SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore Workers’ Party (WP) chairwoman Sylvia Lim and former national footballer Quah Kim Song announced their marriage on Jan 4 on social media.
Lim posted a black-and-white picture of her and Quah walking hand in hand down a corridor at the St Mary of the Angels church in Bukit Batok with the caption, “For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health.”
By 9pm on Jan 4, the post had garnered more than 3,000 likes, with hundreds of followers congratulating the couple. They have been dating for almost 12 years and reportedly first met at a WP charity concert in 2013.
Plans for the wedding were announced in October 2024, and Quah later confirmed in an interview that the couple would solemnise their marriage in January.
Quah, 72, was a star striker in the 1970s. Nicknamed Quicksilver Quah, he famously scored twice – including a diving-header winner off a Dollah Kassim free kick – to help Singapore beat Penang 3-2 in the 1977 Malaysia Cup final.
Lim, 59, has held the post of WP chairwoman since 2003 and was part of the first opposition team to win a group representation constituency in 2011, and has since been an MP for Aljunied GRC. - The Straits Times/ANN
Mr Quah was previously married to Ms Shirley Wang, who died of cancer in 2007, while this is Ms Lim’s first marriage.
