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New Appointments to the Boards of SPRING, JTC and EMA
The Minister for Trade and Industry has appointed new members to the Boards of SPRING Singapore (SPRING), JTC Corporation (JTC) and Energy Market Authority (EMA). In addition, there were re-appointments at SPRING, EMA and Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC). These appointments took effect on 1 April 2010.
EMA Board
New Appointment
- Mr Tang Tuck Weng – Director (Housing), Ministry of National Development
Re-appointment
- Mr John Teo Woon Keng – Chief Financial Officer, Singapore Pools Pte Ltd
One member has stepped down from the EMA Board:
- Mr Peter Ng Joo Hee – Commissioner of Police, Singapore Police Force
SPRING Board
New Appointments
- Mr Roger Chia – Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, Rotary Engineering Limited
- COL Lai Chung Han – Director (Policy), Ministry of Defence
- Mr Viswa Sadasivan – Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Moves Pte Ltd
- Mr Tan Choon Shian – Deputy Managing Director, Economic Development Board
Re-appointments
- Ms Chong Siak Ching – President and Chief Executive Officer, Ascendas Pte Ltd
- Mr Thomas Chua – Chairman and Managing Director, Teckwah Industrial Corporation Ltd
- Mr Lim Boon Wee – Deputy Secretary (Land and Corporate), Ministry of Transport
- Ms Janet Young – Managing Director, Regional Head MNC Asia, Bank of America (Singapore)
Five members have stepped down from the SPRING Board:
- BG Ng Chee Meng – Chief of Air Force, Republic of Singapore Air Force
- Mr Manohar Khiatani – Chief Executive Officer, JTC Corporation
- Dr Jitendra Singh – Saul P Steinberg Professor of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Mr Robert Tsao – Chairman Emeritus, United Microelectronics Corporation
- Mr Zaqy Mohamad – Sales Director, Datacraft Singapore
JTC Board
New Appointments
- Major- General Neo Kian Hong – Chief of Defence Force, Ministry of Defence
- Mr Ong Ye Kung – Assistant Secretary-General, National Trades Union Congress
One member has stepped down from the JTC Board:
- Lt-General Desmond Kuek
SDC Board
Re-appointments
- Mr Kwek Mean Luck – Deputy Secretary (Industry), Ministry of Trade and Industry
- Mr Allen Lew - Chief Executive Officer Singapore, Singapore Telecommunications Limited
- Mr Low Teo Ping - Global Supervisory Director, ATC Group B.V. (Netherlands)
The Ministry of Trade and Industry, SPRING, JTC and EMA welcome the new Board members and also express their appreciation to the outgoing members for their invaluable service.
A write-up on the new members and the current lists of the Boards of SPRING, JTC, EMA, and SDC can be downloaded in the link below.
