WONG Kan Seng
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Wong Kan Seng
Wong Kan Seng (; born
1946
) is the
Minister for Home Affairs
and
Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
. He is also the Leader of the House in the
Parliament of Singapore
and
nephew
-in-law of Singapore's first Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew
.Wong was credited for his highly successful handling of the
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS) crisis in
2003
. He was responsible for coordinating the inter-ministerial nation-wide effort to counter the
epidemic
. Drastic measures were taking to contain the virus, including rapid identification of infected or high-risk people, mandatory home
quarantine
measures, extensive health screening at
immigration
checkpoints, schools and hospitals and intensive public education programs. On
31 May
2003
, Singapore was taken off the
World Health Organization's
list of SARS-affected countries.
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WONG Kan Seng
Min. for Home Affairs
Singapore
Dep. Prime Min., Prime Minister’s Office
Singapore
Source: CIA,
Directorate of Intelligence
. (Information received as of 2 June 2008 has been used in preparation of this directory.)
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