Lim Soo Hoon is the first female
Permanent Secretary of
Singapore in the Public Service Division of the office of the
Prime Minister of Singapore. Lim held other high-profile positions at Singapore's
Ministry of Trade and Industry, then later into positions in Singapore's
Ministry of Transport, and then in the
Ministry of Manpower, and
Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports
The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) was a ministry of the Government of Singapore tasked with building a "cohesive and resilient" society in Singapore.
On 1 November 2012, the MCYS was restructured and became the M ...
. Lim became Singapore's Woman of the Year in 1997.
[Singapore's Woman of the Year]
Lumen, The University of Adelaide Magazine, Lumen Winter 2007 Issue
Lim was awarded the
Silver Public Administration Medal in 1998 and the Gold Public Administration Medal in 2004.
Lim has served in the public sector for 36 years, her final position being the Permanent Secretary at the
Ministry of Finance before retirement.
Lim will continue working as chairman of the
Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) Board.
References
Further reading
*Chuan, Calis
Committed to CHANGE: Interview with PS (PSD) Lim Soo Hoon Personalities, Challenge, August 2006.
Interview with Lim Soo Hoon, Permanent Secretary, Public Service Division (Singapore) and Tan Ching Yee, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education (Singapore), Challenge, 2007.
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Singaporean people of Chinese descent
Singaporean civil servants
Permanent secretaries of Singapore
Recipients of the Pingat Pentadbiran Awam
21st-century Singaporean women