Sim Ann

Sim Ann (Chinese: 沈颖; pinyin: Shěn Yǐng; born 12 March 1975) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), she is the Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the ministries of Education and Law, and a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency.

Career

Prior to being elected to Parliament, Sim worked as a civil servant. From 1998 to 2000, she was an Assistant Director for Finance Policy and Planning at Singapore's Ministry of Health. In 2000, she was made an Assistant Director for Implementation Planning at the Ministry of Home Affairs. In 2003, she became a Deputy Director for Trade at the Ministry of Trade and Industry. From 2007 to 2009, Sim was the Regional Director (East China) at International Enterprise Singapore. In 2009, she became the Director of the National Population Secretariat.

Political career

At the 2011 general election, Sim was elected to Parliament as an MP for the Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency (GRC). She was a member of the PAP's team in the GRC led by the Minister for Community Development Youth and Sports, Vivian Balakrishnan, which defeated the team from the Singapore Democratic Party by 48,773 votes (60.1%) to 32,406 (39.9%). Since the election, she has represented the Bukit Timah ward within the constituency.

Following the election, Sim was made the Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Law.

Education

Sim was educated in Raffles Girls' School and Hwa Chong Junior College, before being awarded a President's Scholarship to study at Exeter College, Oxford University,^[1] where she completed a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) in 1997. In 1998, she completed a Master of Arts in political science at Stanford University. Sim also holds a post-graduate diploma in translation and interpretation from Nanyang Technological University, which she completed in 2005.

Personal life

Sim is married to Mok Ying Jang. The couple have three children (two sons and one daughter). Sim's second son was born on 22 November 2011, making Sim the first MP in Singapore to give birth while holding office.^[2]

References

External links

• Sim Ann at parliament.gov.sg
• Sim Ann, PAP media release, 14 April 2011

Current Singapore Members of Parliament Aljunied GRC Chen, S M Lim, S L Low, T K Faisal Pritam Ang Mo Kio GRC Ang, H K Inderjit Intan Lee, H L Seng, H T Yeo, G K Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC Hri Ng, E H Teo, L M Wong, K S Zainudin Bukit Panjang SMC Teo, H P Chua Chu Kang GRC Gan, K Y Low, Y L Yam, Z M Yeo, K H Zaqy East Coast GRC Lee, Y S Lim, S K Lim, S S Maliki Tan, S N Holland-Bukit Timah GRC de Souza Liang, E H Sim, Ann Vivian Hong Kah North SMC Khor, L S Hougang SMC Png, E H Joo Chiat SMC Chong, Y F Jurong GRC Ang, W N Halimah Lee T S Ong, K H Tharman Marine Parade GRC Fatimah Goh C T Seah, K P Tan C J Tin P L Moulmein-Kallang GRC Lui, T Y Phua, L P Tong C F Yaacob Mountbatten SMC Lim, B C Nee Soon GRC Lee, B W Lim W K Faishal Shanmugam Tay, T G Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Gan, T P Puthucheary Low, Penny Teo, C H Teo, S L Zainal Pioneer SMC Foo, C K Potong Pasir SMC Sitoh, Y P Punggol East SMC Lee, L L Radin Mas SMC Tan, C S Sembawang GRC Hawazi Khaw, B W Lee, G H Ong, T K Vikram Sengkang West SMC Lam, P M Tampines GRC Baey, Y K Heng, S K Mah, B T Masagos Ng, P H Tanjong Pagar GRC Chan, C S Chia S L Indranee Neo, Lily 1 vacant seat West Coast GRC Fong, Jen Foo, M H Iswaran Lim, H K Wong, S T Whampoa SMC Heng, C H Yuhua SMC Fu, H Y Non-constituency MPs Giam, Y S Chiam, W L Yee, J J Nominated MPs Chia, Y Y Chua K S Karthikeyan Kuik, S Y Ismail Soh, S L Tan, Benedict Tan, Randolph Tan, T Y