Former PAP MP Phua Bah Lee was elected MP for Tampines constituency in 1968. - PEOPLE'S ACTION PARTY/ FACEBOOK
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Former People's Action Party MP Phua Bah Lee, a key figure in helping to build a raft of institutions in post-independence Singapore, died on Sunday (Dec 26). He was 89.
Phua was elected MP for Tampines constituency in 1968, the same year he took political office as parliamentary secretary for communications.
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