Amy Khor Lean Suan is the Mayor of South West Community Development Council

South West Community Development Council

The South West Community Development Council is one of five Community Development Councils set up across the Republic of Singapore to aid in local administration of governmental policies and schemes...

 (CDC) and a Member of Parliament

Parliament of Singapore

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 (MP) in Singapore

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Khor received her PhD in land management

Land management

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 from the University of Reading

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 in 1997. From 1989 to 1999, she was a senior lecturer at National University of Singapore

National University of Singapore

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. She was elected as Member of Parliament in 2001 representing Hong Kah GRC. On 12 August 2004, Khor was appointed mayor of South West CDC, replacing Yu-Foo Yee Shoon.

Upon her being re-elected as a Member of Parliament in 2006, she has been appointed Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Environment & Water Resources and the Chairman of the Feedback Unit, while retaining her post as mayor of the South West District.

Khor is a Christian.