Lim Hng Kiang is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is currently the country's Minister for Trade and Industry. He is a Member of Parliament representing the West Coast Group Representation Constituency. Lim received his education in Raffles Institution and Cambridge University. He also received a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

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  • Lim Hng Kiang is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is currently the country's Minister for Trade and Industry. He is a Member of Parliament representing the West Coast Group Representation Constituency. Lim received his education in Raffles Institution and Cambridge University. He also received a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Lim was the Minister of Health during the SARS epidemic that swept through the region. 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 a recession. While then Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said "SARS has significantly disrupted our economy. It has affected not only tourist spending but also domestic consumption... certainly our first half growth will be affected, and we will have to revise down our growth forecasts for the year. " Others cited his calls to quarantine patients and to close and extend local school holidays were late in coming. Many local residents also pointed to the administrators at Tan Tock Seng Hospital for mishandling and underestimating the severity of SARS. When "At least 85 percent of people infected by SARS in Singapore caught it while visiting or working at hospitals, said Osman David Mansoor at the WHO. The remainder mostly came down with it at home through close contact with sick family members, he said.
  • 林勋强（Lim Hng Kiang 1954年－），祖籍广东潮州，新加坡李显龙总理内阁的贸工部长。1954年4月9日在新加坡出生，1973荣获新加坡总统奖学金及新加坡武装部队奖学金赴英国剑桥大学深造。1976年毕业于剑桥大学一等荣誉学位（优等）并加入新加坡武装部队。1985年获美国哈佛大学肯尼迪行政管理学院公共行政学硕士学位。回国后任国防部和国家发展部副政治秘书。1991年1月被任命建屋发展局主席，同年当选为国会议员，后在1997年、2001年，及2006年的大选中继续当选。 西海岸集选区国会议员。1991 年任新加坡国家发展部政务部长。1994 年在吴作栋总理内阁，他被任命代国家发展部长兼外交部高级政务部长。 1995 年，他被升任国家发展部长兼外交部第二部长。1998 年，任国家发展部长兼财政部第二部长。1999 年，任卫生部长兼财政部第二部长。2004 年被任命贸工部长。2008年再度被委任为贸易与工业部长。林勋强育有二个儿子。
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  • Lee Ai Boon
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  • 12 August 2004
  • 3 June 1999
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  • 17 April 1995
  • 3 June 1999
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  • Lim Hng Kiang is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is currently the country's Minister for Trade and Industry. He is a Member of Parliament representing the West Coast Group Representation Constituency. Lim received his education in Raffles Institution and Cambridge University. He also received a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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