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词条 Amy Khor
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  1. Career

     Political career 

  2. Education

  3. Personal life

  4. References

  5. External links

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|name = Amy Khor
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Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
|term_start = {{date|1 October 2015}}
|term_end =
|primeminister = Lee Hsien Loong
|minister = Masagos Zulkifli
|office1 = Senior Minister of State,
Ministry of Health
|term_start1 = {{date|1 October 2015}}
|term_end1 =
|primeminister1 = Lee Hsien Loong
|minister1 = Gan Kim Yong
|constituency_MP2 = Hong Kah North SMC
|parliament2 = Singapore
|term_start2 = {{date|7 May 2011}}
|term_end2 =
|office3 = Senior Minister of State,
Ministry of Manpower
|term_start3 = {{date|1 September 2013}}
|term_end3 = {{date|30 September 2015}}
|primeminister3 = Lee Hsien Loong
|minister3 = Tan Chuan-Jin
Lim Swee Say
|office4 = Mayor of South West District
|term_start4 = {{date|12 Aug 2004}}
|term_end4 = {{date|26 May 2014}}
|predecessor4 = Yu-Foo Yee Shoon
|successor4 = Low Yen Ling
|constituency_MP5 = Hong Kah GRC
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|birth_place = Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
|nationality = Singaporean
|party = People's Action Party
|alma_mater = National University of Singapore
San Jose State University
University of Reading
|occupation = Politician
|religion = Christianity
}}{{Chinese name|Khor}}

Amy Khor Lean Suan ({{zh|s=许连碹|t=許連碹|p=Xǔ Liánxuàn}}; born 23 February 1958) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), she is currently the Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (with effect from 1 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{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. ^{{cite news | title = About us | publisher = South West CDC | date = 10 August 2004 | url = http://www.southwestcdc.org.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=108}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.asiaone.com/Just%2BWoman/News/Women%2BIn%2BThe%2BNews/Story/A1Story20080414-59755.html |title=Dr Amy Khor eats fast, talks fast, shops fast |accessdate=March 28, 2011 |publisher=AsiaOne |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212105448/http://www.asiaone.com/Just%2BWoman/News/Women%2BIn%2BThe%2BNews/Story/A1Story20080414-59755.html |archivedate=12 December 2009 |df=dmy }}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Q&A session on Tobacco Control with Senior Minister of State for Health, Dr Amy Khor|url=https://www.facebook.com/REACHSingapore/posts/10153398536757227|website=Facebook|publisher=REACHSingapore|accessdate=4 March 2016}}
5. ^{{Citation|last=govsingapore|title="Eat Already? 2" Episode 5《吃饱没?2》第五集|date=2017-03-24|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIrMVg93k_I|access-date=2018-11-22}}
6. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.parliament.gov.sg/mp/amy-khor-lean-suan?viewcv=Amy%20Khor%20Lean%20Suan | title=Parliament of Singapore | accessdate=7 December 2016}}

External links

  • {{facebook|AmyKhorPage}}
  • Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan at parliament.gov.sg
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| years = 2004 – 2014}}{{s-aft | after = Low Yen Ling}}{{s-end}}{{Current Singapore MPs}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Khor, Amy}}

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