Name Lim Chuan | Party People's Action Party | |
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Role Singaporean member of Parliament Education Temasek Junior College, National University of Singapore Similar People Lim Chin Siong, Lee Kuan Yew, Toh Chin Chye | ||
Lim biow chuan opposes the repeal of section 377a
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 Member of Parliament (MP) who represents Mountbatten.
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- Lim biow chuan opposes the repeal of section 377a
- Mp lim biow chuan wants to champion character development in schools
- Connection to Jack Neo controversy
- References
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. Lim is an old boy of Victoria School and had his junior college education at Temasek Junior College. He is the president of the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case), the only politician on the central committee of the non-governmental organisation. Lim is also the Marine Parade Town Council Chairman.
Lim received his tertiary education at the National University of Singapore, where he obtained a LL.B. In 1994, he became a founding partner of Tan Lim & Wong.
In 2013, he was appointed as a member of Singapore's Data Protection Advisory Committee.
On 25 January 2016 he was assigned as the deputy speaker of the parliament
Mp lim biow chuan wants to champion character development in schools
Connection to Jack Neo controversy
At the height of the Jack Neo's extramarital affair scandal, 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". Lim later stated that he had been misquoted by the press.