Ng made his political debut at the
1963 general election as the youngest PAP candidate, contesting for Member of Legislative Assembly of
Punggol Single Member Constituency (SMC) against Koh Chit Kiang of
Barisan Sosialis, Tan Jin Hong of
Singapore Alliance Party, and Lee Jiak Seck of
United People's Party. Ng won the election with only 47.76% of the votes. Ng had since become the member of Parliament for Punggol for the next 28 years, having re-elected in parliament for six more times (only the
1968 election saw Ng being elected
unopposed). In 1984, Ng also donated to the redevelopment of
Montfort Secondary School, being an alumni. He also attended the
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association with fellow MPs
Lau Teik Soon (
Serangoon Gardens) and
Othman Haron (
Geylang Serai). Ng retired from politics in 1991, having served as MP for Punggol SMC for 28 years; at the time of retirement, he was the second longest-serving member of parliament among the members of the
first Parliament, only behind
Lee Kuan Yew, who continued politics until his
death in 2015. == References ==