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Primary may refer to:

• Primary (astronomy), the larger of two co-orbiting bodies
• Primary mirror, principal light-gathering surface of a reflecting telescope
• Primary (band), from Australia
• Primary circuit, electrical circuit in a transformer that receives current, as opposed to secondary circuit
• Primary election, an election by which a political party selects and nominates a candidate
• Power line, electric power transmission line fed to or from a transformer
• Primary (film), 1960 documentary
• Primary (LDS Church), children's Sunday School organization
• "Primary" (song), by The Cure
• Primary, the oldest period in the Geologic time scale (obsolete)
• "Primary", a song by Spoon from the album Telephono
• Primaries, remiges (wing feathers) in birds
• Primaries or primary beams, in E. E. Smith's science-fiction series Lensman
• The first stage in a thermonuclear explosive, may also be used alone in a lower-yield nuclear explosive, see nuclear weapon design

Mathematics[link]

• Prime power, positive integer power of a prime number
• Primary decomposition, a decomposition into primary ideals
• p-group, a group of prime power order
• Primary ideals, a concept in commutative algebra

Gaming[link]

Primary, a game on Armor Games.

See also[link]

• Primary education, the first stage of compulsory education
• Primary field, a type of field in conformal field theory
• Primary Flight Training, in the U.S. Navy
• Primary FRCA, academic examination for anaesthetists in the U.K.
• Primary group (disambiguation)
• Primary Music, Israeli record label
• Primary school, a school providing primary education
• Primary source

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Yee Jenn Jong (Chinese: 余振忠; pinyin: Yú Zhèn Zhōng, born 24 March 1965) is a Singaporean politician from the Workers' Party of Singapore (Workers' Party) who is currently a Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) of the 12th Parliament of Singapore.^[1]

Political career[link]

Yee first stepped into the political world in 2011 contesting in the Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency (Joo Chiat SMC) against Charles Chong from the People's Action Party. Although he lost marginally with 48.99% of the votes, he finished as second best loser in an election whereby less than 9 non-ruling party Members of Parliament (MPs) made it to parliament and was entitled to an NCMP position in the 12th Parliament of Singapore. It was confirmed by Workers' Party on 13 May 2011 that Yee would be taking up the NCMP position.^[2] With Yee taking up the NCMP position together with Gerald Giam, Workers' Party set a new record in the Singapore's post-independence political arena becoming the first non-ruling party to have 8 (6 MP^[3] + 2 NCMP) seats in parliament.

Education[link]

• GCE A-Levels, Temasek Junior College
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (Hons), National University of Singapore
• Master of Science in Computer Science, National University of Singapore
• Master of Business Administration, Nanyang Technological University

References[link]

• The Workers' Party of Singapore - Candidate Yee Jenn Jong

Chen Show Mao
Member of Parliament for Paya Lebar Division, Aljunied GRC
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2011
Preceded by	Cynthia Phua
Personal details
Born	Taiwan
Nationality	Singaporean
Political party	Workers' Party of Singapore
Alma mater	Harvard University, Oxford University, Stanford University
Occupation	former partner of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Religion	Chinese folk religion[1]

Chen Show Mao (simplified Chinese: 陈硕茂; traditional Chinese: 陳碩茂; pinyin: Chén Shuòmào; born 6 February 1961) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. He is a member of the opposition Workers' Party, and has been a Member of Parliament for the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency since 7 May 2011. He represents the Paya Lebar ward, replacing PAP's Cynthia Phua.^[2]

Personal profile[link]

Chen was born in Taiwan and moved to Singapore at the age of 11. He studied at Nanyang Primary School, Catholic High School and the Anglo-Chinese School.^[3] Chen was the president of the students' council at National Junior College and graduated as the top student in Singapore for the 1979 "A" level examinations,^[4] scoring straight As in Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics B, as well as A1s for General Paper and Chinese.

