 Woon was a Nominated Member of Parliament between 1992 and 1996 . He became the first Member of Parliament since 1965 to have a Private Member 's Bill become a public law in Singapore – the Maintenance of Parents Act , which was passed in 1995 . Between 1997 and 2006 , Woon served in a number of diplomatic capacities , including Ambassador to Germany ( 1998 – 2003 ) with an accreditation to Greece ( 2000 – 2003 ) , and Ambassador to Belgium with concurrent accreditation to the European Union , the Netherlands , Luxembourg and the Holy See . Woon was appointed Second Solicitor @-@ General in 2006 and Solicitor @-@ General the following year . He served as Attorney @-@ General between 2008 and 2010 , and then returned to academia . 
