Raymond Lim
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Family name hatnote Raymond Lim Siang Keat (Template:Lang-zh, born 24 June 1959) is a Singaporean former politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), Lim was a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the East Coast Group Representation Constituency for Fengshan from 2001 to 2015. He served as the Minister for Transport from 2006 to 2011, and as a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office from 2005 to 2006. When taking on the transport portfolio, he was informed by Lee Kuan Yew that this was a "thankless job" but that "someone has to do it".[1]
He retired from politics in 2015 and is presently Executive Chairman of APS Asset Management and Senior Advisor to the Swire Group.[2]
Education
Lim was a Rhodes Scholar and Colombo Plan scholar and holds degrees from the universities of Adelaide, Oxford and King's College, Cambridge (LLM, 1987). Prior to his university education, he was a student and athlete in Raffles Institution.
Before taking on political office, he held numerous positions in the financial industry which he joined after serving as a law lecturer at the National University of Singapore and working as a reporter at The Straits Times.[3]
Personal life
Lim's brother, Benny Lim Siang Hoe, was with the Internal Security Department, and is also a former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of National Development.
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References
External links
- Lim Siang Keat Raymond Lim Siang Keat at parliament.gov.sg
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- University of Adelaide alumni
- Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
- Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
- Members of the Cabinet of Singapore
- People's Action Party politicians
- Members of the Parliament of Singapore
- Singaporean politicians of Chinese descent
- Singaporean Rhodes Scholars
- Ministers for transport of Singapore