Lee Bee Wah

Lee Bee Wah (; born 6 October 1960), also known as Hua Jie , is a Singaporean former politician and engineer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she was the Member of Parliament (MP), as part of different PAP teams, representing Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 2006 and 2011, Nee Soon GRC between 2011 and 2020.

Early life Lee was born on 6 October 1960 in Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia to two rubber tappers; however, she grew up in Malacca. She is the eldest of seven siblings.

Education Lee received her primary education at Kiow Min Chinese Primary School and subsequently studied at Sekolah Dato' Dol Said, Notre Dame Convent, and Gajah Berang.

She attended the National University of Singapore (NUS) between 1981 and 1982 before attending the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) where she graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in civil engineering in 1985. She then attended the University of Liverpool between 1989 and 1990 where she attained a Master of Science degree in engineering.

In 2011, the University of Liverpool presented to her an Honorary Doctorate. She was awarded the Nanyang Distinguished Alumni Award from NTU in 2012.

Career Lee was the president of the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA)

Engineering career An engineer by training, in 1996, Lee established LBW Consultants LLP. Her firm was acquired by global engineering consultancy Meinhardt Group, where she went on to be a group director, in 2014. Prior to joining politics, Lee was also a senior engineer at ST Construction and an assistant project manager at Wing Tai. She served as Non Executive Chairman of listed company TEE Land Pte Ltd and independent director of Koh Brothers Group.

In 2020, Lee retired from her engineering practice. She became chairperson to the advisory committee of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). In 1997, she became the NTU School of Civil & Environmental Engineering Alumni Association (NTU CEEAA)'s President until 2008. She was the recipient of the 2000 Nanyang Technological University Alumni Service Award by NTU. In 2006, Lee received the Nanyang Alumni Achievement Award from NTU.

Political career Lee served as MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC from 2006 till 2011, and Nee Soon GRC from 2011 to 2020.

In 2015, Lee was the subject of controversy when it was uncovered that LBW Consultants LLP had successfully tendered to provide civil and structural engineering services to the Housing and Development Board for projects within Nee Soon South ward, which was under her care at that time.

In 2019, Lee was criticised twice from the public over her parliament speeches. Lee spoke against community cat feeders whose "irresponsible cat feeding" led to pest issues in her Nee Soon South ward. Cat welfare society and animal lovers criticised her as there was a prior arrangement on responsible cat feeding and it was unfair that Lee targeted the community cat feeders for the pest issues. about an "Ah Gong" (i.e. the Singaporean government) during a budget debate in Parliament. In her story, she referred to Singaporeans as "Si Gui Kia" (ungrateful brats) for apparent non-appreciation of what the government did for them. The video of her parliamentary speech quickly went viral.

Business career In 2022, real estate company Heeton Holdings appointed Lee as its independent non-executive director.

Personal life Lee is married with two children. She is a Buddhist.