Lim Swee Say

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Lim Swee Say (born 13 July 1954) is the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office in Singapore. He is an elected member of parliament for the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC. His past ministerial portfolio includes the Ministry of Environment, Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology and Minister of State for Trade and Industry.

1 Early life
2 Professional
3 Politics
4 Personal life
5 References

[edit] Early life

Lim received his early education at Catholic High School and National Junior College. In 1973, he was awarded a Singapore Armed Forces (UK) Scholarship to study Electronics, Computer and Systems Engineering at Loughborough University. He graduated with a First Class Honours degree in 1976. He then went on to complete a Master's Degree in Management at Stanford University.

[edit] Professional

Lim has a long association with the development of the IT sector in Singapore since the 1970s. He served as the Chief Executive from 1986 to 1991 and Chairman of National Computer Board (NCB) from 1994 to 1998. In his tenure at NCB, he led the development and implementation of Singapore's National IT policy and IT 2000 Masterplan to transform Singapore into an IT hub.

Lim was also engaged in the economic development of Singapore in the 1990s. He worked five years with the Economic Development Board, first as Deputy Managing Director based in New York City from 1991 to 1993, then as Managing Director from 1994 to 1996. From 1997-98, he was a member of the Committee on Singapore's Competitiveness tasked to develop plans to transform Singapore into a Knowledge Based Economy in the 21st Century. He chaired its Sub-committee on Manpower Development.

[edit] Politics

In 1996, Lim joined the People's Action Party (PAP) and became involved with the labour movement. He served as Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trade Union Congress from 1997 to 1999. Subsequently, he was appointed Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology and Minister of State for Trade and Industry in June 1999. He became Acting Minister for the Environment in October 2000 and Minister for the Environment in November 2001. On 12 August 2004, Lim was appointed Minister in the Prime Minister Office and Second Minister for National Development. He serves concurrently as Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress. He relinquished the appointment of Second Minister for National Development on 1 October 2005 to serve full time in the labour movement. Mr Lim has been a member of the PAP Central Executive Committee since 1999, and chaired the Young PAP from 2000 to 2004. He is the member of parliament, representing Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.

[edit] Personal life

Lim is married to Elaine Cheong and they have a daughter and a son.

[edit] References

Lim Swee Say - Singapore Cabinet Biography

Preceded by: ?	Minister in the Prime Minister Office 12 August 2004 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by: ?	Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology June 1999 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by: ?	Minister of State for Trade and Industry June 1999 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by: ?	Minister for the Environment November 2001 – August 2004	Succeeded by: Yaacob Ibrahim
Preceded by: ?	Acting Minister for the Environment October 2000 – November 2001	Succeeded by: (promoted to Minister)
Preceded by: ?	Second Minister for National Development 12 August 2004 – 1 October 2005	Succeeded by: ?
Preceded by: ?	Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress 1997 – 1999	Succeeded by: ?
Preceded by: ?	Chairman of Young People's Action Party 2000 – 2004	Succeeded by: ?