Lam Pin Min

Lam Pin Min
蓝彬明
Personal details
Born (1969-09-01) 1 September 1969
Nationality Singaporean
Political party People's Action Party
Profession Politician

Dr Lam Pin Min (simplified Chinese: 蓝彬明; traditional Chinese: 藍彬明; pinyin: Lán Bīn Míng; born 1 September 1969) is a politician and medical doctor from Singapore. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is currently a Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Transport. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2006.

Career

After graduating from medical school, Lam joined the Republic of Singapore Air Force as a medical officer. He served in the armed forces for nine years before moving into clinical practice in 2003. Prior to becoming a Minister of State, he served as a pediatric ophthalmologist at KK Women's and Children's Hospital and the Singapore National Eye Centre.

Political career

Lam was first elected to parliament at the 2006 general election as a member of the PAP team in the Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency. He was part of the six-member PAP team (led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong) which defeated the team from the Workers' Party by 96,636 votes (66.1%) to 49,479 (33.9%).

At the 2011 general election, Lam's Sengkang West ward (which encompasses Anchorvale and Fernvale of Sengkang New Town) was made a single-member constituency. Lam stood in the single-member constituency and defeated Koh Choong Yong of the Workers' Party by 14,689 votes (58.1%) to 10,591 (41.9%).

Lam served as the Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Health from 2009 to 2014 (having previously been the Deputy Chairman from 2006 to 2008).[1]

In August 2014, Lam was appointed a Minister of State in the Ministry of Health.[2]

Subsequently in May 2017, Dr Lam was appointed Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Transport.[3]

In February 2018 it was revealed that Lam had sent an appeal letter to State Courts to help his resident, Tang Ling Lee, who was sentenced to one week jail for seriously injuring a motorcyclist in a road traffic accident. The High Court Judge, justice See Kee Oon dismissed the appeal, stating that Lam's letter had misrepresented the facts and trivialised the injuries sustained by the rider. This incident led to a furor online with many netizens questioning why Lam, a legislative as well as an executive member of the government is overstepping his duty by interfering with the judiciary.[4]

Education

Lam was educated in Anglo-Chinese School and National Junior College, before going on to medical school at the National University of Singapore. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Personal life

Lam is married and has two daughters.

References

  1. ↑ Dr Lam Pin Min, Minister of State. Ministry of Health website, retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Incumbent Lam Pin Min will defend Sengkang West SMC. Channel NewsAsia, 15 August 2015.
  3. ↑ . PMO website
  4. ↑ https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2018/02/06/retired-judge-counters-chan-with-lkys-instruction-not-to-write-appeal-letters-to-courts/
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