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Amy Khor
许连碹
Senior Minister of State,
Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2015
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterMasagos Zulkifli
ConstituencyHong Kah North SMC
Senior Minister of State,
Ministry of Health
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2015
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterGan Kim Yong
ConstituencyHong Kah North SMC
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Hong Kah North SMC
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2011
Senior Minister of State,
Ministry of Manpower
In office
1 September 2013 – 30 September 2015
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterTan Chuan-Jin
Lim Swee Say
Mayor of South West District
In office
12 August 2004 – 26 May 2014
Preceded byYu-Foo Yee Shoon
Succeeded byLow Yen Ling
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Hong Kah GRC
(Hong Kah North)
In office
3 November 2001 – 18 April 2011
Personal details
Born (1958-02-23) 23 February 1958 (age 66)
Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
NationalitySingaporean
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Alma materNational University of Singapore
San Jose State University
University of Reading
OccupationPolitician

Template:Chinese name Amy Khor Lean Suan (simplified Chinese: 许连碹; traditional Chinese: 許連碹; pinyin: Xǔ Liánxuàn; born 23 February 1958) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources since October 2015,[1] and a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the single-member constituency of Hong Kah North.

Career

Khor was a valuer at the Property Tax Division from 1981 to 1987. She then served as a senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore from 1989 to 1999. From 1999 to 2004, she was an executive director at Knight Frank.

Political career

Khor was elected to Parliament as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency (Hong Kah GRC) at the 2001 general election. On 12 August 2004, she was appointed Mayor of the South West District (replacing Yu-Foo Yee Shoon).[2][3]

At the 2006 general election, Khor was re-elected as an MP for Hong Kah GRC. Following the election she was appointed a Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources and the chairman of the Feedback Unit alongside her role as Mayor of the South West District. She was also made a Deputy Government Whip in 2007. In 2010, Khor was promoted to Minister of State at the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.

At the 2011 general election, Khor was elected as the MP for the Hong Kah North Single Member Constituency. She defeated the Singapore People's Party's candidate Sin Kek Tong. Khor was made a Minister of State at the Ministry of Health and subsequently also served concurrently as the Minister of State at the Ministry of Manpower from 1 August 2012. From 1 September 2013, Khor was promoted to Senior Minister of State. She relinquished her appointment as Mayor of South West CDC on 27 May 2014, at the end of her Mayor's term. As of 2016, She continues to serve as the Senior Minister of State in the Ministries of Health[4] and of Manpower, and as the Deputy Government Whip.

In 2017 Khor appeared in Eat Already? 2 as herself promoting healthy living habit.[5]

Education

Khor was educated at Alexandra Hill Primary School, Raffles Girls' School and Raffles Institution, before going on to the National University of Singapore where she completed a Bachelor of Science in estate management in 1981. In 1988, she completed a Master of Business Administration at San Jose State University. She then completed a Doctor of Philosophy in land management at the University of Reading in 1997.[6]

Personal life

Khor is married with three children. She is a Christian.[6]

References

  1. ^ http://www.pmo.gov.sg/content/pmosite/mediacentre/pressreleases/2013/August/press-statement-from-the-prime-minister-on-changes-to-cabinet-an.m.html[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "About us". South West CDC. 10 August 2004.
  3. ^ "Dr Amy Khor eats fast, talks fast, shops fast". AsiaOne. Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
  4. ^ "Q&A session on Tobacco Control with Senior Minister of State for Health, Dr Amy Khor". Facebook. REACHSingapore. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  5. ^ govsingapore (24 March 2017), "Eat Already? 2" Episode 5《吃饱没？2》第五集, retrieved 22 November 2018
  6. ^ a b "Parliament of Singapore". Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by
John Chen
 Member of Parliament
for Hong Kah GRC (Hong Kah North)
2001 – 2011 		Constituency redrawn
New constituency Member of Parliament
for Hong Kah North SMC
2011 – present 		Incumbent
Government offices
Preceded by Mayor of the South West district
2004 – 2014 		Succeeded by
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