Mr Tan Kee Yong has been appointed as the new Cabinet
Secretary.
He will also take up the post as Secretary to the Prime
Minister.
A check on the Singapore government website confirmed his
appointment.
The 52 year-old public administrator will succeed Mr Lau Wah Ming,
who's retiring from the civil service.
Mr Tan has spent 28 years in the Administrative
Service.
Before his posting to the
Prime Minister's Office, he was deputy secretary of services at the
Education Ministry, and chief executive of the Singapore Land
Authority.
He has also held key posts in
various government agencies, including the Public Service
Commission, Ministry of Defence, and Ministry of Home Affairs.
--938Live