# Mak Pak Shee

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Singaporean politician

In this [Chinese name](/source/Chinese_name), the [family name](/source/Chinese_surname) is *[Mak](/source/Mai_(surname))*.

Mak in 1953

**Mak Pak Shee** ([Chinese](/source/Chinese_language): 麦柏士; [pinyin](/source/Pinyin): *Mài Bǎishì*) was a Singaporean politician.

## Career

An [African Chinese](/source/African_Chinese) with [Cantonese](/source/Cantonese_people) ancestry,[1] Mak was the leader of the Singapore-based [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Front). He left the party in August 1950.[2] When he was in the [Cabinet](/source/Cabinet_of_Singapore), he held the position of Junior Minister.[3] In his book *One Man's View of the World* (2013), Singapore's first [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Singapore) [Lee Kuan Yew](/source/Lee_Kuan_Yew) described Mak as a "fixer – somebody who facilitated the fulfilment of favours for a fee".[1]

## Lawsuits

In July 1948, Mak was meted a fine of S$250 for inappropriately including the honorifics "MB, BS" in his name.[4]

## Personal life

Mak had eight sons. His third son, Mak Kok Hoe, died aged eight in February 1957 and was buried at [Bidadari Cemetery](/source/Bidadari_Cemetery).[5]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Lee2013_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Lee2013_1-1) Lee, Kuan Yew (6 August 2013). *One Man's View of the World*. Singapore: Straits Times Press. pp. 300–301. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9789814342568](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789814342568).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Mak Pak Shee Quits Labour Party"](https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19500805.2.69). *[The Straits Times](/source/The_Straits_Times)*. 5 August 1950. p. 4 – via [NewspaperSG](/source/NewspaperSG).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Yeo1973_3-0)** Kim Wah Yeo (1973). [*Political Development in Singapore, 1945-55*](https://books.google.com/books?id=YsyvwJAsAmsC&pg=PA66). NUS Press. p. 66. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8214-0486-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8214-0486-7).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["False Title"](https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19480722-1.2.72.3). *[The Straits Times](/source/The_Straits_Times)*. 22 July 1948. p. 7 – via [NewspaperSG](/source/NewspaperSG).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Minister's son dies"](https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19570227-1.2.61). *[The Straits Times](/source/The_Straits_Times)*. 27 February 1957. p. 4 – via [NewspaperSG](/source/NewspaperSG).

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