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== Personal life == Ho is the eldest of four children of a businessman, Ho Eng Hong (born 1929) and his wife, Chan Chiew Ping (1931–2005).<ref>{{cite book|title=Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume I & II|date=2012|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|page=334}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.katagogi.com/Profile/Profile.aspx?l=EN&fid=685588&No=3b66aa79-9331-4731-9fb4-81bbac9561d4&nAID=18309020&PreveVal=11221|D8/1sj0a39DnjgsV+3mH6yxwRON97u2Gy2viK/raGm8=|DX3HrDNYyoETii2jMAspSA==1|title = <nowiki>Katagogi.com | Family Roots and Heritage</nowiki>|access-date = 19 September 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306065115/http://katagogi.com/profile/profile.aspx?fid=685588&l=en&naid=18309020&no=3b66aa79-9331-4731-9fb4-81bbac9561d4&preveval=11221%7Cd8%2F1sj0a39dnjgsv+3mh6yxwron97u2gy2vik%2Fragm8%3D%7Cdx3hrdnyyoetii2jmaspsa%3D%3D1|archive-date = 6 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has two brothers and a sister.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/149178/1/.html | title=Many turn up to pay last respects to the late mother-in-law of PM Lee | publisher=Channel NewsAsia | date=24 May 2005 | access-date=30 July 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050527023341/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/149178/1/.html | archive-date=27 May 2005 | url-status=dead| first1=Farah Abdul | last1=Rahim}}</ref> Her sister, Ho Peng, is the chairperson of the [[Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board]], while her brother, Ho Sing, is an executive director of [[YTL Corporation#Starhill Global REIT|Starhill Global REIT]].<ref>{{cite web|title=YTL Pacific Star hires Ho Ching's brother|url=https://www.theedgeproperty.com.my/content/ytl-pacific-star-hires-ho-ching%E2%80%99s-brother|website=The Edge Financial Daily|access-date=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730113023/https://www.theedgeproperty.com.my/content/ytl-pacific-star-hires-ho-ching%E2%80%99s-brother|archive-date=30 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> She met her husband, [[Lee Hsien Loong]], the eldest son of former Singapore Prime Minister [[Lee Kuan Yew]], while starting out in her career at the [[Ministry of Defence (Singapore)|Ministry of Defence]] together with former prime minister [[Goh Chok Tong]].<ref>{{Cite news|title = Temasek's chief, Ho Ching, likes to take risks|date = 27 July 2007|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/27/business/worldbusiness/27iht-temasek.1.6862331.html?_r=0|first = Sara|last = Webb|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|access-date = 22 February 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170206215251/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/27/business/worldbusiness/27iht-temasek.1.6862331.html?_r=0|archive-date = 6 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> They married on 17 December 1985 and have two sons, Hongyi and Haoyi. Ho is stepmother to Lee's two children from his first marriage—daughter Xiuqi and son Yipeng.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19851218-1.2.29.1|title=When Xiu Qi almost stole the show|last=Hoe|first=Irene|date=18 December 1985|work=The Straits Times|access-date=5 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006013315/http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19851218-1.2.29.1|archive-date=6 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> {{Lee Kuan Yew family tree}} === Social media activity === Ho is an active social media user and regularly shares her views and interacts with others on [[Facebook]]. According to news reports, Ho posted on Facebook an average of 4,800 per month from 2019 - 2020 and has published about 1,830 posts on average from 2015 - 2020. In 2020, she had more than 101,000 Facebook followers.<ref name="scmp.com">{{Cite web |date=2020-04-25 |title=When Ho Ching posts on Facebook, Singapore pays attention. Is that a problem? |url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3081461/when-ho-ching-posts-facebook-singapore-pays-attention-problem |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> At times, Ho has made more than 200 posts per day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Citizen |first=The Online |date=2020-04-17 |title=Temasek CEO, Ho Ching makes nearly 200 posts a day on Facebook - why? |url=https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2020/04/17/temasek-ceo-ho-ching-makes-nearly-200-posts-a-day-on-facebook-why/ |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=The Online Citizen |language=en-GB |archive-date=4 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104072618/https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2020/04/17/temasek-ceo-ho-ching-makes-nearly-200-posts-a-day-on-facebook-why/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She has occasionally re-shared several posts made by members of the [[Cabinet of Singapore|Cabinet]] in quick succession.<ref>{{Cite web |last=stephen |date=2021-04-14 |title=Ho Ching now shares 13 Facebook posts by Lawrence Wong consecutively within 6 minutes |url=https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2021/04/14/ho-ching-now-shares-13-facebook-posts-by-lawrence-wong-consecutively-within-6-minutes/ |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=The Online Citizen |language=en-GB |archive-date=4 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104072617/https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2021/04/14/ho-ching-now-shares-13-facebook-posts-by-lawrence-wong-consecutively-within-6-minutes/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=stephen |date=2021-04-13 |title=Ho Ching shares not 1, not 2, but 7 Facebook posts by Chan Chun Sing in a row within 15 minutes |url=https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2021/04/13/ho-ching-shares-not-1-not-2-but-7-facebook-posts-by-chan-chun-sing-in-a-row-within-15-minutes/ |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=The Online Citizen |language=en-GB |archive-date=4 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104072617/https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2021/04/13/ho-ching-shares-not-1-not-2-but-7-facebook-posts-by-chan-chun-sing-in-a-row-within-15-minutes/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some of Ho's public posts have drawn significant media attention and have been the subject of public controversy in Singapore and abroad.<ref name="scmp.com"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-10 |title=Making Sense of Ho Ching's Facebook Page |url=https://www.ricemedia.co/culture-people-making-sense-ho-chings-facebook-page/ |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=RICE |language=en-GB}}</ref> On 11 April 2020, Ho shared an article on Facebook about [[Taiwan]]’s donation of masks to Singapore with the following caption: "Errr". Her comment was made shortly after media reports suggested that a ban on the export of masks imposed by Taipei during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] had prevented [[ST Engineering]] from exporting masks produced in Taiwan to Singapore. Some commentators suggested that Ho was ungrateful for the donation of masks to Singapore by Taiwan. Ho subsequently amended her caption to state that she was "forever grateful... to all our friends and friends of friends in Taiwan".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-13 |title='Errrr' … Singapore's Ho Ching thanks Taiwan after quibble over masks |url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3079656/errrr-singapores-ho-ching-thanks-friends-taiwan-after-quibble |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> In August 2023, amidst public debate over then-presidential candidate [[Tan Kin Lian]]'s posts about 'pretty girls', Ho shared her views on Facebook, suggesting that the [[Presidential Elections Committee]] should not be expected to be the "arbiter of moral standards" and that "[m]aybe TKL had asked for permission to take the pictures or to post".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-24 |title='Maybe he had asked for permission to take the pictures': Ho Ching weighs in on Tan Kin Lian's 'pretty girls' Facebook posts |url=https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/maybe-he-had-asked-permission-take-pictures-ho-ching-weighs-tan-kin-lians-pretty-girls-presidential-election |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=AsiaOne |language=en}}</ref>
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