New members appointed to the A*STAR and HLB Boards

NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE A*STAR AND HLB BOARDS

The Minister for Trade and Industry has appointed one new Board member each to the Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR) and the Hotels Licensing Board (HLB).These appointments take effect from 1 June 2008. 

• A*STAR

The newly-appointed member is :

• Professor Tan Eng Chye –Deputy President (Academic Affairs) and Provost, NationalUniversity of Singapore

In addition, Mr Quek Tong Boon, Chief Defence Scientist / Deputy Secretary (Technology & Transformation) / Chief Research and Technology Officer, Ministry of Defence, has been re-appointed to the A*STAR Board with effect from 1 August 2008.

• A*STAR’s Board comprises 21 members and the list of these Members is at Annex A.

• HLB

The newly-appointed member is :

• Mr Paul Lim Choon Wui–Commander, ‘E’ Division, Singapore Police Force

One member, Mr Raymond Khoo Peng Ann, Commander, Central Police Division, Singapore Police Force, will step down from the HLB with effect from 1 June 2008.

• HLB’s Board comprises five members and the list is at Annex B.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry, A*STAR and HLB welcome the new Board members and also express their appreciation to the outgoing member for his invaluable contributions.

MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
2 June 2008 

Agency for Science, Technology & Research’s Board Members

• Chairman

• Mr Lim Chuan Poh

• Deputy Chairman

• Professor Tan Chorh Chuan

• Senior Deputy President

• NationalUniversity of Singapore

• Members

• Dr Sydney Brenner

• Distinguished Professor

• The Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Scientific Advisor to A*STAR Chairman

• Ms Chang Hwee Nee

• Deputy Secretary (Policy),

• Ministry of Education

• Dr Rick Harwig

• Chief Technology Officer

• Royal Philips Electronics

• Professor Satkunanantham Kandia

• Director of Medical Services

• Ministry of Health

• Mr Ko Kheng Hwa

• Managing Director

• Economic Development Board

• Professor Kiyoshi Kurokawa

• Special Advisor to the Cabinet: Science, Technology and Innovation, Japan

• Professor Sir David Lane

• Chairman

• Biomedical Research Council, and Chief Executive Officer, Experimental Therapeutics Centre

• Ms Yena Lim

• Managing Director

• Agency for Science, Technology and Research

• Professor Alex Markham

• Chief Medical Officer

• Cancer Research UK and Professor of Medicine, University of Leeds

• Mr Ng Wai Choong

• Deputy Secretary (Policy)

• Ministry of Finance

• Lord Ronald Oxburg

• Chairman

• House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology

• Mr Quek Tong Boon

• Chief Defence Scientist / Deputy Secretary (Technology and Transformation)

• Chief Research and Technology Officer

• Ministry of Defence

• Dr Moncef Slaoui

• Chairman, Research & Development

• GlaxoSmithKline

• Dr Darlene Solomon

• Chief Technology Officer and Vice President

• Agilent Laboratories

• Professor Su Guaning

• President

• Nanyang Technological University

• Professor Tan Eng Chye

• Deputy President (Academic Affairs) and Provost

• NationalUniversity of Singapore

• Ms Padmasree Warrior

• Chief Technology Officer, Cisco Systems

• Dr Tadataka Yamada

• President

• Global Health Program (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)

• Professor Charles Zukoski

• Vice Chancellor of Research

• University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign 

 Hotels Licensing Board’s members

•  Chairman

• Mr A Balasubramaniam Reddy

• Principal District Judge

• Subordinate Courts

• Members

• Mr Han Yong Hoe

• Director (Development Control)

• Urban Redevelopment Authority

• Mr Robert Van Rensselaer Hecker

• Managing Director

• Horwath Asia Pacific (S) Pte Ltd

• Ms Caroline Leong

• Director, Travel Hospitality

• Singapore Tourism Board

• Mr Paul Lim Choon Wui

• Commander, ‘E’ Division

• Singapore Police Force