Amy Khor

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Amy Khor Lean Suan (simplified Chinese: 许连碹; traditional Chinese: 許連碹; pinyin: Xǔ Liánxuàn; born 23 February 1958) is a Malaysian-born Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she is a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hong Kah North SMC. She is appointed as the Senior Minister of State in the Ministry for Sustainability and the Environment and Ministry for Transport by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Career[]

Khor was a valuer at the Property Tax Division from 1981 to 1987. She then served as a senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore from 1989 to 1999. From 1999 to 2004, she was an executive director at Knight Frank.

Political career[]

Khor was elected to Parliament as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency (Hong Kah GRC) at the 2001 general election. On 12 August 2004, she was appointed Mayor of the South West District (replacing Yu-Foo Yee Shoon).^[1][2]

At the 2006 general election, Khor was re-elected as an MP for Hong Kah GRC. Following the election she was appointed a Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources and the chairman of the Feedback Unit alongside her role as Mayor of the South West District. She was also made a Deputy Government Whip in 2007. In 2010, Khor was promoted to Minister of State at the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.

At the 2011 general election, Khor was elected as the MP for the Hong Kah North Single Member Constituency. She defeated the Singapore People's Party's candidate Sin Kek Tong. Khor was made a Minister of State at the Ministry of Health and subsequently also served concurrently as the Minister of State at the Ministry of Manpower from 1 August 2012. From 1 September 2013, Khor was promoted to Senior Minister of State. She relinquished her appointment as Mayor of South West CDC on 27 May 2014, at the end of her Mayor's term. As of 2016, She continues to serve as the Senior Minister of State in the Ministries of Health^[3] and of Manpower, and as the Deputy Government Whip.

In 2016, Khor appeared in the last episode of television drama You Can Be An Angel 2 giving out batches in appreciation for the nurses for the hard work. In 2017, Khor appeared in the fifth episode of television drama dialect series Eat Already? 2 as herself participating in rhythmic exercises and in the second episode of Eat Already? 3 promoting a healthy living habit.^[4]

In 2018, Khor appeared in a special appearance in a television drama, You Can Be An Angel 3 where she appeared as a guest while Gan Kim Yong is the guest-of-honour giving out the Nurses Merit Award.

She is appointed as the vice-chairman of the Chua Chu Kang Town Council and the advisor of the grassroots organisation.

She has been the Senior Minister of State in the Ministry for Health from 1 September 2013 to 26 July 2020, Ministry for the Environment and Water Resources from 1 October 2015 to 26 July 2020 and Ministry for Manpower from 1 September 2013 to 30 September 2015. She was the Minister of State in the Ministry for Manpower from 1 August 2012 to 31 August 2013, Ministry for Health from 7 May 2011 to 31 August 2013 and Ministry for the Environment and Water Resources from November 2010 to May 2011. She was the Senior Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry for the Environment and Water Resources from 21 May 2006 to 31 October 2010. She was also Mayor of the South West District from August 2004 to May 2014.^[5] She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hong Kah North SMC since May 2011 and was the MP for Hong Kah GRC for Hong Kah North from November 2001 to April 2011.

Education[]

Khor was educated at Alexandra Hill Primary School, Raffles Girls' School and Raffles Institution, before going on to the National University of Singapore where she completed a Bachelor of Science in estate management in 1981. In 1988, she completed a Master of Business Administration at San Jose State University. She then completed a Doctor of Philosophy in land management at the University of Reading in 1997.^[6]

Personal life[]

Khor is married with three children. She is a Christian.^[6]

References[]

External links[]

• Amy Khor on Facebook
• Amy Khor on Parliament of Singapore