Amy Khor Lean Suan

Amy Khor Lean Suan 许连碹
Party Affiliation	PAP
Current Role	• MP for Hong Kah North SMC •Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment • Senior Minister of State for Transport •
Past Roles	• Pending •
Others	• Pending • Pending
Background
Education	• Pending • • •
Personal Details
Age	67
Others	Pending

Amy Khor Lean Suan (Chinese: 许连碹; pinyin: Xǔ Liánxuàn; born 23 February 1958) is a Malaysian-born Singaporean politician from the ruling People's Action Party (PAP). She has also been serving as Senior Minister of State for Transport and Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment since 2020. Also, she has been Vice-Chairperson of Chua Chu Kang Town Council (CCKTC) since 2015. She has been representing Hong Kah North SMC since 2011 (as a Member of Parliament).

For a full list of positions, see PARL link.

Education

Amy Khor received her education at Alexandra Hill Primary School, Raffles Girls' School, and Raffles Institution (pre-U level). Then, she went to the National University of Singapore (NUS) and completed a Bachelor of Science in estate management in 1981. She obtained a Master of Business Administration degree from San Jose State University in 1988. Later, she completed a Doctor of Philosophy in land management at the University of Reading in 1997.

Career

Before entering politics, Amy Khor worked as a valuer at the Property Tax Division of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) from 1981 to 1987. She later became a senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore from 1989 to 1999. From 1999 to 2004, she was appointed an executive director at Knight Frank.

Political career

Khor made her political debut in the 2001 general election as part of a five-member team from the People's Action Party (PAP) contesting in the Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency (GRC). The PAP team secured a decisive victory with 79.74% of the vote, defeating the Singapore Democratic Party. As a result, Khor became a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Hong Kah North ward within Hong Kah GRC. On 12 August 2004, Khor was appointed Mayor of the South West District, a role she held until 26 May 2014.

In the 2006 general election, Khor ran again as part of a PAP team in Hong Kah GRC, which won unopposed after an uncontested walkover. On 30 May 2006, she became Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources. She was later appointed Deputy Government Whip on 1 April 2007, a position she held until 30 September 2015. On 1 November 2010, Khor was promoted to Minister of State at the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.

In the 2011 general election, Khor contested the newly established Hong Kah North Single Member Constituency (SMC) as a solo candidate. She won the seat with 70.61% of the vote, defeating Sin Kek Tong of the Singapore People's Party. On 21 May 2011, she was a Minister of State at the Ministry of Health, and on 1 August 2012, she was also appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Manpower. On 1 September 2013, Khor was promoted to Senior Minister of State.

In the 2015 general election, Khor retained her seat in Hong Kah SMC, securing 74.76% of the vote against Ravi Philemon of the Singapore People's Party. After the election, she became Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources and the Ministry of Health.

In the 2020 general election, Khor was re-elected in Hong Kah SMC, securing 60.99% of the vote. Following her re-election, she was appointed Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Transport and Sustainability and the Environment on 27 July 2020.

Personal life

Khor is married and has three children.

Controversies

Comment on new citizens and local born Singaporeans

• 05 Feb 2013 - in parliament, Amy Khor rebutted several points raised by the Chairman of the Workers' Party, Sylvia Lim, during the debate on the White Paper on Population, among them to curb immigration or foreign workforce growth with such a proposal in order to help safeguard Singaporeans could, in an ironic twist, hurt the very people this reversal is intended to help.
• At one point, she commented that she herself was not born in Singapore and that "As much as any new citizen could pack up and leave Singapore, so could any other Singaporean," as a comparison with Singaporeans born locally.

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  Amy Khor's statement on new citizen and locan-born Singaporean on 05 Feb 2013

Hawker apprenticeships

In 2021, Amy Khor introduced a new work-study programme to train polytechnics and Institute of Technical Education (ITE) graduates to become hawkers. The Work-Study Post-Diploma (Certificate in Hawkerpreneurship) was a 12-month programme open to all recent poly and ITE graduates.

She said: "With the increasing recognition and appreciation of hawker fare, setting up a hawker stall can be considered as a gateway into the F&B sector, and there could be budding food and beverage entrepreneurs who may aspire to join the hawker trade.”

• critics panned the initiative in a context when MOM was recently in consultation with the Ministry of Health (MOH), the Ministry of National Development (MND) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) regarding the loosening of entry restriction for new foreign workers. S Pass allowed mid-level skilled foreigners to work in Singapore, jobs typically filled by ITE graduates. Candidates had to earn at least $2,500 a month and should have the relevant qualifications and work experience to get approval.

Lack of response to Blooboxes

• introduced the plastic Blooboxes (which came wrapped in more plastic) in March 19 2023
• only 1 in 5 households collected their Blooboxes amid criticisms of the box being too small, being redundant as most homes already have their own, can only hold selected recyclables, not weather-proof as contents could get wet, etc.
• the blue boxes were dispensed through special vending machines
• As of March 2025, the page on Blooboxes could no longer be found on the government website

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  Sample of the plastic Blooboxes, which came wrapped in more plastic

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  Special vending machines just to dispense Blooboxes

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  Info on Blooboxes no longer listed on https://www.gowhere.gov.sg

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Egg hoarding incident

• FB post shows stacks of eggs in her kitchen at a time when Chan Chun Sing told people not to panic buy to hoard (post was dated 10 April 2020). One month earlier, NTUC FairPrice imposed purchase limits for various items to stem panic buying. Out of the items that were limited, eggs were capped at 30 per customer.
• after the original post was replaced with a new photo, online viewers joked that she was able to cook without fire

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  Amy Khor's original post showing trays of eggs

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  Online comments that she could cook without fire

Ribbon cutting for temporary bus stop and recycle bin

• drew flak online for conducting a ribbon cutting ceremony as she unveiled a new temporary bus stop in her Hong Kah North SMC ward, yesterday morning (23 Nov 2020)
• Earlier in the same month, on 15 Nov, Amy Khor launched the HKN Go Green Movement 2020 at Hong Kah North Community Club by removing a ribbon that was placed on a recycling bin.

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  Ribbon-cutting "ceremony" for temporary bus stop

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  Ribbon-cutting "ceremony" for recycle bin

Rising water cost

• Amy Khor made an address at the 18th World Water Congress in Beijing on Monday (11 Sep 2023), stating that cost of water delivery in Singapore is increasing and may persist in this trend despite the incorporation of innovative technologies,
• "By right-pricing water, we’ve managed to sustain these investments financially.”
• in the same month, news reports emerged about water prices to be raised by 18% over two phases in 2024 and 2025, both times on April 1.
• Water would then cost consumers an additional 50 cents per cubic meter, starting with a 20-cent increase in April 2024 and a 30-cent rise in April 2025.
• this came after the most recent adjustment in 2017, which led to a 30% increase over two years and sparked a protest at Hong Lim Park.

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