Ms. Sylvia Lim

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  Published on: 8/21/2008    Last Visited: 9/26/2008  

  Workers' Party chairperson Sylvia Lim has asked for "clarity and calmness" in deciding immigration policies, while noting that Singapore's workers have been hit by both the pressure of globalization and the government's liberal immigration policies.She claimed that Singaporean employers often employ foreigners in place of locals because they are simply cheaper to hire."Lower income Singaporeans cannot afford to have their wages depressed further," Lim said.
  
  The government rejects those opposition claims.Foreigners "are not here to steal our jobs, but to help us enlarge the economic pie", Prime Minister Lee said in a national day rally on Sunday, in celebration of the country's 43rd year of independence.It marked a repeat of the same assurances he gave to Singaporeans during a May Day rally this year.
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  In that nationalistic vein, opposition politician Lim questions the issue of rootedness among new Singapore immigrants, many of whom she claims see the country as merely a place to jumpstart their careers but not a final home destination.

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  Published on: 8/18/2008    Last Visited: 8/21/2008  

  Workers' Party chairperson Sylvia Lim has asked for "clarity and calmness" in deciding immigration policies, while noting that Singapore's workers have been hit by both the pressure of globalization and the government's liberal immigration policies.She claimed that Singaporean employers often employ foreigners in place of locals because they are simply cheaper to hire."Lower income Singaporeans cannot afford to have their wages depressed further," Lim said.
  
  The government rejects those opposition claims.Foreigners "are not here to steal our jobs, but to help us enlarge the economic pie", Prime Minister Lee said in a national day rally on Sunday, in celebration of the country's 43rd year of independence.It marked a repeat of the same assurances he gave to Singaporeans during a May Day rally this year.
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  In that nationalistic vein, opposition politician Lim questions the issue of rootedness among new Singapore immigrants, many of whom she claims see the country as merely a place to jumpstart their careers but not a final home destination.

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  Published on: 10/28/2007    Last Visited: 10/28/2007  

  why ask such a question when the commoners only give very limited chance to opposition party members?currently there is only Mr low thia kiang,Mr chiam see tong and Ms Sylvia Lim heading the opposition in parliment.With only the 3 of them,their voice matters so little as the govt is formed majorly from PAP.
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  why ask such a question when the commoners only give very limited chance to opposition party members?currently there is only Mr low thia kiang,Mr chiam see tong and Ms Sylvia Lim heading the opposition in parliment.With only the 3 of them,their voice matters so little as the govt is formed majorly from PAP.
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  why ask such a question when the commoners only give very limited chance to opposition party members?currently there is only Mr low thia kiang,Mr chiam see tong and Ms Sylvia Lim heading the opposition in parliment.With only the 3 of them,their voice matters so little as the govt is formed majorly from PAP.

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  Published on: 3/9/2007    Last Visited: 2/13/2008  

  SYLVIA LIM : Sylvia Lim is the Chairman of the WorkerÂ's Party and the only Non-Constituency Member of Parliament.She is also an alumnus of the NUS Law Faculty and is currently a law lecturer at Temasek Polytechnic.She will be sharing her views and thoughts from her perspective as a key player in our democratic process.

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  Published on: 7/13/2008    Last Visited: 7/13/2008  

  Mr Jeyaretnam greets Mr Low Thia Khiang and Ms Sylvia Lim from the Workers' Party. --TNP Pictures: DAVID TAN
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  Sporadically broken by lights! camera! action! as other opposition figures came through, the WP's Sylvia Lim commanding the most wattage with her entrance, you thought a pop diva had dropped by.No sooner, eclipsed by a battery of flashes for SPP's Chiam See Tong, frail but game.
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  Lim and party sec-gen Low Thia Khiang shared a quote, 'We are here to wish him well, gesture of goodwill.'

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  Published on: 1/1/2007    Last Visited: 1/12/2008  

  Party chairman Sylvia Lim raised a question over the issue in Parliament today and was told that such activities "have the potential for public disorder and mischief, and may disrupt community life."
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  It has two representatives in the Singapore parliament, namely its secretary-general, Low Thia Khiang who is MP for Hougang and Lim as the non-constituency member of parliament (NCMP).
  
  NCMPs are appointed from among the best performing opposition losers in a general election.

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  www.sgdemocrat.org/articleiba21.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/10/2007    Last Visited: 11/10/2007  

  What was surprising, however, was that WP's Ms Sylvia Lim did not make a more critical analysis of the situation in Singapore given the decades of human rights violations here.Books and volumes of legal research have been written on this topic.
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  On the Singapore side was Minister for Law S Jayakumar, law lecturer Simon Tay, and Workers' Party (WP) Chairman Sylvia Lim.
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  What was surprising, however, was that WP's Ms Sylvia Lim did not make a more critical analysis of the situation in Singapore given the decades of human rights violations here.Books and volumes of legal research have been written on this topic.
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  Even though the comment was not directed at her, Ms Sylvia Lim volunteered that "The Workers' Party has no problems finding lawyers."
  
  This directly contradicts her predecessor, former WP secretary-general J B Jeyaretnam, who said: "No lawyer in Singapore wants to do political cases."
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  Ms Sylvia Lim restated her position that there were good benchmarks on Singapore's system but foreigners should not interfere.

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  3. Sylvia Lim, Temasek Business School, Singapore

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  Published on: 8/18/2008    Last Visited: 8/20/2008  

  Workers' Party chairperson Sylvia Lim has asked for "clarity and calmness" in deciding immigration policies, while noting that Singapore's workers have been hit by both the pressure of globalization and the government's liberal immigration policies.She claimed that Singaporean employers often employ foreigners in place of locals because they are simply cheaper to hire."Lower income Singaporeans cannot afford to have their wages depressed further," Lim said.
  
  The government rejects those opposition claims.Foreigners "are not here to steal our jobs, but to help us enlarge the economic pie", Prime Minister Lee said in a national day rally on Sunday, in celebration of the country's 43rd year of independence.It marked a repeat of the same assurances he gave to Singaporeans during a May Day rally this year.
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  In that nationalistic vein, opposition politician Lim questions the issue of rootedness among new Singapore immigrants, many of whom she claims see the country as merely a place to jumpstart their careers but not a final home destination.

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  Published on: 6/27/2006    Last Visited: 8/20/2008  

  Sylvia Lim
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  Sylvia Lim, Chairman of Worker's Party, leads the highest-scoring opposition team, winning 43.9 percent of votes at Aljunied GRC.
  
  Newly appointed as Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP), she gives Sharon Lim an insider view....
  
  Stepping into the interview in a bright pink chinois jacket and a pair of jeans, Sylvia Lim looks relaxed and unassuming- nothing like the persona portrayed during the nine-day hustings.Personable and eloquent, answers easily roll off her tongue when asked about politics and the work of her party.
  
  But delve into Sylvia Lim the person, and long pauses and hesitation fill the air.Realistic and practical, she typifies the composed party leader with her feet {and ear) firmly on the ground.
  
  Don't expect her to be championing women's causes in Parliament.Her passion lies in the bread and butter issues of the regular Joe.And bring up the fact that she is the first woman opposition MP since 1963, she retorts, "So what if I am male or female.
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  Q: So who is Sylvia Lim?A: I'm idealistic, but I'm also a very practical person.

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