Geh Min

Dr. Geh Min (Chinese: 倪敏; pinyin: Ní Mǐn) is the former President of Nature Society in Singapore. She was formerly a Nominated Member of Parliament from January 2005 to April 2006.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Geh.
Geh Min
倪敏
Born1950 (age 72–73)
Alma materNational University of Singapore
Known forNature Society (former President)

Early life and education

Geh studied at Methodist Girls' School and Anglo-Chinese School. She is a medicine graduate of the National University of Singapore.

Career

Geh is a consultant ophthalmologist at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, and also a visiting consultant at the Singapore National Eye Centre and the National University Hospital.

In December 2004, Geh was appointed as a Nominated Member of Parliament.[1]

In 2006, Geh was one of the three recipients of the inaugural President's Award for the Environment, along with Tommy Koh and the Waterways Watch Society (WWS).[2]

Geh heads the Environment and Health Functional Committee of the South-West Community Development Council. She is a board member of the Nature Conservancy's Asia Pacific Council; the Water Network of the PUB; and the Singapore Environment Council.

Personal life

Geh is the granddaughter of philanthropist Lee Kong Chian.[3]

References
  1. "Nature Society President Geh Min is one of nine fresh faces - and the only civil society activist - among the new Nominated MPs appointed by President S R Nathan". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010.
  2. "President's Award for the Environment". Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources. Archived from the original on 28 July 2010.
  3. "Nature conservation's new champion". The Straits Times. 4 August 2000. p. 46.


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