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Raymond Lim

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Raymond Lim Siang Keat
林双吉
Minister for Transport
In office
30 May 2006 – 20 May 2011
Second MinisterLim Hwee Hua (2009–2011)
Preceded byYeo Cheow Tong
Succeeded byLui Tuck Yew
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
In office
1 April 2005 – 29 May 2006
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for East Coast GRC (Fengshan)
In office
25 October 2001 – 24 August 2015
Preceded byChng Hee Kok
Succeeded byConstituency Abolished
Personal details
Born (1959-06-24) 24 June 1959 (age 65)
State of Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide
Balliol College, Oxford
King's College, Cambridge

Raymond Lim Siang Keat (Chinese: 林双吉; pinyin: 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

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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

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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.

Government offices
Preceded by
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Minister, Prime Minister's Office
1 April 2005 - 30 May 2006
Succeeded by
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Preceded by Minister for Transport
30 May 2006 - 18 May 2011
Succeeded by

References

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