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Lim Biow Chuan ( Hanzi:林谋泉; Pinyin: Lín Móuquán; born 22 May 1963) is a Singaporean politician from the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) for Mountbatten and also a lawyer. He was Deputy Speaker of Parliament from 2016 to 2020. Besides his parliamentary duty, he holds several positions, such as Chairman of the Marine Parade Council, President of the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE), Member of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Transport and Member of GPC for Manpower.
Education
Lim studied at Victoria School and Temasek Junior College. He then continued to the National University of Singapore, earning a Bachelor of Law. During his studies at the NUS, he was the classmate of Sylvia Lim, an MP from the opposition Workers’ Party (WP).
Legal career
Lim Biow Chuan has been a practising lawyer since 1989. He is a senior partner in Derrick Wong & Lim BC LLP and has been serving as a Notary Public and a Commissioner for Oaths.
Politics
Lim made his political debut when he joined the PAP team in 2006, contesting in Marine Parade GRC. The PAP team won the election unanimously. He became the president of CASE from 2012 to 2021, making him the only politician deployed at the central committee of an NGO. Melvin Yong then replaced him.
In 2013, Lim was appointed a Singapore Data Protection Advisory Committee member.
On 25 January 2016, Lim was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament with Charles Oong. Lim resigned after the 2020 general election.
Controversies
Lim triggered protests from the country's Indian communities following a Happy Deepavali banner with litter-free reminders, accusing the MP of being judgemental to Indians. Critics argued that such a cleanliness-related message did not appear on banners for other religious or cultural festivals.[1]
Lim later clarified on his Facebook account that NEA, as a government agency, is responsible for maintaining cleanliness and that the message came from complaints about litter following Deepavali celebrations. The MP finally asked for the banner with his face to be removed.
His opinions about homosexuality
As an active church activist, Lim does not agree with same-sex marriage, but he is against homosexuality. He also urged Singaporeans not to judge homosexuals.
I do not hate them, condemn them or call them names. These friends are reasonable, and I have no issue meeting them socially. However, I disagree with the practice of homosexuality. It is my personal belief, and that will not change regardless of the hate mail I have received. My friends who are gay know my beliefs. They accept that they won’t change me. We remain friends.” Lim said.[2]
Personal life
Lim is married and has two daughters. He is also Chairman of the Local Church Executive Committee for Ang Mo Kio Methodist Church (TRAC).