Date Published: 22 Jul 2011

Mr Khoo Teng Chye, 59, Chief Executive of PUB, the National Water Agency, and concurrently Executive Director of the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC), will relinquish his appointment as Chief Executive, PUB when his current tenure with PUB ends on 7 Dec 2011. Rear Admiral (RADM) (NS) Chew Men Leong, formerly the Chief of Navy in the Singapore Armed Forces, has been appointed as Chief Executive (Designate), PUB and will take over as Chief Executive, PUB from Dec 2011. The moves are part of the process of leadership renewal and development in the public service.

Under Mr Khoo’s sterling leadership since 2003, PUB has grown Singapore’s water catchments to 2/3 of the island, increased the supply of NEWater to meet 30% of Singapore’s total water demand and also successfully completed its first public-private partnership on a 30 mgd desalination plant. Mr Khoo led PUB to bring the community’s hearts and minds closer to water through the Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters Programme. Mr Khoo has also been instrumental in bringing PUB, and Singapore, to be deeply connected with the international community through the Singapore International Water Week which provides a global platform for sustainable water solutions. PUB received numerous global as well as local awards including the Stockholm Industry Water Prize, Water Agency of the Year by Global Water Intelligence, the Singapore Quality Award, Singapore Innovation Award and World Class Global Performance Excellence Award under Mr Khoo’s stewardship.

An SAF overseas scholar, RADM (NS) Chew, 44, graduated from the Imperial College of London with First Class Honours in Engineering, and subsequently obtained a Masters of Science from Stanford University, USA. He has served in the SAF for 25 years and has held significant command and staff appointments in MINDEF and the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). As Chief of Navy, RADM (NS) Chew had played an instrumental role in operationalising key aspects of the RSN's 3rd Generation transformation, such as the formation of the Maritime Security Task Force. Under his command, the RSN transformed its force structure, capability development plans and its people development framework.