Mr Wong Hong Kuan, who was appointed the Deputy Commissioner of
Police (Policy) since 1 November 2010 in the Singapore Police Force
(SPF), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), will be appointed as Chief
Executive (CE) of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA)
with effect from 1 June 2011.
Mr Wong, aged 39, will succeed Mr Chan Heng Kee, aged 42, who
will be taking up another public sector appointment with effect
from 1 April 2011. Mr Goh Eng Ghee, currently WDA’s Deputy CE, will be appointed Acting CE of
WDA from 1 April to 31 May 2011, before Mr
Wong’s appointment comes into effect.
Mr Wong graduated with First Class Honours in Accountancy from
the Nanyang Technological University on a Singapore Government
Local Merit Scholarship and joined the Singapore Police Force (SPF)
in 1995. He was appointed as a Foreign Fellow under the Fulbright
Programme in 2003 and graduated from the Harvard Business School
with a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in 2005.
Mr Wong has held many appointments within and outside the
SPF since he started his career in the public
sector 16 years ago. These include Director of Operations in the
SPF, Commander of Bedok Police Division and
Commander of Police Training Command. He also served as Assistant
Director (Infrastructure & Economy) in the Ministry of Finance.
In addition, Mr Wong has contributed to the community through his
involvement with the National Committee on Youth Guidance and
Rehabilitation, the National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) Council, the
National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) and on the board of the
Singapore Land Authority (SLA).