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The littoral states are obviously not the only stakeholders in the Malacca Straits
Naval chief seeks aid for Malacca Straits Apr 27, 2004

Teo Chee Hean (simplified Chinese: 张志贤; pinyin: Zhāng Zhìxián; born 27 December 1954) is the current Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence and a Member of Parliament for Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency (GRC).

Teo was educated at Saint Michael's School and Saint Joseph's Institution. He enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in 1972 and received his commission at the Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute in 1973.

He was awarded the President's Scholarship and the SAF Scholarship in 1973 to study Electrical Engineering and Management Science at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) degree in 1976. He continued with his studies at Imperial College London, obtaining a Masters of Science degree (with distinction) in Computing Science in 1977.

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