Although Chen had yet to become a Singapore Citizen, he chose to serve National Service. During National Service, Chen served as an infantry platoon commander at the Fifth Singapore Infantry Regiment (5SIR) and as Brigade Adjutant, or DYS1, at the headquarters of the Third Singapore Infantry Brigade (3SIB).^[5] He took up citizenship in 1986, six years after serving National Service.^[6]

Despite graduating as the top student for the 1979 "A" level examinations, Chen did not gain admission into the local medical school.^[7] Thereupon, he pursued his undergraduate studies with major in Economics at Harvard University. Chen graduated from Harvard University in 1986 and from Corpus Christi College, Oxford University in 1988, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.^[8] In 1992 Chen received his Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School and in 2005 received his M.A. from Corpus Christi College, Oxford University.^[9]

Legal career[link]

Chen is a partner in the Corporate department of Davis Polk & Wardwell and a managing partner of the Beijing office. An experienced lawyer, he has practiced in the New York office since 1992, the Hong Kong office since 1999 and the Beijing office since 2007.

Chen advised the Agricultural Bank of China on its recent US$22 billion initial public offering (IPO), which was the second largest IPO in history.^{[citation needed]} He also advised the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) on its US$21 billion IPO, as well as China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) on its proposed US$19 billion acquisition of Unocal. Chen also completed the global IPOs of Air China, China Construction Bank, China Unicom, Metallurgical Corp. of China, Sinopec, as well as offerings by the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).^{[citation needed]}

Besides China, Chen has completed international securities offerings and M&A transactions by various companies including Acer, ASE, Asus, AU Optronics, BHP, Foxconn, Freeport-McMoran, HTC, TSMC and UMC. He also worked with financial institutions such as JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China (ROC).^{[citation needed]}

Beyond that, Chen has worked with sovereign wealth funds such as The China Investment Corporation (CIC), the Development Fund of the ROC and also advised the Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan Stock Exchanges on proposed regulations. Chen was named one of American Lawyer’s 2010 "Dealmakers of the Year" in April 2011.^[10]

On 1 July 2011, Chen announced on his Facebook page that he had retired from active practice as partner of his law firm given his new responsibilities as an MP. The decision was made so that he can spend more time with his family, to better serve his constituency and country, and that he would be exploring alternative work arrangements.^[11]

Political career[link]

During his time abroad, Chen regularly returned home to Singapore to visit his parents, his sister and her family.^[12] In 2007, he visited the headquarters of the Workers’ Party of Singapore, and found, over a period of time, a meeting of minds on their shared goals for Singapore's future. Subsequently, he became a member of the Workers’ Party of Singapore.^[6] Upon his entry into Singapore politics, he was referred to as the Workers' Party "star catch" by the local press. This was mainly because Singapore's opposition parties had previously struggled to recruit top-calibre candidates with profiles comparable to Chen.

Chen stated that he joined the Workers' Party because he believed that "the best way to ensure good governance for Singapore is through the growth of a competitive opposition that offers a credible alternative to the party in government".^[13] During an interview, Chen frankly explained why he decided to join the Workers' Party of Singapore^[14]

On 27 April 2011, Chen submitted his candidacy for the five-member Aljunied Group Representation Constituency with the Workers' Party of Singapore Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang, Chairman Sylvia Lim, Pritam Singh, a postgraduate law student, and Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap, a freelance counsellor. The incumbent team included two cabinet ministers and one Senior Minister of State, and was helmed by the prominent Minister for Foreign Affairs, George Yeo.^[15]

During the intense nine-day campaign period that followed, Chen was singled out by leaders of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) for criticism. The PAP's Organising Secretary and Minister for Education, Dr Ng Eng Hen, questioned Chen's motives for entering politics in a letter to The Straits Times. Ng also questioned whether Chen would be able to relate to the aspirations of Singaporeans after having spent most of his career in the United States and China.^[16] The PAP's co-founder and former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew also suggested that Chen could return to China after losing in the election.

Throughout the campaign, Chen kept a low profile when the WP was faced with tough questions, instead allowing frontman Low Thia Khiang to take the heat. He displayed his affinity with regular Singaporean culture and Singaporeans by addressing crowds at rallies with smatterings of Malay and Hokkien to dispel the notion that he was a "foreigner", as he had spent many years abroad. He also highlighted at a Workers' Party rally that he came to Singapore at a young age with his parents and sister, that he served National Service, and that he owns an apartment in Bishan and frequently commutes by MRT train.

