Douglas Foo: Difference between revisions

| honorific_prefix = Dato' Seri

| name = Douglass Foo

| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|符标熊}}}}

| native_name_lang = zh-sg

| honorific_suffix = [[Pingat Bakti Masyarakat|PBM]] [[Bintang Bakti Masyarakat|BBM]]

| office = Singapore’s Non Resident High Commissioner to Tanzania

| term_start = 5 March 2019

| president = [[Halimah Yacob]]

| office2 = [[Nominated Member of Parliament]]

| term_start2 = 22 September 2018

| term_end2 = 23 June 2020

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1969}}

| birth_place = [[Singapore]]

| spouse = Koh Yen Khoon

| education = [[Red Swastika School]] <br> [[Dunman High School]] <br> [[Victoria Junior College]]

| alma_mater = [[Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology]]

{{Pre-nominal styles|pre-noms=Dato' Seri}} '''Douglas Foo Peow Yong''' {{Post-nominals|country=||list=[[Pingat Bakti Masyarakat|PBM]] [[Bintang Bakti Masyarakat|BBM]]}} ({{Lang-zh|c=符标熊|s=|t=|p=}}; born 1969) is a Singaporean business executive and former [[Nominated Member of Parliament]] (NMP).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=hermesauto|date=2018-09-17|title=9 new Nominated MPs chosen to join Parliament|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/nine-new-nominated-mps-chosen-to-join-parliament|access-date=2020-12-28|website=The Straits Times|language=en}}</ref> He is the founder and Chairman of [[Sakae Sushi|Sakae Holdings Pte Ltd]];<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=MFA Press Statement: Appointment of Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines and Non-Resident High Commissioner to the United Republic of Tanzania, 5 March 2019|url=http://www.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Statements-Transcripts-and-Photos/2019/03/LOC_05032019|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.mfa.gov.sg|language=en}}</ref> as well as Singapore’s Non Resident [[High commissioner (Commonwealth)|High Commissioner]] to Tanzania<ref name=":1" /> and appointed representative to the [[ASEAN]] Business Advisory Council.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ASEAN Business Advisory Council|url=https://www.asean-bac.org/members|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.asean-bac.org}}</ref> He is also the President of the [[Singapore Manufacturing Federation]] (SMF), Vice-President of the [[Singapore National Employers’ Federation]] (SNEF) and Vice-Chairman of the [[Singapore Business Federation]] (SBF).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Curriculum Vitae of Dato’ Seri Dr Douglas Foo, BBM, PBM 符标熊|url=https://www.parliament.gov.sg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/cv_douglas-foo.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Parliament of Singapore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mr Douglas Foo, BBM {{!}} Singapore Manufacturing Federation|url=https://www.smfederation.org.sg/about-us/council-member/mr-douglas-foo-bbm|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.smfederation.org.sg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Council Members - Singapore Business Federation {{!}} Apex Business Chamber|url=https://sbf.org.sg/about-us/council-members|access-date=2020-12-28|website=sbf.org.sg}}</ref>

== Education ==

Foo received his primary education at [[Red Swastika School]], secondary education at [[Dunman High School]] and pre-university education at [[Victoria Junior College]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Douglas Foo {{!}} Infopedia|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1515_2009-05-07.html|access-date=2020-12-28|website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg}}</ref>

Foo graduated from [[Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology]] in 1994 with a [[Bachelor's degree]] in [[business administration]] (finance).<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Douglas FOO|url=https://business.smu.edu.sg/business/about/advisory-board/douglas-foo|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-28|website=business.smu.edu.sg}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Sakae ===

=== NMP ===

Foo was appointed as an NMP on 22 September 2018 and served during the [[13th Parliament of Singapore]].<ref name=":0" />

Foo ceased to be a Member of Parliament following the dissolution of Parliament on 23 June 2020 prior to the [[2020 Singaporean general election]].

== Personal life ==

== Honours ==

* {{Flag|Singapore}}:

**[[File:Pingat Bakti Masyarakat ribbon (from 1996).png|50px]] [[Pingat Bakti Masyarakat]] {{Post-nominals|list='''PBM'''}} (Long Service Medal) (2007)<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Singapore|first=Prime Minister's Office|date=2018-11-17|title=PMO {{!}} Recipients|url=https://www.pmo.gov.sg/National-Day-Awards/Recipients|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Prime Minister's Office Singapore|language=en}}</ref>

**[[File:Bintang Bakti Masyarakat ribbon (from 1996).png|50px]] [[Bintang Bakti Masyarakat]] {{Post-nominals|list='''BBM'''}} (Public Service Star) (2013)<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

* {{Flag|Indonesia}}:

** Seri Pangeran Temenggong Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin III {{Pre-nominal styles|pre-noms='''Dato' Seri'''}} (conferred by the [[Palembang Sultanate|Sultan of Palembang Darussalam]] Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin III, Prabu Diraja in 2016)<ref name=":2" />

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