Lim Teck Yin

Lim Teck Yin (Chinese: 林德仁; pinyin: Lín Dérén; born 24 December 1962) is the CEO of Sport Singapore. He retired as a brigadier-general from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) after 30 years of military service. Throughout his career, Lim has been involved in competitive sports as he sought to further his primary job in the Army. Lim was a former national water polo player with seven Southeast Asian Games medals, and a recipient of the Singapore National Olympic Council Team of the Year Award for 1986, 1989 and 1991.[1][2][3]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lim.
Lim Teck Yin
Lim speaking during a sports event in Singapore.
Born (1962-12-24) December 24, 1962
NationalitySingaporean
Alma mater
OccupationChief Executive Officer
RelativesLim Bo Seng (grandfather)
Military career
Commands held

Lim was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Military) (Silver) – Military in 2006, and the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2015 for his contributions to Singapore's sports sector.[4]

Background

Lim is born and educated in Singapore. His grandfather, the late Major-General Lim Bo Seng, was a former resistance fighter during World War II, and is regarded as a war hero in Singapore.[5] Lim received his secondary education in Anglo Chinese School and Anglo Chinese Junior College for his pre-university education. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Business Administration, and holds a Master of Science in Management from London Business School under the SAF Postgraduate Scholarship (General Development). Lim is a board member of the Anglo-Chinese Schools and the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent).[6]

Career

Military career

Commissioned as an Infantry Officer in December 1981, Lim converted to a Commando Officer in September 1982 and was a Platoon and Company Commander in 1st Commando Battalion. Since then, he rose up the ranks holding various command and staff appointments[7] notably as Commander of the Army Training and Doctrine Command and Commander of 6th Division (Singapore). His final appointment in the SAF was Commandant of the SAFTI Military Institute. After his retirement from the SAF, Lim was redeployed as deputy division commander of 9th Division (Singapore), a role created for retired Brigadier-Generals.[8] He was a former board member of the Temasek Defence Systems Institute, a subsidiary of the National University of Singapore.[9]

Civil career

Following his retirement from the SAF, Lim joined Sport Singapore on 1 April 2011 as its CEO, scaling up its operations and strategic significance in the sports sector.[10] Since then, he has gradually become a leading voice in the sports scene in Singapore as head of Sport Singapore as well as the chairman of the Singapore Southeast Asian Games organising committee,[11] where he manages sporting activities and oversees key projects involving sports, sometimes taking rather tough views to put his point across.[12][13][14][15][16] After the 2016 Rio Summer and Paralympics Olympics, Lim said that Sport Singapore would continue to optimize their resources to balance both high performance sport and those at the grassroots levels.[17]

Personal life

Lim is married to Jane. They have four children.[18]

References
  1. "Sport Singapore".
  2. "Singapore 10 New Faces of Power by Tatler Singapore".
  3. "Singapore Charity Council".
  4. "National Day Awards, Straits Times (10 Aug 2015), retrieved 2 Oct 2016".
  5. "History of Lim Bo Seng, Infopedia by the National Library of Singapore, retrieved 23 Sep 2016".
  6. "Anglo Chinese Schools Foundation Board of Directors, retrieved 30 Oct 2016". Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  7. "Called to Lead, Pointer: Journal of the Singapore Armed Forces, (2011) retrieved 2 Oct 2016" (PDF).
  8. "Lester Wong, New SAF posts for retired BGs, AsiaOne, retrieved 16 Oct 2016".
  9. "Former Senior Management, Temasek Defence Systems Institute, retrieved 16 Oct 2016".
  10. "BG Lim Teck Yin to head Singapore Sports Council, RedSports of the Singapore Sports Council (15 Feb 2011), retrieved 23 Sep 2016".
  11. "Singapore bling: Golden dreams, golden touch for 28th SEA Games, ABS-CBN News (4 June 2015), retrieved 23 Sep 2016".
  12. "Lim Teck Yin on transport issue, Straits Times (9 Oct 2015), retrieved 23 Sep 2016".
  13. "Singapore Sports Chief slams football fans, Straits Times (9 Oct 2015), retrieved 23 Sep 2016".
  14. "SEA Games: UnionPay gives a boost with $1m sponsorship, free hot-air balloon rides, Straits Times (14 Mar 2014), retrieved 23 Sep 2016".
  15. "Lessons aplenty from Olympic wildcard selection, TODAY (4 July 2016), retrieved 23 Sep 2016".
  16. "Celebrating the Extraordinary, The Phnom Penh Post (3 June 2015), retrieved 23 Sep 2016".
  17. "Noor Farhan, Optimising of resources will not come at the cost of non-Olympic sports: SportSG, ChannelNewsAsia (30 Sep 2016), retrieved 1 Oct 2016".
  18. "Lim Teck Yin Profile. Anglo Chinese Schools Foundation Board. Retrieved 1 Nov 2016". Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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