On 7 May 2011, Chen and his Workers' Party team won the Aljunied GRC with 54.71% of the total votes cast, with Yeo's PAP team obtaining 45.29% of the votes. The victory was considered historic because it was the first time that a GRC seat had been captured by an opposition party, and the first time that two cabinet ministers had lost their seats in a general election. Chen became the first foreign-born opposition MP in the history of Singapore, while his teammates Sylvia Lim and Muhamad Faisal Manap became the first female opposition MP and the first Malay opposition MP.^[17] Also, together with Pritam Singh and Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap, he became one of the first three opposition MPs to be elected into parliament at the first attempt.

Committee of Selection[link]

On 15 October 2011, it was announced that Chen was nominated to sit on the Committee of Selection, making him the first non-People's Action Party MP to be named to this committee.^[18]

Current posts[link]

• Member, Committee of Selection
• Council Member, Workers' Party of Singapore
• Advisor, Aljunied Constituency Committee (AJCC)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Profile at Workers' Party of Singapore website

Offices[link]

David Harmer
Born	(1962-05-28) May 28, 1962 (age 50) Glendale, California
Residence	San Ramon, California
Alma mater	Brigham Young University (B.A. & J.D.)[1]
Occupation	Attorney
Religion	Mormon
Website
harmerforcongress.com

David Harmer (born May 28, 1962)^[2] is an American attorney from San Ramon, California. In 2010 Harmer ran for election to the United States House of Representatives from California's 11th Congressional District. Harmer became his party's nominee after winning a four-way race in the Republican primary,^[3] but ultimately lost to the Democratic incumbent in the tightest Congressional race in California that year.^{[citation needed]}

Early life, education, and early career[link]

Born in Glendale, California, as the oldest of ten children, David Harmer is the son of John L. Harmer the former Lieutenant Governor of California under then Governor Ronald Reagan and Carolyn Jonas Harmer, a homemaker and English teacher.^[1] He served two terms as student body president at Oakmont High School in Roseville, California, from which he graduated in 1979. Thereafter, he attended Brigham Young University, interrupting his studies to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Argentina from 1981-1983. He received his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University in December, 1984, majoring in English. He graduated from Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1988.^[2]

In 1988-89, Harmer worked as counsel to a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee; he was appointed by Senator Orrin Hatch.^[1]

Harmer was sworn in as a member of the State Bar of California on November 22, 1989 (State Bar No. 141892).^{[citation needed]}, and that same year returned to California to work as a fellow at the College of Public Law at the non-profit Pacific Legal Foundation, where he worked in P.L.F.'s environmental law section.

Harmer began working at the law firm O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles in October, 1990, a firm he had clerked for while in law school.^[1]

In 1994, Harmer returned to his Utah roots, where he managed the congressional campaign of Enid Greene Waldholtz. That campaign was victorious, and from 1995–96, he served as chief of staff to U.S. Representative Enid Greene Waldholtz.^{[citation needed]}

Congressional campaigns[link]

1996[link]

Harmer unsuccessfully ran for Congress in Utah's 2nd District to replace U.S. Congresswoman Enid Greene Waldholtz.

2009[link]

Harmer lost the election to Democrat John Garamendi by a vote of 53% to 43%.^[4]

2010[link]

Harmer lost the election to incumbent Democrat Jerry McNerney by a vote of 49% to 46.8%.^[5]

The general election was close enough that the result was not immediately known, pending a definitive count to include all absentee ballots. On November 24, the Associated Press reported that McNerney had defeated Harmer, with McNerney holding a lead of nearly 2,500 votes with fewer than 1,900 votes left to be counted, but Harmer delayed conceding so that every vote could be counted.^[6] Harmer conceded the election on December 4, 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Publications[link]

In 1994 Harmer authored the book School choice: why you need it — how you get it published by the Cato Institute.^[7] One of Harmer's op-ed articles on school choice, titled "Abolish the Public Schools", stated that the government should "exit the business of running and funding schools." ^[8]

Personal life[link]

Harmer's wife Elayne Harmer is a native of Argentina and is a substitute teacher in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District. They and their four children live in San Ramon, California where his children attend public schools.^[9]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Harmer for Congress official campaign website
• David Harmer, Republican Oakland Tribune profile
• Project Vote Smart - David Harmer - Biography