Bachelorette party for a pre-wedding party, "hen party" was used in the United States as a general term for an all-female gathering, usually held at a hostess's residence. In 1897, "The Deseret News" noted that a hen party was a "time honored idea that tea and chitchats, gossip smart hats, constitute the necessary adjuncts to these particular gatherings". In 1940 Eleanor Roosevelt was described as hosting a Christmas-time hen party for cabinet wives and "ladies of the press". The bachelorette party is consciously modeled after the centuries-old bachelor's party, which is itself historically a black tie dinner given by the bridegroom, or
Ng Eng Hen PSLE would not be reduced. In 2011, Ng was appointed as Minister for Defence. He was also appointed as Leader of the House in Parliament. In 2018 Dr. Ng was awarded the French Legion of Honour. Ng is married to Ivy Lim Swee Lian, a paediatrician and geneticist who is the CEO of SingHealth. They have four children, born between 1984 and 1994. Ng Eng Hen Dr Ng Eng Hen (; born 10 December 1958) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Minister for Defence since 2011 and continued in