Background
Ong, Keng Yong was born in 1954 in Singapore.
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Ong, Keng Yong was born in 1954 in Singapore.
Bachelor of Laws (honorary), University Singapore, 1979. Master in Arab Studies (honorary), Georgetown University, 1983.
Charge d’affaires Singapore Embassy in Riyadh, 1984—1988. Counsellor and deputy chief of Mission Singapore High Commission, Kuala Lumpur, 1989—1991. Minister counsellor and deputy chief of Mission Singapore Embassy, Washington District of Columbia, 1991—1994.
Press secretary to the minister for foreign affairs and spokesman for the foreign ministry, 1994—1995. High commissioner to India and ambassador to Nepal, 1996—1998. Chief executive director The People's Association, 1999—2002.
Press secretary Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, 1998—2002. Deputy secretary Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MITA), 1998—2002. Secretary general Association of South East Asian Nations (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), since 2003.
Married Irene Tan Lee Chen.