From construction site to Parliament: Former PAP 'Kopitiam MP' Ong Ah Heng dies aged 84

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Former People's Action Party (PAP) MP Ong Ah Heng died on Monday (May 5), aged 84.The four-term Nee Soon Central MP served the constituency between 1997 and 2011 before retiring from politics.聽Dubbed "Kopitiam (coffeeshop) MP", Ong earned the nickname because of his ease of mixing with ordinary wor