Education |
| 1974-79 |
Raffles Institution
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| 1981-84 |
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Colombo Plan Scholarship
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| 2002 |
Advanced Management Programme
Harvard Business School
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| 2004 |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Marketing |
Career History |
| Public Sector [1986-1994] |
Contracts Dept, Indeco Engineers Pte Ltd [on government bond] |
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Budget Dept, Finance Division Ministry of Defence
[on secondment from Singapore Administrative Service]
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| Private Sector [1994-1996] |
Corporate Planning and Affairs Department, Sum Cheong Corporation Pte Ltd
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Labour Movement, NTUC
[1996 - todate] |
CEO, NTUC Healthcare/ CEO NTUC Media Cooperative Ltd
Managing Director (Group Business), NTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd |
| May 2006 |
Elected as Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC |
| May 2009 |
Appointed as Chairman, Government Parliamentary Committee [GPC] for Community, Youth and Sports |
| April 2010 |
Appointed as Board of Director, Health Promotion Board |
| August 2010 |
Appointed as Board of Director, National Parks Board |
| May 2011 |
Re-elected as Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC
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| October 2011 |
Appointed as Deputy Speaker of Parliament
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Interests/Hobbies |
- Sports enthusiast
- Enjoy playing many types of games [squash, tennis, table tennis, pool, bowling, football, basketball, golf] with friends, colleagues or with family
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Social/Community Service (Current) |
- Board Member, Centre for Fathering Ltd since 2004
- Patron, Loving Heart Multi Service Centre since 2005
- Vice President, Singapore Compact for Corporate Social Responsibility since 2005
- Co-Chairman, National Family Celebrations since 2007
- Trustee, Singapore National Co-operative Federation since 2008
- Co-Chair, Social Enterprise Association since June 2009
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