{"id":94324,"date":"2026-10-19T22:32:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T14:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=94324"},"modified":"2026-10-19T22:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T14:32:01","slug":"can-he-do-it-ong-ye-kung-takes-on-a-level-questions-40-years-after-his-own-exams-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=94324","title":{"rendered":"Can he do it? Ong Ye Kung takes on A-level questions, 40 years after his own exams, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Nearly 40 years after sitting for his own A-level examinations, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung found himself back in exam mode.<\/p>\n<p>Ong, who is MP for Sembawang GRC, tried his hand at solving questions from H2 Mathematics, Physics and Economics papers in a video posted on social media on Sunday (Oct 18).<\/p>\n<p>The last time he attempted an A-level Mathematics question was at his own A-level exam &#8220;40 years ago&#8221;, he quipped to the two students featured in the video.<\/p>\n<p>The questions, however, appeared to pose little challenge for the minister, who answered them correctly.<\/p>\n<p>So, would Ong sit for the A-levels again?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No! Why would I do that?&#8221; he replied.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"591\" width=\"267\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1820468095801127%2F&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u00a0<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As the video drew to a close, Ong offered words of encouragement to all A-level students preparing for their upcoming papers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wish you all the best&#8230; I hope it will all be smooth sailing,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:746527]]<\/p>\n<p>lim.kewei@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/ong-ye-kung-a-level-questions-40-years-after-his-own-exams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 40 years after sitting for his own A-level examinations, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung found himself back in exam mode. Ong, who is MP&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}