Lim Biow Chuan

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The Honourable

Lim Biow Chuan
林谋泉
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Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore
In office
25 January 2016 – 23 June 2020
Serving with Charles Chong
PresidentTony Tan
Halimah Yacob
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
SpeakerHalimah Yacob
Tan Chuan-Jin
Preceded bySeah Kian Peng
Succeeded byJessica Tan
ConstituencyMountbatten SMC
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Mountbatten SMC
Assumed office
7 May 2011
Preceded byEugene Yap Giau Cheng
Majority10,479 (47.68%)
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Marine Parade GRC
(Mountbatten)
In office
6 May 2006 – 7 May 2011
Preceded by
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1963-05-22) 22 May 1963 (age 58)
Colony of Singapore
CitizenshipSingapore
NationalitySingaporean
Political partyPeople's Action Party (2011)
Alma materVictoria School
National University of Singapore
In this Chinese name, the family name is Lim.

Lim Biow Chuan (simplified Chinese: 林谋泉; traditional Chinese: 林謀泉; pinyin: Lín Móu Quán; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Bô͘-chôaⁿ; born 22 May 1963) is a Singaporean politician. He served as Deputy Speaker of the 13th parliament of Singapore from 25 January 2016 to 23 June 2020. He is also the current Member of Parliament (MP) for Mountbatten SMC since 7 May 2011 and formerly for the Mountbatten ward under the Marine Parade GRC from 5 May 2006 to 6 May 2011.

Education[]

Lim studied at Victoria School and had his junior college education at Temasek Junior College. Lim received his tertiary education at the National University of Singapore, where he obtained a LL.B. He was a classmate of Workers' Party politician Sylvia Lim.[1] In 1994, he became a founding partner of Tan Lim & Wong.

Career[]

Legal career[]

Lim is a lawyer and has been in legal practice since 1989. He is a senior partner in Derrick Wong & Lim BC LLP.[2]

Political career[]

Lim first became an MP after the 2006 general elections, where his party, the PAP, was awarded a walkover as Marine Parade GRC was uncontested. He is the president of the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case), the only politician on the central committee of the non-governmental organisation.[3][4] Lim is also the Marine Parade Town Council Chairman.

In 2013, he was appointed as a member of Singapore's Data Protection Advisory Committee.[5]

On 25 January 2016, Lim was elected as deputy speaker of the parliament, alongside Charles Chong.[6]

Controversy[]

At the height of the Jack Neo's extramarital affair scandal,[7] the press reported that Lim showed support for Neo saying "Since he is remorseful over this incident, he should be forgiven. Actually, a man who has a good career development, like himself, would find such scenarios unavoidable".[8] Lim later stated that he had been misquoted by the press.[8]

Personal life[]

Lim is married and has two daughters.[9] Lim has been serving as a church leader since 1993.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Lim, Biow Chuan (28 July 2020). "Met Sylvia Lim at the Istana during the swearing in ceremony for Cabinet Ministers..." Facebook. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. ^ Lim, Biow Chuan. "CV Lim Biow Chuan (May 2016)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Lim Biow Chuan elected President of CASE". Channel NewsAsia. 23 June 2012. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. ^ "CASE Central Committee (2015 - 2018)". CASE. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  5. ^ "6 new members appointed to Data Protection Advisory Committee". AsiaOne. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Charles Chong, Lim Biow Chuan elected as Deputy Speakers". Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Model exposes affair with S'pore director Jack Neo". Channel News Asia. 7 March 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "Backseat frolics backfire". The Star. 13 March 2010. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Lim, Biow Chuan. "Lim Biow Chuan - About". Facebook. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

External links[]

Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by
Andy Gan 		Member of Parliament for
Marine Parade GRC (Mountbatten)
2006 – 2011 		Constituency redrawn
New constituency Member of Parliament
for Mountbatten SMC
2011 – present 		Incumbent


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