Ng Kok Song's views on LGBT rights

Peter Ng Kok Song (黄国松; born 11 February 1948), better known as Ng Kok Song, is a Singaporean investor, fund manager and entrepreneur who served as the chief investment officer of GIC between 2007 and 2013, and director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore between 1985 and 1986. He is also the founder of asset management company Avanda Investment Management.

In 2023, Ng announced that he would be running for the Singaporean presidential election that was due to be held that year. He was successful in receiving the Certificate of Eligibility by the Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) and was subsequently nominated on Nomination Day. 

=2023= When asked about his views on LGBT issues on 23 August 2023, presidential candidate Ng said he shared the views of Pope Francis. "Who we are to judge? Pope Francis himself was echoing what Jesus said: Judge not lest ye be judged," Ng said, describing such issues as a "very personal matter".

He was alluding to Pope Francis' first media conference in his new position as pope when he gave his opinion on the sexual orientation of priests in 2013 by saying: "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" 

=See also=
 * Tharman Shanmugaratnam's views on homosexuality
 * Tan Kin Lian's views on homosexuality
 * Singapore politicians' views on homosexuality

=References=
 * https://mothership.sg/2023/08/ng-kok-song-pope-francis-lgbtq-community/

=Acknowledgements=

This article was written by Roy Tan.