Raymond Lim Explained

Raymond Lim Siang Keat
Order1:Minister for Transport
Term Start1:30 May 2006
Term End1:20 May 2011
1Blankname1:Second Minister
1Namedata1:Lim Hwee Hua (2009–2011)
Predecessor1:Yeo Cheow Tong
Successor1:Lui Tuck Yew
Order2:Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
Term Start2:1 April 2005
Term End2:29 May 2006
Constituency Mp4:East Coast GRC (Fengshan)
Parliament4:Singapore
Predecessor4:Chng Hee Kok
Successor4:Constituency Abolished
Term Start4:25 October 2001
Term End4:24 August 2015
Birth Date:24 June 1959
Birth Place:State of Singapore
Party:People's Action Party
Alma Mater:University of Adelaide
Balliol College, Oxford
King's College, Cambridge

Raymond Lim Siang Keat (Chinese: s=林双吉|p=Lín Shuāngjí, born 24 June 1959) is a former Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), Lim has been 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 Kwan 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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Transport Minister post is a thankless job, Lee Kuan Yew told Raymond Lim . 2024-08-15 . TODAY . en.
  2. Web site: Mr Raymond Lim Siang Keat . 2024-07-19 . Nanyang Centre for Public Administration . en.
  3. Web site: Mr Raymond Lim Siang Keat . 2024-07-19 . Nanyang Centre for Public Administration . en.