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WP Chair Sylvia Lim, 59, marries ex-national footballer Quah Kim Song, 72, at church in Bukit Batok
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January 04, 2025, 08:27 PM
Workers' Party (WP) chair Sylvia Lim, 59, and former striker of the Singapore national football team Quah Kim Song, 72, announced their marriage on Jan. 4, 2025.
#Matrimony
The couple, who have been dating for almost 12 years, announced their wedding via social media, with Lim posting on Instagram a black and white picture of her and Quah walking hand in hand down a corridor.
The picture was captioned “For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health”, the traditional vows of marriage, and hashtagged “#Matrimony”.
The wedding was announced in October 2024, and Quah confirmed in an interview that he and Lim would be solemnising their marriage in January.
Lim’s post was tagged at St Mary of the Angels in Bukit Batok, a Catholic Church.
The couple are both Catholics and met in January 2013 during a Workers' Party variety concert.
Special relationship
Lim also has a “special relationship” with Quah’s family members.
Quah, who is a widower, said that Lim would join social gatherings involving his siblings and children.
Quah is also known to support Lim in her political efforts, even acting as her “personal chauffeur” during the 2015 General Election campaign.
They have been together for over a decade despite many thinking their relationship to be “unusual”, according to an interview with The New Paper.
They had very different life trajectories at first but bonded over common interests such as music and football.
Full circle
That love of football may have been a usual spark for the relationship.
During the 2015 GE, Lim spoke about Quah while at rallies, and at one rally at Bendemeer, she said:
“And I’m so proud that the man who headed in the opening goal (Singapore beat Penang 3-2 in the 1977 Malaysia Cup final) is here with us tonight as my personal driver (Quah Kim Song).”
During that rally, she hinted that she may have had a crush on Quah as a young girl, making scrapbooks of local football idols.
After more than a decade, it appears that that crush may have come full “centre” circle.
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Top image via Sylvia Lim/Instagram & Beno Lim/Facebook
