Irene Ng is a Singaporean Member of Parliament who has represented Tampines GRC since 2001. She is also a Writer-in-Residence at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS). Before joining politics in 2001, Ng was the Senior Political Correspondent of The Straits Times. Irene has won several journalism and writing awards. After joining politics, she worked as Director of Programmes and Senior Research Fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, and later, as a Director at National Trades Union Congress.