Lim Hng Kiang 
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Lim Hng Kiang (born 1954, age 55) is the current Minister for Trade and Industry in Singapore. He is also the Deputy Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) as well as a Board Director of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC).
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| Lim Hng Kiang | |
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| Assumed office August 12, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | George Yeo |
| Constituency | West Coast GRC |
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| In office August 1, 2003 – August 12, 2004 | |
| Succeeded by | Lim Swee Say |
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| In office June 3, 1999 – August 1, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Yeo Cheow Tong |
| Succeeded by | Khaw Boon Wan |
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| In office April 17, 1995 – June 3, 1999 | |
| Succeeded by | Mah Bow Tan |
| Born | April 09, 1954 (aged 55) Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Spouse | Lee Ai Boon |
| Children | 2 sons |
| MAS on investors, rating of products and regulatory framework (Part I) (Video credit: theonlinecitizen) |
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2. Born in Singapore, Lim read Engineering at Cambridge University under both the President's and the Singapore Armed Forces Scholarships, graduating with a First Class Honours (Distinction) degree in 1976. After spending nine years in the armed forces, he was awarded a scholarship to pursue a Master of Public Administration degree at the John F. Kennedy School of Government in Harvard University in 1985. [1] On his return the following year, Lim served in the Ministry of Defence and then in the Ministry of National Development as Deputy Secretary. In 1991, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Housing and Development Board.
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3. In 1991, Lim entered politics and was elected as a Member of Parliament to represent the Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency. He was consequentially appointed Minister of State for National Development that same year. In 1994, Lim was appointed Acting Minister of National Development and Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, before becoming the Minister of National Development and Second Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1995. In the 1997 general election, he represented the West Coast Group Representation Constituency and has retained the seat ever since (as at 2008). Lim subsequently held the following ministerial positions:
- Minister of National Development and Second Minister of Finance in 1998;
- Minister of Health and Second Minister of Finance in 1999.
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4. It was while Lim was the Minister of Health that the SARS epidemic swept through the region between November 2002 and July 2003. 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 recession. Others cited his calls to quarantine patients and to close and extend local school holidays were late in coming. Yet it must be noted that SARS was then a new disease that was recognized only at the end of February 2003.[1] Nevertheless, the outbreak cost Lim his Ministry of Health portfolio and he was transferred to the Prime Minister's Office as Minister without portfolio, retaining his Second Minister of Finance post. Lim was subsequently appointed Minister of Trade and Industry in 2004. more... at Wikipedia
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