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Ivan Lim’s Replacement Gave Update About Ivan Lim & New Image of Him

2022-04-14 , 10:12 am

Following an update by the People’s Action Party about Ivan Lim this week, his replacement followed suit.

He even gave us a new picture of him, so we can stop using that stock-image-esque photo forever:

Here’s what Ivan Lim’s been doing since the elections.

Volunteering in Jurong Central

Ever since Lim withdrew from the 2020 General Elections, he’s been serving as a volunteer for lower-income families in Jurong GRC.

Lim’s replacement, Xie Yao Quan, has taken to Facebook to share that Lim has been a “key member” of the team of volunteers at Jurong Central.

He led several educational and other support programmes for lower-income residents during his time as a volunteer. There’s even a picture of Lim in action:

Comments of Support

The comments under Xie’s post were mostly positive ones that applauded Lim for continuing to contribute to the community.

There were also some accounts from residents who have volunteered with Lim before. They affirmed his dedication to the community, and his good personality:

Wait, Who’s Ivan Lim?

For the uninitiated, when PAP unveiled its first slate of fresh faces for the 2020 General Elections, Ivan Lim was one of them.

Nobody thought much about the 42-year-old high-flyer in Keppel, till allegations of Lim’s supposedly elitist attitude during his NS days started appearing online.

Apparently, he was never well-liked by his soldiers due to his arrogance and lack of care for those under his command.

After the NS stories started making their rounds on the internet, more allegations popped up. This time, the allegations were pertaining to his role as general manager at Keppel Offshore and Marine.

Lim supposedly treated workers very poorly, even forbidding them from eating breakfast or resting in the yard in the morning before work. This led to many workers allegedly sleeping along the streets outside the shipyard every morning.

And to round off the many allegations, his neighbours complained that Lim never smiles at his neighbours in the lifts. He apparently prefers to wear a “stuck up look”.

After so much public outrage, Lim withdrew his candidacy, saying that his candidacy is overshadowing the main point of the elections, which is to secure Singapore’s future.

Additionally, the controversy had caused intense “pain and stress” for his family, and he did not wish to put his family through such times.

Accused of Bribery

Lim was then accused of being a part of the international corruption scandal that Keppel O&M was involved in from 2001 to 2014, reported Mothership.

What happened was that the company paid high-ranking people in Brazil in order to win contracts for business.

S$73 million was involved over 14 years—between 2001 and 2014, and Keppel reportedly made S$467.6 million.

Netizens even dug up an old interview from 2018 which showed that Lim was the project manager for a Brazilian project, after Lim denied these allegations.

Sounds like a wild ride for a single PAP candidate, doesn’t it? And after almost two years, PAP finally has some new things to say about this saga.

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Wasn’t Involved in Bribery, No Conclusion Reached on Lim’s Personality

A party spokesman told The Straits Times on 12 April that Lim was not involved in any of Keppel’s controversial Brazilian projects.

Lim’s public statements denying his involvement in bribery were found to be truthful and factual, according to PAP investigations.

Yes, there were reports that he had worked on a Brazilian project. However, investigations found that the project he handled was delivered to SBM Offshore, a company based in the Netherlands.

Additionally, his role was to oversee the execution of projects in the shipyard. He was never involved in negotiating any commercial deals, so he couldn’t have been involved in bribery.

As for his personality, PAP basically gave a non-answer that talked about how personality has varying perceptions and that good character is of importance to a candidate.

So nope, we still don’t know whether he has a bad personality. The Facebook commenters did, at least, paint a pretty rosy picture of him.

With so many recent updates about Lim, many started to wonder if PAP is pushing him for the next elections… But that’s still some time away, so this marks the end of the Ivan Lim saga for now.