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Raymond Lim

Raymond Lim Siang Keat
林双吉
Minister for Transport
In office
30 May 2006 – 18 May 2011
Preceded by Yeo Cheow Tong
Succeeded by Lui Tuck Yew
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
In office
1 April 2005 – 30 May 2006
Member of Parliament
for East Coast GRC
In office
25 October 2001 – 24 August 2015
Personal details
Born (1959-06-24) 24 June 1959 (age 57)
Singapore
Political party People's Action Party
Alma mater University of Adelaide
University of Oxford
University of Cambridge

Raymond Lim Siang Keat (simplified Chinese: 林双吉; traditional Chinese: 林雙吉; pinyin: Lín Shuāng Jí; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Siang-kit, born 24 June 1959) is a former Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), Lim has been a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the East Coast Group Representation Constituency (Fengshan Division) from 2001 to 2015. He served as the Minister for Transport from 2006 to 2011, and as a minister in the Prime Minister's Office from 2005 to 2006.

Lim was a Rhodes Scholar and Colombo Plan scholar and holds degrees from the universities of Adelaide, Oxford and Cambridge. Prior to his university education, he was a student and athlete in Raffles Institution.

Lim's brother, Benny Lim Siang Hoe, was with the Internal Security Department, and is now a Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of National Development.


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