Amy Khor Lean Suan ( zh, s=许连碹, p=Xǔ Liánxuàn; born 1958) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Senior Minister of State for Transport and Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the

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(MP) representing

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since 2011. Prior to entering politics, Khor was a

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at the

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(IRAS), senior lecturer at the

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, and executive director at Knight Frank. She made her political debut in the 2001 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in

Hong Kah GRC Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency was a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The constituency covered the areas of Bukit Batok, Choa Chu Kang, Upper Bukit Timah, Jurong West and Lim Ch ...

. After the PAP team won with 79.74% of the vote, she became a Member of Parliament representing the Hong Kah North ward of Hong Kah GRC. Since then, she had retained her parliamentary seat in the 2006 general election by an uncontested walkover, and had later won consecutive elections as a solo PAP candidate in Hong Kah North SMC starting from the 2011 general election. She had since been serving as Minister of State and later Senior Minister of State at various Ministries.

Education

Khor was educated at Alexandra Hill Primary School,

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and Raffles Institution before she went to the

, where she completed a

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in estate management in 1981. In 1988, she completed a

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. In 1997, she completed a

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in land management at the University of Reading.

Career

Khor was a

at the Property Tax Division of the

from 1981 to 1987, before she became a senior lecturer at the

from 1989 to 1999. From 1999 to 2004, she was an executive director at Knight Frank.

Political career

Khor entered politics when she contested as part of a five-member People's Action Party (PAP) team in the 2001 general election in

. The PAP team won with 79.74% of the vote against the

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, and Khor thus became a Member of Parliament representing the Hong Kah North ward of Hong Kah GRC. On 12 August 2004, she was appointed Mayor of the

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and held this position until 26 May 2014. During the 2006 general election, Khor joined a five-member PAP team contesting in Hong Kah GRC again and they won by an uncontested walkover this time. On 30 May 2006, she was appointed Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources. On 1 April 2007, she was appointed Deputy Government Whip and held this position until 30 September 2015. On 1 November 2010, she was promoted from Senior Parliamentary Secretary to

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at the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources. In the 2011 general election, Khor contested as a solo PAP candidate in the newly formed Hong Kah North Single Member Constituency (SMC) and won with 70.61% of the vote against the Singapore People's Party's

Sin Kek Tong Sin Kek Tong ( zh, s=沈克栋, p=Shěn Kèdòng; died 27 February 2017) was a Singaporean politician. Originally a member of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), Sin left the SDP in 1994 with a breakaway faction of SDP members who su ...

. She was appointed Minister of State at the

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on 21 May 2011 and given an additional appointment as Minister of State at the Ministry of Manpower on 1 August 2012. On 1 September 2013, Khor was promoted to Senior Minister of State. During the 2015 general election, Khor retained her parliamentary seat in Hong Kah SMC after winning 74.76% of the vote against the Singapore People's Party's Ravi Philemon. After the election, she became Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources and

. In the

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, Khor retained her parliamentary seat in Hong Kah SMC after winning 60.99% of the vote against the Progress Singapore Party's Gigene Wong. On 27 July 2020, she was appointed Senior Minister of State at the

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and Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment.

Personal life

Khor is a Christian and she is married with three children.

References

External links

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