Transcript Lim Kim San
Public Service Commission - Housing and Development Board 1959 – 1962 Minister for National Development 1963 – 1965 Minister for Finance 1965 - 1967 Minister for the Interior and Defence 1967 - 1970 Minister for Education 1970 - 1972 Minister for Environment 1972 – 1975 and 1979 - 1980 Minister for Communications 1975 - 1978 Chairman for Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) 1979 – 1994 Managing Director of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) 1981-1982 Chairman of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) 1985 - 2002 Attended Raffles College Never attended university In the words of MM Lee Kuan Yew, “…a most practical man.” Characteristics: •Frank and out-spoken •Practical •A hands on motivator •Known for organizational and planning abilities http://www.pathfinder.com/asiaweek/foc/2000/12/05/ Known as the ‘Father of Housing’. Appointed to the Public Service Commision (HDB) in 1959. Post 1963 elections - appointed the Minister for National Development. After 1959, the government’s immediate task was to provide housing to its citizens. Lim Kim San’s organizational and planning skills led to his appointment to the Housing and Development Board (HDB) in 1959. Success - 1960-1961 – 25,000 units were built. -1960-1965 – 51,000 units of low cost housing built. How? -Kept the housing programme well-funded. -Cut red tape and bypassed rigid rules and regulations. -Hired contractors who used a large pool of workers and different sources of building materials. What? -Largest project completed: Queenstown -Resulted in the idea of a regional centre. - lower rate of congestion and burden on the CBD. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Kim_San Credited for •leading a successful public housing programme in early 1960s •easing the acute housing shortage problem at that time Awarded the State's highest honor, the Darjah Utama Temasek (Order of Temasek) in 1962 Awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1965 (Phillipines) 1) http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationLimKimSan.htm 2) http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Response/ResponseLimKimSan.htm His contribution to Singapore's infrastructure is far reaching: initiating its land reclamation programme (Marine Parade/East Coast) building reservoirs (Upper Pierce) successfully negotiating a third water pipeline from Johore. -Placed in the company -Cost-cutting measures to improve SPH’s market position. -In charge of ensuring ‘The New Paper’ becomes a profitable newspaper. Lim Kim San's business acumen, practical approach and his instinct about people set him apart from the ideologues of Singapore's old guard. His talent is clearly in business organization, team building and people management. In that perspective, his enduring contribution to Singapore can be measured by his role as a technocrat and businessman rather than a politician 1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Kim_San 2) http://www.singapore-window.org/sw01/011016bl.htm 3) http://www.pathfinder.com/asiaweek/foc/2000/12/05/ 4) http://sg.pagenation.com/317023.page 5) http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationLimKimSan.htm 6) http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Response/ResponseLimKimSan.htm 7) http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=31869 8) http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/dream/lifeline/san1.html 9) http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/dream/lifeline/san2.html