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Nov 06, 1935 Died on 23 Apr 2014 (aged 78)
Singaporean cardiologist and politician (1935-2014)
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About Dixie Tan
- Dixie Tan-Lee Mo Chun (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Li Mù Zhen; 6 November 1935 – April 23, 2014) was a Singaporean cardiologist and politician, who served as the MP for the Ulu Pandan constituency from 1984 to 1991.
- She was a member of the People's Action Party (PAP).In 1984, she became a member of the Parliament of Singapore after she was nominated unopposed on Nomination Day, shortly before the 1984 general election.
- Tan became one of three new female members to enter Parliament in 1984, together with Aline Wong and Yu-Foo Yee Shoon.
- The trio became the first women to serve in Parliament in fourteen years.
- She represented Ulu Pandan in parliament until her retirement in 1991.
- She then worked as a family and marital therapist.Dr.
- Dixie Tan died at Singapore General Hospital on 23 April 2014, aged 78, following a two-month illness with brain cancer.
- She was survived by her husband, cardiothoracic surgeon Dr.
- Tan Ngoh Chuan, and their three children.
- A fourth child died in 2013.
- Her funeral was held at the Paya Lebar Methodist Church.
