Lim Biow Chuan ( zh, s=林谋泉, p=Lín Móuquán; born 1963) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who served as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 2016 and 2020. A member of the governing

People's Action Party The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major conservative centre-right political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the opposition Workers' Party (WP) and ...

(PAP), he has been the

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

(MP) representing

Mountbatten SMC The Mountbatten Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency in the central-southeastern part of Singapore. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is Lim Biow Chuan of the People's Action Party The People's Action ...

since 2011 and previously the Mountbatten division of

Marine Parade GRC The Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the central, eastern and north-eastern areas of Singapore. The constituency consists of a section of Bedok, Chai Chee, Geyla ...

between 2006 and 2011.

Education

Lim studied at

Victoria School Victoria School (VS) is a government autonomous boys' secondary school in Siglap, Singapore. Established in 1876, it is Singapore's second oldest state secondary school. It offers a six-year Integrated Programme, which allows students to skip t ...

and

Temasek Junior College Temasek Junior College (TJC) is a government-run junior college located in Bedok South, Singapore. It offers a six-year Integrated Programme alongside a two-year Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level curriculum. History Temasek Junior Coll ...

before he went on to the National University of Singapore's Faculty of Law, where he completed a

Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Ch ...

. When he was in university, he was a classmate of Sylvia Lim, who later became a Member of Parliament from the opposition Workers' Party.

Career

Legal career

Lim has been a practising lawyer since 1989. He is a senior partner in Derrick Wong & Lim BC LLP and has been appointed as a Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths.

Political career

Lim entered politics during the 2006 general elections when he joined the

(PAP) team contesting in

and they won by an uncontested walkover. 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 chairman of the Marine Parade Town Council. In 2013, Lim was appointed as a member of Singapore's Data Protection Advisory Committee. On 25 January 2016, Lim was elected Deputy Speaker of Parliament along with

Charles Chong Charles Chong You Fook ( zh, s=张有福, p=Zhāng Yǒufú; born 24 June 1953) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 2011 and 2020. He served as Acting Speaker of the Parliament of ...

Incident

In 2010, the press reported that Lim showed support for film director

Jack Neo Jack Neo (born 24 January 1960) is a Singaporean actor, television host, comedian and film director. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1983 to 2003. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was best known for his cross-dressing roles ...

over his controversial extramarital affair, 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.

Personal life

Lim is married and has two daughters. Lim has been serving as a church leader since 1993.

References

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Lim Biow Chuan
on Parliament of Singapore * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lim, Biow Chuan 1963 births Living people Members of the Parliament of Singapore Singaporean people of Hokkien descent People's Action Party politicians 20th-century Singaporean lawyers National University of Singapore alumni Victoria School, Singapore alumni Temasek Junior College alumni Singaporean Christians