melvin yong yik chye (simplified chinese: 杨益财; traditional chinese: 楊益財; pinyin: "yáng yì cái"; born 19 february 1972) is a singaporean politician and member of the 13th parliament of singapore for tanjong pagar. he is a politician from singapore’s main governing political party, the people’s action party (pap) and an assistant secretary-general in the national trades union congress (ntuc). yong is also the ntuc's director (tripartism) and director (workplace safety & health), as well as the executive secretary of the national transport workers’ union (ntwu) and the executive secretary of the united workers of electronics & electrical industries (uweei).