Raymond Lim Siang Keat | |
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林双吉 | |
Minister for Transport | |
In office 30 May 2006 – 20 May 2011 | |
Second Minister | Lim Hwee Hua (2009–2011) |
Preceded by | Yeo Cheow Tong |
Succeeded by | Lui 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 by | Chng Hee Kok |
Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | State of Singapore | 24 June 1959
Political party | People's Action Party |
Alma mater | University 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]