Profile

  

Personal Profile

  

    Professional  : Medical Doctor, Corporate Chairman

 

                         and former Member of Parliament.

 

    Gender         : Male

 

    Date of Birth : 26 April 1940

 

    Place of Birth : Singapore

 

    Nationality    : Singaporean

 

    Race             : Chinese

 

    Dialect Group : Hokkien

 

    Religion         : Catholic

 

    Marital Status: Married to Lee Choon Lain

 

    Children        : 1 Son and 1 Daughter

 

    Grandchildren : 2 Boys and 3 Girls

 

2.  Educational Background

 

 

     Date   Educational Institutions

 

    1954 -  Radin Mas Primary School

 

    1960 -  Raffles Institution

 

    1968 -  MBBS (University of Singapore)

 

3.  Present Occupation/Corporate Appointments

 

    * Medical Director – Ama Keng Medical Clinic (1971)

 

    * Chairman – Chuan Hup Holding Ltd (12 Feb 1991)

 

    * Chairman -  Dredging International Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

 

                                                        (22Apr1997)

 

    * Director -    PCI (18 Mar 1992)

 

    * President -  Jurong Country Club (2006).

 

4.  Past Corporate Appointments

 

    * ING Asia Private Bank Ltd (15 Feb 2008 – 2009)

 

    * M&C Reit Management Ltd (22 May 2006 – 2010)

 

    * M&C Business Trust Management Ltd (22 May 2006 – 2010)

 

    * Jurong Health Services (up to Mar 2011)

 

    * Jurong Medical Centre (up to Mar 2011)

 

5.  Political Career Profile

 

 

     General Election     Constituency    Scorecard

 

    1980 Dec                Ayer Rajah        83.4%

 

1984 Dec                Ayer Rajah        75.4%

 

    1988 Sep                Ayer Rajah        69.6%

 

    1991 Apr                 Ayer Rajah       75.2%

 

    1997 Jan                 Ayer Rajah       73.2%

 

    2001 Nov                Ayer Rajah        88.0%

 

    1987 – 1996  Elected Member,

 

                       PAP Central Executive Committee

 

6.   Past Appointments

 

 

      Feedback Unit – Ministry of Community Development

 

 

     * 1st Chairman (1985 – 1989)

 

     Town Councils

 

 

     * Chairman      Jurong East Town Council (Aug 1989 – 1991)

 

     * V. Chairman  Jurong East Town Council (Aug 1991- 1996)

 

     * Chairman      West Coast-Ayer Rajah Town Council

 

                                                              (Nov2001-Dec2004)

 

     * Vice Chairman, Bukit Timah Town Council (Jan 1997)

 

     Community Development Council (CDC)

 

     * Chairman, Bukit Timah CDC (Dec 1997- Nov 2000)

 

     * Vice Chairman, South West CDC

 

7.  Parliamentary Appointments

 

Government Parliament Committee (GPC)

 

 

    1987 – 1988 : Co-ordinating Chairman for all GPCs.

 

    1987 – 1990 : Chairman, GPC for Education

 

    1991 – 1995 : Chairman, GPC for National Development

 

    1995 – 1997 : Chairman, GPC for The Environment

 

    1997 – 2000 : Member, GPC for Communications

 

    2001 – 2006 : Member, GPC for Defence and Foreign Affairs

 

Leader, Parliamentary Group,

 

    Singapore-European Parliamentary Group (1991 to 1996)

 

    Singapore SEA Parliamentary Group (1997 to 2006)

 

 

8.  Transport

 

 

     Board Member/Director of:

 

     * Provisional MRT Transit Authority (1983 – 1983)

 

     * Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (1983 – 1985)

 

     * S.M.R.T (1987 – 1995)

 

     * Land Transport Authority (1995 – 2005)

 

9.   Charity Organisations

 

     * Tsao Organisation (2000 – 2009)

 

     * Centre for Third Age Ltd (2007 – 2011)

 

     * Disabled People’s Association (1985 – 2006)

 

     * Handicap Welfare Association (1986 – 2006).

 

10.  Past Advisers

 

    * Singapore Bank Officers Association

 

    * Enterprise Promotion Centre

 

    * Credit Counselling Singapore

 

    * Food and Beverage Industrial Union (FBIWU)

 

    * Bukit Timah CDC (2001)

 

    * Jurong Football Club (now defunct).

 

11.  Other Medical Appointments

 

 

   * Assist Secretary, Society of Private Practice (1976 – 1977)

 

   * Chairman, Society of Private Practice (1978 – 1980)

 

   * Committee Member, Council of the SMA

 

   * Chairman of the SMA Trust Fund

 

   * Board Member, SMA’s Ethics Committee and SMA’s

 

      Representative on the Ministry of Health’s Committee on the

 

      Regulation of Medical Clinics

 

   * Council Member, College of General Practitioners

 

   * Part-time clinical teacher in General Practice at National

 

     University of Singapore

 

12.  Awards and Decorations

 

 

   * Singapore Medical Association(SMA) Sreenivasan Orator

 

   * Orator, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Society

 

   * Fellow, College of Family Practitioners

 

   * Honorary Member, Singapore Medical Association

 

   * Honorary Member, Republic of Singapore Yacht Club

 

   * Governor, Tower Club

 

   * Honoured – 100 Rafflesians (1823 – 2003)

 

13.  Hobbies

 

   * Music (Ukelele)

 

   * Gardening

 

   * Golf

 

   * Keeping Koi