Yip Hon Weng (; born 1977) is a Singaporean politician, former civil servant and teacher. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Yio Chu Kang SMC since 2020. Education Yip graduated from Loughborough University with a bachelor's degree with first class honours in physical education, sports science and mathematics under an overseas scholarship conferred by the Public Service Commission (PSC). He completed his training as a teacher and obtained a PGCE from the University of Exeter. He subsequently went on to complete master's degrees in; administration, planning & social policy and international education with double concentrations at Harvard University; knowledge engineering at the National University of Singapore; and financial engineering at the Nanyang Technological University with a project stint at Carnegie Mellon University. Yip is also a Sloan Fellow and has completed a Master of Business Administration degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the Administrative Service Postgraduate Scholarship conferred by the Singapore Government. Career Early career Yip started his career as a physical education and mathematics teacher at Kent Ridge Secondary School. He subsequently served in several leadership, management and policy related roles in the Ministry of Education (MOE), Minister of Manpower (MOM), Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of National Development (MND). He was also part of the founding team that established the Municipal Services Office announced during the 2014 National Day Rally Speech, when the OneService app was created. He was Group Chief of the Silver Generation Office in the Agency of Integrated Care and concurrently Advisor (Care Integration) under the Ministry of Health prior to entering politics. Politics Yip was fielded in the 2020 general election as a solo PAP candidate contesting in Yio Chu Kang SMC against the Progress Singapore Party. On 11 July 2020, Yip was declared an elected Member of Parliament (MP) representing Yio Chu Kang SMC in the 14th Parliament after garnering 61% of the vote. Personal life Yip is married and has five children. References External links Yip Hon Weng on Parliament of Singapore National University of Singapore alumni Nanyang Technological University alumni MIT Sloan School of Management alumni Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni People's Action Party politicians 1977 births Living people Members of the Parliament of Singapore