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{{more footnotes|date=January 2011}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lim Hng Kiang
| name = Lim Hng Kiang
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|林勋强}}}}
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|林勋强}}}}
| image = Lim Hng Kiang 2017.jpg
| image = Lim Hng Kiang 2017.jpg
| order = [[Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)|Minister for Trade and Industry<br />(Trade)]]
| office = [[Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)#Ministers|Minister for Trade and Industry<br />(Trade)]]
| term_start = 12 August 2004
| term_start = 12 August 2004
| term_end = 30 April 2018
| term_end = 30 April 2018
| primeminister = [[Lee Hsien Loong]]
| 1blankname = Second Minister
| 1blankname = Second Minister
| 1namedata = [[Vivian Balakrishnan]]<br />(2005–2006)<br />S. Iswaran<br />(2011–2015)
| alongside = [[S. Iswaran]] (Industry)
| 1namedata = [[Vivian Balakrishnan]]<br />S. Iswaran
| predecessor = [[George Yeo]]
| alongside = [[S. Iswaran]] (Industry)
| successor = [[Chan Chun Sing]]<br />(as Minister for Trade and Industry)
| predecessor = [[George Yeo]]
| successor = [[Chan Chun Sing]]<br />(as Minister for Trade and Industry)
| order2 = [[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)|Minister in the Prime Minister's Office]]
| office2 = [[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)|Minister in the Prime Minister's Office]]
| term_start2 = 1 August 2003
| term_start2 = 1 August 2003
| term_end2 = 11 August 2004
| term_end2 = 11 August 2004
| alongside2 = [[Lim Boon Heng]] (until 2004)
| primeminister2 = [[Goh Chok Tong]]<br />Lee Hsien Loong
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| office3 = [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)#Ministers|Minister for Health]]
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = [[Lim Swee Say]]
| term_start3 = 3 June 1999
| term_end3 = 31 July 2003
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| order3 = [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Minister for Health]]
| term_start3 = 3 June 1999
| primeminister3 = Goh Chok Tong
| term_end3 = 31 July 2003
| predecessor3 = [[Yeo Cheow Tong]]
| predecessor3 = [[Yeo Cheow Tong]]
| successor3 = [[Khaw Boon Wan]]
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| office4 = [[Ministry of National Development (Singapore)#Ministers|Minister for National Development]]
| successor3 = [[Khaw Boon Wan]]
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| term_start4 = 17 April 1995
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| order4 = [[Ministry of National Development (Singapore)|Minister for National Development]]
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| term_end4 = 4 June 1999<br />{{small|Acting: 2 January 1994 – 16 April 1995}}
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| term_start4 = 17 April 1995
| primeminister4 = Goh Chok Tong
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| term_end4 = 2 June 1999<br / > {{small|Acting: 2 January 1994 – 16 April 1995}}
| predecessor4 = [[Richard Hu]]
| predecessor4 = [[Richard Hu]]
| successor4 = [[Mah Bow Tan]]
| successor4 = [[Mah Bow Tan]]
| constituency_MP5 = [[West Coast Group Representation Constituency|West Coast GRC]]<br />(Telok Blangah)
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|04|09}}<ref name="Christ's College Cambridge Alumni">{{Cite web|url=https://alumni.christs.cam.ac.uk/lim-hng-kiang-|title=Lim Hng Kiang - Christ's College|website=alumni.christs.cam.ac.uk}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Colony of Singapore]]
| parliament5 = Singapore
| term_start5 = 2 January 1997
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| death_date =
| term_end5 = 23 June 2020
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| death_place =
| predecessor5 = ''Himself''
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| spouse = Lee Ai Boon
| party =[[People's Action Party]]
| successor5 = [[Rachel Ong]] ([[People's Action Party|PAP]])
| constituency_MP6 = [[Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency|Tanjong Pagar GRC]]<br />(Telok Blangah)
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| alma_mater = [[Christ's College, Cambridge]]<br />[[Harvard University]]
| parliament6 = Singapore
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| signature =
| term_start6 = 21 August 1991
| term_end6 = 16 December 1996
| predecessor6 = Koh Lam Son ([[People's Action Party|PAP]])
| successor6 = ''Himself''
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|04|09}}<ref name="Christ's College Cambridge Alumni">{{Cite web|url=https://alumni.christs.cam.ac.uk/lim-hng-kiang-|title=Lim Hng Kiang - Christ's College|website=alumni.christs.cam.ac.uk}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Colony of Singapore]]
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| death_date =
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| death_place =
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| spouse = Lee Ai Boon
| party = [[People's Action Party]]
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| alma_mater = [[Christ's College, Cambridge]]<br />[[Harvard University]]
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| signature =
| caption = Lim in 2017
}}
}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Lin (surname)|Lim]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Lin (surname)|Lim]]|lang=Chinese}}
'''Lim Hng Kiang''' ({{lang-zh|s=林勋强|p=Lín Xūnqiáng}}; born 9 April 1954)<ref name="Christ's College Cambridge Alumni" /> is a Singaporean retired politician who served as [[Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)|Minister for Trade and Industry]] between 2004 and 2018, [[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)|Minister in the Prime Minister's Office]] between 2003 and 2004, [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Minister for Health]] between 1999 and 2003 and [[Ministry of National Development (Singapore)|Minister for National Development]] between 1994 and 1999.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|last=hermes|date=2020-06-30|title=Singapore GE2020: Desmond Lee could shore up PAP's West Coast or East Coast team, say analysts|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/desmond-lee-could-shore-up-paps-west-coast-or-east-coast-team-analysts|access-date=2020-06-30|website=The Straits Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|title=Desmond Lee to West Coast? Teo Chee Hean to East Coast? Heng Swee Keat to stay or leave Tampines?|url=https://mothership.sg/2020/06/desmond-lee-teo-chee-hean-heng-swee-keat/|access-date=2020-06-30|website=mothership.sg|language=en}}</ref> A member of the governing [[People's Action Party]] (PAP), he was the [[Parliament of Singapore|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency|Tanjong Pagar GRC]] between 1991 and 1997 and [[West Coast Group Representation Constituency|West Coast GRC]] 1997 and 2020.
'''Lim Hng Kiang''' ({{lang-zh|s=林勋强|p=Lín Xūnqiáng|poj=Lîm Hng-kiâng|first=poj}}; born 9 April 1954)<ref name="Christ's College Cambridge Alumni" /> is a Singaporean former politician who served as [[Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)|Minister for Trade and Industry]] between 2004 and 2018, [[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)|Minister in the Prime Minister's Office]] between 2003 and 2004, [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Minister for Health]] between 1999 and 2003 and [[Ministry of National Development (Singapore)|Minister for National Development]] between 1994 and 1999.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|last=hermes|date=2020-06-30|title=Singapore GE2020: Desmond Lee could shore up PAP's West Coast or East Coast team, say analysts|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/desmond-lee-could-shore-up-paps-west-coast-or-east-coast-team-analysts|access-date=2020-06-30|website=The Straits Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|title=Desmond Lee to West Coast? Teo Chee Hean to East Coast? Heng Swee Keat to stay or leave Tampines?|url=https://mothership.sg/2020/06/desmond-lee-teo-chee-hean-heng-swee-keat/|access-date=2020-06-30|website=mothership.sg|language=en}}</ref> A member of the governing [[People's Action Party]] (PAP), he was the [[Parliament of Singapore|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the Telok Blangah division of [[Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency|Tanjong Pagar GRC]] between 1991 and 1997 and later [[West Coast Group Representation Constituency|West Coast GRC]] between 1997 and 2020.


