Balestier Series Featuring MND Minister Desmond Lee

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Event Details

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Mr. Desmond Lee, Minister for National Development and Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration will speak about the government's long-term planning strategies to create a greener and more sustainable Singapore, and how businesses have an important part to play in this journey. He will also address global challenges such as climate change and COVID-19 that have impacted how we live, work and play, and how the public, people and private sectors must continue to work together to build greater resilience in our urban landscape.

#Due to limited seating, registration is first come, first served. Please register on the member platform, Glue Up, and you will receive a confirmation if your seat for the lunch has been reserved.

##Due to the current Phase 3 Heightened Alert guidelines, food and drinks are not permitted at the event. As such, we will provide every attendee with takeaway 3-course western bento lunch after the event.

*CANCELLATION POLICY: No refunds will be provided for cancellations. Replacements will be accepted.

For enquires, please contact the AmCham Programming and Events Team.

Speakers

Mr Desmond Lee

Minister at Ministry of National Development

Mr Desmond Lee was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) for the West Coast Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in July 2020. Prior to that he served as an MP for Jurong GRC. During his time as a back-bencher, he also served as a member of the Government Parliamentary Committees for Culture, Community and Youth, Home Affairs and Law and Social and Family Development.

Mr Lee is currently the Minister for National Development, and the Minister-in-Charge of Social Services Integration. He co-chairs the Singapore Together Movement, the Emerging Stronger Taskforce, as well as the Singapore-Tianjin Economic and Trade Council, and the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city Joint Working Committee.

Mr Lee was first appointed as Minister of State for National Development in September 2013. After his re-election as MP for Jurong GRC in September 2015, Mr Lee was appointed as Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development. In 2017, he was appointed Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Home Affairs and National Development. Later in the same year, Mr Lee was appointed the Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister in the Ministry of National Development.

Mr Lee began his career in the civil service as a Justices’ Law Clerk of the Supreme Court, providing legal research support. He then served as a Deputy Public Prosecutor and State Counsel in the Criminal Justice Division of the Attorney General’s Chambers. In 2005, Mr Lee was posted to the Ministry of Health to head its legal department.

Before entering politics, Mr Lee also spent two years at the Legal Policy Division of the Ministry of Law. Subsequently, he joined Temasek as in-house counsel until his appointment to office at the Ministry of National Development (MND).

Mr Lee graduated in 2001 from the National University of Singapore with first class honours in law. He also holds a Masters degree in law from the University of Oxford.

Mr Lee is married with three children.