June 29, 2009 19:48 PM
Lee Hsien Yang To Chair S'pore Airport Authority
By Zakaria Abdul Wahab
SINGAPORE, June 29 (Bernama) - Lee Hsien Yang, the younger brother of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be appointed as the chairman of the newly-structured Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) effective this Wednesday.
The transport ministry said Monday its minister Raymond Lim made the appointment following the corporatisation of Changi Airport and the restructuring of CAAS from July 1.
In a statement today, the ministry said the new CAAS management team led by the younger Lee, who is currently Fraser & Neave Ltd Chairman, would focus on regulatory and strategic functions.
Lee was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) from May 1995 to March 2007, and prior to joining SingTel, Lee served in command and staff positions in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and reached the rank of Brigadier-General.
Other members appointed in the new team include, the republic's Air Force Chief Major-General Ng Chee Khem, CAAS Director General Yap Ong Heng, Keppel Logistics Executive Director Quek Keng Liang, and Global Business Integrators Managing Director Zulkifli Baharudin.
The ministry said the current chairman Liew Mun Leong, who is also CapitaLand Limited President and Chief Executive Officer, would complete his term of office on Wednesday after having been at CAAS' helm since Sept 1, 2005.
Liew played an instrumental role in setting the direction for the continued development of Changi Airport including the opening of Terminal 3 last year.
Under his chairmanship, passenger movements at Changi Airport have grown from 32.4 million in 2005 to 37.7 million in 2008.
-- BERNAMA
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