life for themselves |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/domestic-violence-moved-her-to-act |access-date=25 December 2019 |publisher=Straits Times |date=11 March 2018 |archive-date=25 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225125408/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/domestic-violence-moved-her-to-act |url-status=live }} She raises awareness about urban poverty in Singapore, and forges collaboration among private, public and non-profit sectors to enable social and economic mobility for vulnerable communities as part of her work with DOT.{{cite web |title=Carrie Tan, Founder of Daughters Of Tomorrow |url=https://www.asianentrepreneur.org/carrie-tan-founder-of-daughters-of-tomorrow-dot/ |website=The Asian Entrepreneur |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=26 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226021404/http://www.asianentrepreneur.org/carrie-tan-founder-of-daughters-of-tomorrow-dot/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Lim |first1=Mary |title=Advocates: Carrie Tan She works so that other women can do so, too |url=https://read-a.com/advocates-carrie-tan/ |website=Read-a |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=20 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920180740/https://read-a.com/advocates-carrie-tan/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title="Poverty has a woman's face" - Carrie Tan |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IHLR7ky2NU |website=The Online Citizen |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=7 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407055935/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IHLR7ky2NU&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Lim |first1=Janice |title=Continue to be angry productively, say young panellists to other millennials fighting for causes |url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/continue-be-angry-productively-say-young-panellists-other-millennials-fighting-causes |publisher=Today Singapore |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=21 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121164404/https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/continue-be-angry-productively-say-young-panellists-other-millennials-fighting-causes |url-status=live }}
Tan is a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative fellow{{cite web |last1=American Councils for International Education |title=Professional Fellows Program: YSEALI Alumna Carrie Tan Introduces President Obama |website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLfdNL_VaHs |access-date=25 December 2019 |archive-date=18 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018225303/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLfdNL_VaHs |url-status=live }} and her work in women's empowerment and advocacy for collaboration was mentioned by United States President Barack Obama at a press conference during Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's visit to the White House in August 2016.{{cite web |title=President Obama and Prime Minister Lee joint Press Conference |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/08/02/remarks-president-obama-and-prime-minister-lee-singapore-joint-press |website=Obama White House Archives |date=2 August 2016 |publisher=White House |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=1 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601150150/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/08/02/remarks-president-obama-and-prime-minister-lee-singapore-joint-press |url-status=live }}
Early life and education
Tan was born in 1982 in Singapore to a taxi driver-turned-contractor father and a housewife, and has a sister.{{Cite web|last=fhossain|date=2020-06-25|title=Singapore GE2020: Profiles of PAP's new candidates|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/singapore-ge2020-profiles-of-paps-new-candidates|access-date=2020-07-13|website=The Straits Times|language=en|archive-date=20 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720055921/http://www.straitstimes.com/politics/singapore-ge2020-profiles-of-paps-new-candidates|url-status=live}} She was educated at Raffles Girls’ School and Raffles Junior College,{{Cite web|date=2020-06-26|title=GE 2020: Last batch of eight new faces|url=https://www.pap.org.sg/news/ge2020-news/ge-2020-last-batch-of-eight-new-faces/|access-date=2020-07-13|website=People's Action Party|language=en-US|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713215046/https://www.pap.org.sg/news/ge2020-news/ge-2020-last-batch-of-eight-new-faces/|url-status=live}} before graduating from the National University of Singapore where she majored in history. Tan later went on to obtain a Master of Public Administration degree from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
Professional career
Tan was a headhunter until 2012.{{Cite web|last=hermes|date=2020-03-25|title=Singapore GE: Could charity founder be in PAP line-up at election?|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/could-charity-founder-be-in-pap-line-up-at-election|access-date=2020-07-13|website=The Straits Times|language=en|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713215651/https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/could-charity-founder-be-in-pap-line-up-at-election|url-status=live}} After a volunteering trip to South India in 2007, she founded a social enterprise, Daughters of Tomorrow, which provided skills training for underprivileged women in India.{{Cite web|title=The Light In Their Eyes {{!}} Singapore Magazine|url=https://singaporemagazine.sif.org.sg/the-light-in-their-eyes|access-date=2020-07-13|website=singaporemagazine.sif.org.sg|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713215046/https://singaporemagazine.sif.org.sg/the-light-in-their-eyes|url-status=live}}
