| Grace Fu | |
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| Grace Fu Hai Yien | |
| Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts and the Environment and Water Resources | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Senior Minister of State for Education and National Development | |
| In office 1 April 2008 – 20 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 29, 1964 Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
Grace Fu Hai Yien (Chinese: 傅海燕; pinyin: Fù Hǎiyiàn) is the Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts, and the Environment and Water Resources in Singapore.
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Ms Grace Fu graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) in 1985 and obtained a Masters of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore in 1991. She is a Non-Practising member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore since 1992.
Ms Fu began her career with the Overseas Union Bank as an auditor. Between 1991 and 1995, she worked in corporate planning, financial control and business development positions in several entities of the Haw Par Group.
In October 1995, Ms Fu joined PSA Corporation as an Assistant Director (Finance). She took on additional responsibilities as Vice-President (Marketing) and assumed the position of Financial Controller of PSA Corporation in October 1998. She was promoted to the position of Executive Vice-President (Finance) in January 1999. In April 2003, Ms Fu was appointed the Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Terminals. Before she left the PSA Group, Ms Fu was holding the appointment of Chief Executive Officer, PSA South East Asia and Japan, where she was responsible for the business performance of PSA’s flagship terminals in Singapore, Thailand, Brunei and Japan.
Ms Fu was one of the 24 new PAP candidates formally introduced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore in 2006. She was elected as a Member of Parliament in June 2006 for the Group Representation Constituency of Jurong.
On 1 August 2006, Ms Fu was appointed Minister of State for National Development.
On 1 April 2008, Ms Fu was promoted to Senior Minister of State, and was appointed in the Ministry of Education, concurrently with her appointment in the Ministry of National Development.
Following her re-election in the 2011 General Elections, she was appointed Senior Minister of State in two ministries, the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, and the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.
| Date | Appointment |
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| June 2006 | Elected Member of Parliament for Jurong GRC |
| August 2006 | Minister of State for National Development |
| April 2008 | Senior Minister of State for National Development and Ministry of Education |
| May 2011 | Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts and Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources |
| Date | Appointment |
|---|---|
| 1985–1988 | Auditor, OUB (now part of UOB) |
| 1991–1995 | Business Development, Corporate Planning and Financial Control, Haw Par Group |
| 1995–1999 | Assistant Director (Finance), PSA Corporation |
| 1999–2003 | Executive Vice-President (Finance); Chief Financial Officer, PSA Group |
| 2003–2004 | Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Terminals, PSA Group |
| 2004–2006 | Chief Executive Officer, South East Asia and Japan, PSA International Limited |
Ms Fu is married with three sons and enjoys outdoor activities like rafting, swimming and hiking.