Sylvia Lim

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sylvia Lim
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Mar 28, 1965(1965-03-28)
Age	59
Country	Singapore
Horoscope	Pisces

Sylvia Lim Biography

Sylvia Lim is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on March 28, 1965 in Singapore. Sylvia Lim Swee Lian MP (Chinese: Lin Rui Lian (pinyin: Lin Ruilian ; born 28 March 1965) is a Singaporean politician as well as a criminal lawyer and academic.

Lim began working for the law company M/s Lim & Lim when she joined the firm in 1994 when she joined the firm M/s Lim & Lim. She handled litigation matters in both criminal and civil matters in High Court, Subordinate Courts and Juvenile Court between 1994 and 1998.

Lim was cited as feeling “distressed” that opposition parties could contest only one-third of the parliamentary seats during the 2001 general election. 10 days after the election, she joined the Workers’ Party (WP) and within 18 months quickly rose to become the Chairman of the party in 2003.

Lim has suggested since 2006 that a reversion back to the system where the president is appointed by Parliament would “naturally take care of any concerns of minority representation and would not be regressive”. Lim further called for a national referendum for Singaporeans to decide whether the public preferred an elected or appointed president. Lim therefore voted against the constitutional amendments on the Elected Presidency Act in February 2017, which would provide for a reserved election if and when an individual from a minority race has not been president for five consecutive terms. She took issue with the government’s decision to use Wee Kim Wee’s presidential term as the basis of starting the count for the hiatus triggered mechanism, arguing that Wee was never elected by the people.

As of 1991, Lim was a member of in 1991, Lim joined the Singapore Police Force for three years as an inspector of police. Her initial duties were investigations within the Central Police Division Headquarters, later becoming an officer of staff under directorship of Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

Sylvia Lim Net Worth

Sylvia Lim is one of the richest Politician from Singapore. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sylvia Lim 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lim was elected as a reelected Member of Parliament for the Aljunied GRC after her team took home 54.71%[1 from the vote (54.72 percent, with overseas votes) it was the first time an opposition party has won an election to a GRC since the introduction of the system on June 1, 1988. Additionally the loss by the current PAP team was the first time in Singapore’s history of elections that a minister in the cabinet was forced out of office.

Lim was educated at Chij Our Lady of Good Counsel, CHIJ St Joseph’s Convent and National Junior College. Then she studied legal studies at National University of Singapore (NUS) where she graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from 1988. She was awarded an Master of Laws degree from University College London, the University of London (University College London) in 1989. She was admitted into the Bar in Singapore in 1991. She then obtained an online master’s degree in criminal justice from Michigan State University in 2014.

Lim joined Temasek Polytechnic in 1998 as a law lecturer. She was also the Manager of Professional Development and Manager of Continuing Education and Training at the polytechnic’s School of Business. Her main areas of teaching and research were in civil and criminal procedure, criminal justice and private security. During her time at Temasek Polytechnic, Lim contributed to the volume on Criminal Procedure for Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore (2003), a legal practitioners’ reference series, and has also collected and published primary research on private security in Singapore.

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Lim expressed concerns about a proposed constitutional amendment introduced in April 2010 that would allow magistrates to hear what are called “first mentions” through video conferencing. A first mention is a hearing that must be held within 48 hours of a person’s arrest. She felt it failed to adequately assure accused people that they were allowed to complain to magistrates about injuries they had sustained or acts of misfeasance against them by the authorities. In response, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng assured MPs that processes would be in place to ensure that accused people are treated fairly. For example, during a video conference, an accused person will be alone in a room with no police officer, and will be able to see what is happening in the entire courtroom. Secondly, the screen that will be used by the judge is large enough to enable him or her to clearly see whether the accused is under duress. Finally, accused people who have been mistreated can either complain to the police or to the judge when they are later present in court.

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Sylvia Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Singapore. Sylvia Lim celebrates birthday on March 28 of every year.

In her maiden speech as an opposition MP in October 2011, Lim urged the government to adopt a more holistic approach in assessing the well-being of Singaporeans, which included using Gross National Happiness (GNH) as an indicator apart from conventional indicators such as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Lim further noted in her speech that Singapore was a co-sponsor of Bhutan’s resolution in the United Nations entitled Happiness: Towards a holistic approach to development. Lim’s speech drew swift rebuttals from MPs of the ruling People’s Action Party, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong who suggested later in 2014 that it was impractical “to switch to a different metric – from GDP to GNH”. Lim replied that “the search for alternative indicators other than GDP is highly relevant … GNH is not merely about measuring an emotion. It is about measuring societal progress in a holistic way”.