In 2014, Tan was featured in a CNA documentary, "A Singaporean Abroad", about her humanitarian work in India, training women from villages, who were rescued from sex-trafficking, in cottage industry skills.{{cite web |last1=Channel News Asia |title=A Singaporean Abroad |url=https://video.toggle.sg/en/series/a-singaporean-abroad-s2/ep4/314508 |website=Toggle |publisher=Channel News Asia |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=25 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225130912/https://video.toggle.sg/en/series/a-singaporean-abroad-s2/ep4/314508 |url-status=dead }}
In November 2015, Tan was selected to introduce United States President Barack Obama at a Town Hall meeting in Kuala Lumpur as part of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative. In May 2016, she was awarded Honoree for the Children, World Peace and Human Rights category in the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award by Junior Chambers International in Singapore.{{cite web |title=Past Winners |url=https://jcisingapore.cc/toyp2019/past-winners/ |website=JCI Singapore |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213045317/https://jcisingapore.cc/toyp2019/past-winners/ |url-status=live }}
= Daughters Of Tomorrow =
Tan founded Daughters of Tomorrow (DOT) in 2012. DOT matches low-income women to job opportunities, advocates for their inclusion in government policies and provides job training programs for low-income women.{{cite web |last1=Daughters Of Tomorrow |title=Vision & Mission |url=https://daughtersoftomorrow.org/about-us/vision-mission-values/ |website=Daughters Of Tomorrow |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117155217/http://daughtersoftomorrow.org/about-us/vision-mission-values/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Low |first1=Shi Ping |title=Carrie Tan: How to Empower Underprivileged Women |url=https://www.bllnr.sg/leadership/carrie-tan-how-to-empower-underprivileged-women |website=BLLNR |date=4 March 2017 |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=12 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312015616/http://www.bllnr.sg/leadership/carrie-tan-how-to-empower-underprivileged-women |url-status=live }}
DOT was awarded the Most Investment-worthy Social Enterprise by the Asian Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy (ACSEP) of the National University of Singapore in 2015.{{cite web |title=Learning by Investing @ NUS Grant Presentation Event |url=https://outside-in.nus.edu.sg/learning-by-investing-nus-grant-presentation-event/ |website=Outside in NUS |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213045318/https://outside-in.nus.edu.sg/learning-by-investing-nus-grant-presentation-event/ |url-status=live }}
Political career
Tan made her political debut in the 2020 general election when she succeeded Lee Bee Wah to contest in Nee Soon GRC as part of the five-member People's Action Party (PAP) team against the newly-formed Progress Singapore Party (PSP).{{Cite web|title=PAP's Lee Bee Wah retiring from politics, will not run in GE2020|url=https://mothership.sg/2020/06/lee-bee-wah-retiring-ge2020/|access-date=2020-07-13|website=mothership.sg|language=en|archive-date=29 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629080347/https://mothership.sg/2020/06/lee-bee-wah-retiring-ge2020/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=GE2020: PAP team led by Shanmugam faces contest with PSP newcomers in Nee Soon GRC|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/ge2020-pap-team-led-by-shanmugam-faces-contest-with-psp-12884830|access-date=2020-07-13|website=CNA|language=en|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713215429/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/ge2020-pap-team-led-by-shanmugam-faces-contest-with-psp-12884830|url-status=live}} Her running mates were K. Shanmugam, Louis Ng, Faishal Ibrahim, and Derrick Goh.
On 11 July 2020, the PAP team were declared to be elected to represent Nee Soon GRC in the 14th Parliament, garnering 61.9% of the vote. Tan was appointed as Vice-Chairperson of Nee Soon Town Council (NSTC) since 2020. {{Cite web|last=hermesauto|date=2020-07-11|title=GE2020 official results: Shanmugam's PAP team retains Nee Soon GRC with 61.9 per cent of the vote|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ge2020-official-results-shanmugams-pap-team-retains-nee-soon-grc-with-619-per-cent-of-the|access-date=2020-07-13|website=The Straits Times|language=en|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713215546/https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ge2020-official-results-shanmugams-pap-team-retains-nee-soon-grc-with-619-per-cent-of-the|url-status=live}}
Carrie will not stand in 2025 Singaporean general election, being replaced by Goh Hanyan.
References
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External links
- [https://www.parliament.gov.sg/mps/list-of-current-mps/mp/details/carrie-tan Carrie Tan] on Parliament of Singapore
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Nee Soon GRC (Nee Soon South)
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Category:Singaporean women in politics
Category:People's Action Party politicians
Category:Raffles Junior College alumni
Category:Raffles Girls' Secondary School alumni