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First Woman Mayor

Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, became the first woman in Singapore to hold the post of Mayor when she was appointed Mayor of the Bukit Timah district on 31 March 2001. With changes in the district, she now heads the SouthwestCommunity Development Council (CDC), a post she was given officially on 5 January 2002. The Southwest Community Development Council consists of Hong Kah Group Representative Constituency (GRC), Jurong GRC, West Coast GRC and the Single Member Constituencies (SMC) of Ayer Rajah, Bukit Timah and Chua Chu Kang.  The CDC organises programmes for the community, manages selected social assistance schemes and the development of family and child-care centres.


Author
Peter Pak, 2001



References
Boo, K. (2001, March 7). Mrs Yu-Foo becomes Spores 1st woman mayor. The Strait Times, p. 1.

Bigger role for CDCs with aid-schemes transfer. (2001, April 1). The StraitTimes, p. 38.

New mayor builds bridges with industry. (2001, March 9). The Strait Times, p. 7.

Southwest Community Development Councils. (n.d.). South West Community Council. Retrieved May 30, 2003, from www.southwestcdc.org.sg 

The information in this article is valid as at 2001 and correct as far as we are able to ascertain from our sources. It is not intended to be an exhaustive or complete history of the subject. Please contact the Library for further reading materials on the topic.

Subject
Personalities>>Biographies>>Political leaders
Women mayors--Singapore
Women in politics--Singapore
Law and government>>Political process>>Leadership

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