PSC Gets Three New Members

The President has appointed Ms Chua Sock Koong, Professor Lily Kong and Mr Richard Rokmat Magnus as members of the Public Service Commission (PSC) with effect from 29 January 2009, for a term of five years in the first instance.

Under the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, the PSC shall have a Chairman and no less than five but no more than 14 other members.  With the appointment of Ms Chua, Ms Kong and Mr Magnus, the PSC will have 10 members assisting the Chairman, Mr Eddie Teo.

Ms Chua, 51, who holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (First Class Honours) from University of Singapore, is Group Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel). She joined SingTel in 1989 and has since held many key positions.  Ms Chua is an Executive Director of SingTel and a Board member of Bharti Airtel Limited and JTC Corporation. She is also a member of the Singapore Management University Board of Trustees and the Casino Regulatory Authority.

Prof Kong, 44, Vice-President, University and Global Relations of NUS, and Director of its Asia Research Institute, graduated from the NUS with a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours).  She joined NUS as a lecturer in 1991 after completing her postgraduate studies at University College London.  Her research areas include the study of religion, globalization and national identity, cultural policy and cultural economies.  Prof Kong has a large number of authored and edited books to her name, and sits on the editorial boards of numerous international journals.

Mr Magnus, 64, was until recently the Senior District Judge at the Subordinate Courts.  He has an honours and a post graduate law degree from the NUS and has given 40 distinguished years of service in the Legal Service.  He had also been a Director of several Government-linked companies.  For his contributions to the Singapore Judiciary, he was conferred the Public Administration Medal (Gold)(Bar) in 2003.  Mr Magnus is currently the Chairman of the Casino Regulatory Authority; a Board member of the Land Transport Authority and a member of the Bioethics Advisory Committee. He is also Chairman of the Political Films Committee.