==Education==
==Education==
Lim was educated in [[Raffles Institution]], before being awarded a [[President's Scholar]]ship and [[Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship]] to study at the [[University of Cambridge]], where he completed a degree in engineering in 1976. In 1985, Lim was awarded a scholarship to study for a [[Master of Public Administration]] degree at the [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] at [[Harvard University]].<ref name="retrospect">{{cite web | url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/lim-hng-kiang-lim-swee-say-yaacob-ibrahim-retire-10171024 | title=In retrospect: 3 veteran ministers stepping down to make way for younger leaders | access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref>
Lim was educated in [[Raffles Institution]], before being awarded a [[President's Scholar]]ship and [[Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship]] to study at the [[University of Cambridge]], where he completed a degree in engineering in 1976. In 1985, Lim was awarded a scholarship to study for a [[Master of Public Administration]] degree at the [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] at [[Harvard University]].<ref name="retrospect">{{cite web | url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/lim-hng-kiang-lim-swee-say-yaacob-ibrahim-retire-10171024 | title=In retrospect: 3 veteran ministers stepping down to make way for younger leaders | access-date=13 December 2018 | archive-date=2 May 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502212831/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/lim-hng-kiang-lim-swee-say-yaacob-ibrahim-retire-10171024 | url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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During the [[severe acute respiratory syndrome]] (SARS) epidemic that swept through the region. Many Singaporeans felt his initial handling of the crisis, citing his lack of leadership and indecisiveness, helped prolong the epidemic that eventually drove the economy into a recession.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} While then Deputy Prime Minister [[Lee Hsien Loong]] said "SARS has significantly disrupted our economy. It has affected not only tourist spending but also domestic consumption... certainly our first half growth will be affected, and we will have to revise down our growth forecasts for the year." Others cited his calls to quarantine patients and to close and extend local school holidays were late in coming.
During the [[severe acute respiratory syndrome]] (SARS) epidemic that swept through the region. Many Singaporeans felt his initial handling of the crisis, citing his lack of leadership and indecisiveness, helped prolong the epidemic that eventually drove the economy into a recession.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} While then Deputy Prime Minister [[Lee Hsien Loong]] said "SARS has significantly disrupted our economy. It has affected not only tourist spending but also domestic consumption... certainly our first half growth will be affected, and we will have to revise down our growth forecasts for the year." Others cited his calls to quarantine patients and to close and extend local school holidays were late in coming.


