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Howe Yoon Chong
Howe Yoon Chong () (1923 – 21 August 2007) was a Minister in the Cabinet of Singapore and a member of parliament for Potong Pasir from 1979 to 1984. He was key in developing Singapore's infrastructural and financial framework, including the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system, Singapore Changi Airport and public housing. In 1984, during his term as Minister for Health, to address issues raised by a greying population, he made the controversial proposal to raise the age for the withdrawal of Central
Act. In the present case, the appellants were challenging the application rather than the validity of the Act. The Court therefore applied a modified form of the "Taw Cheng Kong" rational nexus test, holding that "[t]he question is whether there is a reasonable nexus between the state action and the objective to be achieved by the law". The Court opinion relied on the principles set out in the Privy Council cases "Howe Yoon Chong v. Chief Assessor" (1980) and "Howe Yoon Chong v. Chief Assessor