Lim Biow Chuan

Lim Biow Chuan

林谋泉;
Current Role	• MP for Mountbatten SMC •
Personal details
Party	PAP

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.

For the full list of postitions, see PARL link

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.

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.

Opinions about homosexuality

As an active church activist, Lim does not agree with same-sex marriage, but he 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.

Shuttle Service Landmark Controversy

• "There are pictures of other Marine Parade landmarks, including Wisma Geylang Serai, Old Market (sic) Old Airport Road. And these all help our residents, the residents who would like familiarity with these landmarks and people who are familiar to them, to identify the buses." - Alvin Tan, 7 Aug 2024 Parliament Session

• Alvin Tan said the 'free shuttle bus service' in Marine Parade cluster costs S$1 million a year, mostly funded through donations

• Alvin Tan also mentioned that over 10,000 residents have registered for the shuttle service, with more than 40% being seniors aged 65 and above.

• However, residents there have verified that ridership for the shuttle bus was very low. CNA reported some routes having close to zero passengers at certain times but others having over 20 passengers.

• The MPs who formed part of the landmarks on this shuttle bus include from left to right:
  1. Lim Biow Chua, Mountbatten SMC
  2. Mohd Fahmi Bin Aliman, Marine Parade GRC
  3. Tan See Leng, Marine Parade GRC
  4. Edwin Tong, Marine Parade GRC
  5. Seah Kian Peng, Marine Parade GRC
  6. Tin Pei Ling, MacPherson SMC

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  Free shuttle bus service with caricatures of MPs as 'landmarks'

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).

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References

14th Parliament

MP  : Ang Wei Neng   ●   Baey Yam Keng   ●   Cheryl Chan Wei Ling   ●   Chan Chun Sing   ●   Chee Hong Tat   ●   Cheng Li Hui   ●   Edward Chia Bing Hui   ●   Chong Kee Hiong   ●   Desmond Choo   ●   Chua Kheng Wee Louis   ●   Eric Chua   ●   Darryl David   ●   Christopher de Souza   ●   Foo Mee Har   ●   Grace Fu Hai Yien   ●   Gan Kim Yong   ●   Gan Siow Huang   ●   Gan Thiam Poh   ●   Gerald Giam   ●   Derrick Goh   ●   He Ting Ru   ●   Heng Chee How   ●   Heng Swee Keat   ●   Shawn Huang Wei Zhong   ●   Indranee Rajah   ●   S Iswaran   ●   Janil Puthucheary   ●   Amy Khor Lean Suan   ●   Koh Poh Koon   ●   Kwek Hian Chuan Henry   ●   Desmond Lee   ●   Lee Hsien Loong   ●   Liang Eng Hwa   ●   Lim Biow Chuan   ●   Jamus Jerome Lim   ●   Sylvia Lim   ●   Lim Wee Kiak   ●   Low Yen Ling   ●   Mariam Jaafar   ●   Masagos Zulkifli Bin Masagos Mohamad   ●   Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman   ●   Mohd Fahmi Bin Aliman   ●   Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap   ●   Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim   ●   Murali Pillai   ●   Nadia Ahmad Samdin   ●   Ng Eng Hen   ●   Ng Ling Ling   ●   Louis Ng Kok Kwang   ●   Rachel Ong   ●   Ong Ye Kung   ●   Joan Pereira   ●   Leon Perera   ●   Denise Phua Lay Peng   ●   Poh Li San   ●   Pritam Singh   ●   Raeesah Khan   ●   Rahayu Mahzam   ●   Saktiandi Supaat   ●   Seah Kian Peng   ●   K Shanmugam   ●   Sharael Taha   ●   Sim Ann   ●   Sitoh Yih Pin   ●   Hany Soh   ●   Sun Xueling   ●   Alvin Tan   ●   Carrie Tan   ●   Tan Chuan-Jin   ●   Dennis Tan Lip Fong   ●   Desmond Tan   ●   Jessica Tan Soon Neo   ●   Tan Kiat How   ●   Tan See Leng   ●   Tan Wu Meng   ●   Patrick Tay Teck Guan   ●   Teo Chee Hean   ●   Josephine Teo   ●   Tharman Shanmugaratnam   ●   Tin Pei Ling   ●   Edwin Tong Chun Fai   ●   Vikram Nair   ●   Vivian Balakrishnan   ●   Wan Rizal   ●   Don Wee   ●   Lawrence Wong   ●   Xie Yao Quan   ●   Alex Yam Ziming   ●   Yeo Wan Ling   ●   Yip Hon Weng   ●   Melvin Yong Yik Chye   ●   Zaqy Mohamad   ●   Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim NCMP  : Leong Mun Wai   ●   Hazel Poa