Khaw Boon Wan
Khaw Boon Wan ( Chinese 許 文 遠 / 许 文 远 , Pinyin Xǔ Wén Yuǎn ; * December 8, 1952 ) is a politician of the People's Action Party (PAP) from Singapore , who was chairman of the PAP between 2011 and 2018 and since 2015 Minister for Coordination of the Infrastructure and is Minister of Transport.
Life
Khaw Boon Wan completed his studies with the support of a scholarship from the Colombo Plan and subsequently worked in the public sector. His political career for the People's Action Party (PAP) began when he was elected Member of Parliament on October 25, 2001 in the constituency of Tanjong Pagar . He has been a member of parliament since then, and has represented the Sembawang constituency since May 6, 2006 .
Immediately after his first election, Khaw Boon Wan became Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts in the government of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong on November 23, 2001, as well as being Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport. July 2003.
Minister of Health
Subsequently, between August 1, 2003 and August 11, 2004, he was both Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Acting Minister of Health. After Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong took office on August 12, 2004, Lim Hng Kiang took over the post of Minister of Health, which he held until he was replaced by Gan Kim Yong on May 20, 2011.
The first case was discovered in late May 2009 during the H1N1 flu pandemic. As of July 7, 2009, the government stopped prosecuting confirmed cases and Singapore received its first batch of vaccines in late October 2009. The mass release began in November 2009 and then he said the supply of H1N1 vaccine should be enough. In January 2010 the DORSCON was switched to green and 415,000 were infected with the virus.
On August 10, 2010, the H1N1 pandemic will be over. It was warned that the virus will return to seasonal flu and added that H1N1 vaccines should continue to be used.
National Development Minister
He himself succeeded Mah Bow Tan as Minister for National Development as part of the cabinet reshuffle of May 21, 2011 and held this ministerial office until September 30, 2015, after which Lawrence Wong took his place. In this role, he increased spending on the Housing and Development Board's construction program to balance supply and growing demand for housing. A series of measures stabilized the real estate market. Among other things, statutory regulations have made it easier for young married couples and young single people to buy state-subsidized living space and the waiting time for rental apartments subsidized by the HDB has been reduced.
At the same time, Khaw Boon Wan succeeded Lim Boon Heng as chairman of the People's Action Party in 2011 and held this position until Gan Kim Yong replaced him again in 2018.
In July 2012, the National Parks Board (NParks) bought 26 Brompton motorcycles for $ 2,200 each after a whistleblower on the online forum HardwareZone pointed out possible corruption due to numerous red flags in procurement . Khaw, who originally defended NPark's purchase of the high-end folding bikes, has been criticized for handling the saga badly. Subsequent investigation by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau found that National Parks Board deputy director Bernard Lim Yong Soon was fined $ 5,000 for lying to auditors about his relationship with the bicycle company that received the tender would have. He also led the initiative to promote cycling as part of the expansion of the Park Connector Network.
Khaw came under fire in 2015 when it became known that a religious site in Sengkang had been given to a trading company to develop a columbarium instead. Residents of an upcoming BTO public housing project nearby called for a refund because they did not know they would have to live next to a columbarium. In response to MP Lee Li Lian's questions in Parliament, Khaw acknowledged the oversight and, using the butterfly enthusiast analogy, stated that "the tendering process has not kept pace with the times ... the (HDB) officials who assessed the tender , assumed that this must be the case. " a company affiliated with a religious organization. ”The Columbarium plan was eventually abandoned.
Minister of transport
Since October 1, 2015, he has succeeded Lui Tuck Yew as Minister of Transport. In addition, he took over the newly created office of Minister for Infrastructure Coordination on October 1, 2015. In his current roles, Khaw is trying to improve public transport and introduce a car-free lifestyle. His ministry tries to make public transport accessible, reliable, convenient and affordable. In addition, the Ministry of Coordination is committed to promoting walking and cycling as a green, sustainable and healthy lifestyle. The greening measures in an accessible city, which were also funded and started in his earlier work as Minister for National Development, are intended to increase the quality of life in Singapore and at the same time protect the living environment.
The Buddhist Khaw is married and has three daughters.
Web links
- Entry on the government homepage
- Entry on Parliament's homepage
- LIST OF MPs BY PARLIAMENT on Parliament's homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy . Archived from the original on October 29, 2017. Retrieved on August 21, 2017.
- ↑ migration: How the columbarium saga unfolded (en) . In: The Straits Times , January 30, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ migration: Parliament: There will be no commercial columbarium in Fernvale, says Khaw Boon Wan (en) . In: The Straits Times , January 29, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Khaw, Boon Wan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 许 文 远, 許 文 遠 (Chinese); Xǔ Wén Yuǎn (Pinyin) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Singaporean politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1952 |