Many local residents also pointed to the administrators at [[Tan Tock Seng Hospital]] for mishandling and underestimating the severity of SARS. When "At least 85 percent of people infected by SARS in Singapore caught it while visiting or working at hospitals", said [[Osman David Mansoor]] at the WHO. "The remainder mostly came down with it at home through close contact with sick family members", he said.<ref>''Reuters'' Sat April 5, 2003 07:32 AM ET By [[Jason Szep]]</ref>
Many local residents also pointed to the administrators at [[Tan Tock Seng Hospital]] for mishandling and underestimating the severity of SARS. When "At least 85 percent of people infected by SARS in Singapore caught it while visiting or working at hospitals", said Osman David Mansoor at the WHO. "The remainder mostly came down with it at home through close contact with sick family members", he said.<ref>''Reuters'' Sat April 5, 2003 07:32 AM ET By [[Jason Szep]]</ref>


In 2003, Lim was made a minister in the Prime Minister's Office. He retained the role of Second Minister for Finance.
In 2003, Lim was made a minister in the Prime Minister's Office. He retained the role of Second Minister for Finance.
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Latest revision as of 13:37, 3 December 2024

Lim Hng Kiang
林勋强
Lim in 2017
Minister for Trade and Industry
(Trade)
In office
12 August 2004 – 30 April 2018
Serving with S. Iswaran (Industry)
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Second MinisterVivian Balakrishnan
S. Iswaran
Preceded byGeorge Yeo
Succeeded byChan Chun Sing
(as Minister for Trade and Industry)
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
In office
1 August 2003 – 11 August 2004
Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Lee Hsien Loong
Minister for Health
In office
3 June 1999 – 31 July 2003
Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Preceded byYeo Cheow Tong
Succeeded byKhaw Boon Wan
Minister for National Development
In office
17 April 1995 – 4 June 1999
Acting: 2 January 1994 – 16 April 1995
Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Preceded byRichard Hu
Succeeded byMah Bow Tan
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for West Coast GRC
(Telok Blangah)
In office
2 January 1997 – 23 June 2020
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byRachel Ong (PAP)
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Tanjong Pagar GRC
(Telok Blangah)
In office
21 August 1991 – 16 December 1996
Preceded byKoh Lam Son (PAP)
Succeeded byHimself
Personal details
Born (1954-04-09) 9 April 1954 (age 70)[1]
Colony of Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
SpouseLee Ai Boon
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge
Harvard University
In this Chinese name, the family name is Lim.

