Geh Min
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Dr. Geh Min (Simplified Chinese: 倪敏) is the former President of Nature Society in Singapore. She was formerly a Nominated Member of Parliament from January 2005 to April 2006.
Dr Geh is a former student of Methodist Girls' School and Anglo-Chinese School. She is a medicine graduate of the National University of Singapore and works as a consultant ophthalmologist at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, and as a visiting consultant at the National Eye Centre and the National University Hospital. She is the granddaughter of philanthropist Lee Kong Chian.[1]
In December 2004, Dr Geh was appointed as a Nominated Member of Parliament.[2]
In 2006, Dr Geh was one of the three recipients of the inaugural President's Award for the Environment, along with Professor Tommy Koh and the Waterways Watch Society (WWS).[3]
Dr Geh heads the Environment and Health Functional Committee of the South-West Community Development Council. She is a Board Member of the Nature Conservancy's Asia Pacific Council; the Water Network of the PUB; and the Singapore Environment Council.
[edit] References
- ^ "Nature conservation's new champion". The Straits Times. http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/news/GehMin/gehmin.html.
- ^ "Nature Society President Geh Min is one of nine fresh faces - and the only civil society activist - among the new Nominated MPs appointed by President S R Nathan.". The Straits Times. http://www.ecologyasia.com/news-archives/2004/dec-04/st_041203_1.htm.
- ^ "President's Award for the Environment". Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources. http://app.mewr.gov.sg/web/Contents/ContentsPAE.aspx?ContId=1244.
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