Portrait of Mr. Lim Chee Onn, Secretary-General of National Trade Union Congress



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This is a head-and-shoulder portrait of Mr. Lim Chee Onn, Deputy Secretary-General (Mar-May 1979) and later Secretary-General of the National Trade Union Congress or NTUC from May 1979 to June 1983. He was Deputy Secretary for Communications (1975-1977); Political Secretary for Science and Technology (1978-1980); Minister without Portfolio at the Prime Minister's Office (Sep 1980-Jul 1983); Member of the Board of Trustees of NTUC INCOME (1980) and the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University; Chairman of the Board of Directors of NTUC COMFORT (1979-1982) and National Heritage Board (Aug 1993-Jul 2002); Co-Chairman of China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Company Limited (1994-1999); Senior Executive Director (Sep 1983-Dec 1999), Executive Chairman and CEO (Jan 2000-Dec 2008) and later Senior Advisor of Keppel Corporation Limited (2009-to date); Managing Director (1985-Dec 1999), Deputy Chairman (Jan 1994-Dec 1996) and Chairman of Straits Steamship Land Limited and later Keppel Land Limited (Jan 1997-Apr 2009); Director of Natsteel Limited (1986-2003), MobileOne Limited (Nov 1999-Feb 2009) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (Jan 2004-to date); and People's Action Party Member of Parliament for Bukit Merah (Jul 1977-Aug 1991) and Marine Parade GRC (Sep 1991-Dec 1992). He was conferred the Distinguished Service Order by the Singapore Government in 2007. Title devised by Library staff.