Two new Permanent Secretaries appointed
Posted: 01 June 2010 1746 hrs
SINGAPORE : The Environment and Water Resources Ministry
will have a new Permanent Secretary from next month.
A statement from the Public Service Division, Prime Minister's
Office, said Lieutenant-General Desmond Kuek, the former Chief of
Defence Force, will be appointed to the post.
The incumbent, Mr Tan Yong Soon, will be appointed Permanent
Secretary (National Climate Change), Prime Minister's Office.
The National Climate Change Secretariat (NCCS) is a dedicated
agency set up to coordinate Singapore's climate change-related
policies.
The statement added that the secretariat, currently located in the
Foreign Affairs Ministry, will now come under the Prime Minister's
Office to reflect the broad scope and inter-agency nature of policy
matters to be coordinated.
It will also better support the Inter-Ministerial Committee on
Climate Change chaired by Senior Minister S Jayakumar.
- CNA/al
