Lim Biow Chuan

Lim Biow Chuan (Chinese: 林谋泉; pinyin: Lín Móuquán; born 22 May 1963)^[1][2] is a Singaporean lawyer and former politician who served as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 2016 and 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Mountbatten Single Member Constituency (SMC) from 2011 to 2025, having previously represented the Mountbatten division of Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 2006 and 2011. Lim was appointed as Marine Parade Town Council (MPTC) Chairman since 2015.

Lim Biow Chuan
林谋泉
Official portrait, 2021
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore
In office 25 January 2016 – 23 June 2020 Serving with Charles Chong
Speaker	Halimah Yacob Tan Chuan-Jin
Preceded by	Seah Kian Peng
Succeeded by	Jessica Tan Christopher de Souza
Member of Parliament for Mountbatten SMC
In office 7 May 2011 – 15 April 2025
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Gho Sze Kee
Majority	10,479 (47.68%)
Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC
In office 6 May 2006 – 7 May 2011
Preceded by	PAP held
Succeeded by	PAP held
Personal details
Born	(1963-05-22) 22 May 1963 (age 62)[1][2] Colony of Singapore
Political party	People's Action Party
Alma mater	National University of Singapore (LLB)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lim.

Education

Lim studied at Victoria School and Temasek Junior College before he went on to the National University of Singapore's Faculty of Law, where he completed a Bachelor of Laws.^[3] When he was in university, he was a classmate of Sylvia Lim, who later became a MP for the opposition Workers' Party (WP).^[4]

Career

Lim served as the president of the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) from 2012 to 2021, and was the only politician to serve on the central committee of a non-governmental organisation (NGO).^[5][6] He was succeeded by Melvin Yong.

In 2013, Lim was appointed as a member of Singapore's Data Protection Advisory Committee.^[7]

Legal career

Lim has been a practising lawyer since 1989. He is a senior partner in Derrick Wong & Lim BC LLP and has been appointed as a Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths.^[8]

Political career

Lim entered politics during the 2006 general elections when he joined the People's Action Party (PAP) team contesting in Marine Parade GRC. The PAP team won the contest with a walkover and Lim served the Mountbatten ward.

In 2011, Mountbatten SMC was created from the ward. Lim, being the incumbent MP for the ward, contested the SMC and won.^[9]

On 25 January 2016, Lim was elected Deputy Speaker of Parliament along with Charles Chong.^[10] He stepped down from that role after the 2020 general election.

During the 2025 general election, it was announced that Lim would step down from politics.^[9]

Incident

In 2010, the press reported that Lim showed support for film director Jack Neo over his controversial extramarital affair, saying, "Since he is remorseful over this incident, he should be forgiven. Actually, a man who has a good career development, like himself, would find such scenarios unavoidable".^[11] Lim later stated that he had been misquoted by the press.^[11]

Personal life

Lim is married and has two daughters.^[12] He has been serving as a church leader since 1993.^[12]