Lim Hng Kiang (Chinese: 林勋强; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Hng-kiâng; pinyin: Lín Xūnqiáng; born 9 April 1954)[1] is a Singaporean former politician who served as Minister for Trade and Industry between 2004 and 2018, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office between 2003 and 2004, Minister for Health between 1999 and 2003 and Minister for National Development between 1994 and 1999.[2][3] A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Telok Blangah division of Tanjong Pagar GRC between 1991 and 1997 and later West Coast GRC between 1997 and 2020.

Education

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Lim was educated in Raffles Institution, before being awarded a President's Scholarship and Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge, where he completed a degree in engineering in 1976. In 1985, Lim was awarded a scholarship to study for a Master of Public Administration degree at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.[4]

Career

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Lim began his career in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and left with rank of lieutenant-colonel. He later served as a deputy secretary at the Ministry of National Development, and as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Housing and Development Board (HDB).

Lim was first elected to Parliament in 1991 as an MP for the Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency. Since 1997, he has represented the West Coast Group Representation Constituency (West Coast GRC).

Lim was appointed a Minister of State at the Ministry of National Development in 1991. In 1994, he became the Acting Minister for National Development and Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 1995, Lim became the Minister for National Development and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs. In 1998, he relinquished the role of Second Minister for Foreign Affairs and became the Second Minister for Finance.

In 1999, Lim became the Minister for Health. He also retained the portfolio of Second Minister for Finance.

During the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic that swept through the region. Many Singaporeans felt his initial handling of the crisis, citing his lack of leadership and indecisiveness, helped prolong the epidemic that eventually drove the economy into a recession.[citation needed] While then Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said "SARS has significantly disrupted our economy. It has affected not only tourist spending but also domestic consumption... certainly our first half growth will be affected, and we will have to revise down our growth forecasts for the year." Others cited his calls to quarantine patients and to close and extend local school holidays were late in coming.

Many local residents also pointed to the administrators at Tan Tock Seng Hospital for mishandling and underestimating the severity of SARS. When "At least 85 percent of people infected by SARS in Singapore caught it while visiting or working at hospitals", said Osman David Mansoor at the WHO. "The remainder mostly came down with it at home through close contact with sick family members", he said.[5]

In 2003, Lim was made a minister in the Prime Minister's Office. He retained the role of Second Minister for Finance.

Lim was made the Minister for Trade and Industry in 2004. He was subsequently put in charge of trade at the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The ministry was split into two, with Lim taking the trade portfolio and the industry portfolio taken by S. Iswaran.[4]

Lim served as the deputy chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) from 2006 until 2021[6] and is also a board director of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC).

Lim stepped down from the cabinet on 30 April 2018[4] and appointed as special advisor to MTI.

During 2020 Singaporean general election, Lim announced his retirement from politics.[2][3]

Personal life

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Lim has two sons.[7] His wife, Lee Ai Boon, died of cancer on 12 April 2014.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lim Hng Kiang - Christ's College". alumni.christs.cam.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b hermes (30 June 2020). "Singapore GE2020: Desmond Lee could shore up PAP's West Coast or East Coast team, say analysts". The Straits Times. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Desmond Lee to West Coast? Teo Chee Hean to East Coast? Heng Swee Keat to stay or leave Tampines?". mothership.sg. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "In retrospect: 3 veteran ministers stepping down to make way for younger leaders". Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  5. ^ Reuters Sat April 5, 2003 07:32 AM ET By Jason Szep
  6. ^ "Changes to MAS Board of Directors". MAS. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  7. ^ gsi (12 September 2014). "The Cabinet". Prime Minister‘s Office Singapore.
  8. ^ Wife of trade & industry minister dies at 60 Archived 15 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine, channelnewsasia.com, 13 April 2014.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister for National Development
1994 – 1995 (Acting), 1995 – 1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Health
1999 – 2003 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
?
 Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
2003 – 2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Trade and Industry
2004 – 2015 		Succeeded by
Himself
as Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade)
Succeeded byas Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry)
Preceded by
Himself
as Minister for Trade and Industry 		Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade)
2015 – 2018
Served alongside: S. Iswaran (Industry) 		Succeeded byas Minister for Trade and Industry
Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by
Koh Lam Son
as MP for Telok Blangah SMC 		Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC (Telok Blangah)
1991 – 1997 		Constituency redrawn
New constituency Member of Parliament for West Coast GRC (Telok Blangah)
1997 – 2020 		Succeeded by

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