Singapore UN-Habitat International Leaders in Urban Governance Programme
SG UN-Habitat International Leaders in Urban Governance Programme
5-9 June 2017
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PROGRAMME COORDINATORS
Ruhi LAL Nisha Sharda Adjunct, Centre for Liveable Cities Assistant Director, Centre for Liveable Cities [email protected] [email protected]
Katyana Melic Alice Lim Manager, Centre for Liveable Cities Management Support Officer [email protected] Centre for Liveable Cities [email protected]
PROGRAMME VENUE Amara Hotel on Tanjong Pagar Road 165 Tanjong Pagar Road Singapore 088539
Singapore Cooperation Programme Singapore has provided technical assistance to other developing countries since the 1960s. As a country whose only resource is its people, Singapore believes that human resource development is vital for economic and social progress. Singapore itself has benefited from training provided by other countries and international organizations.
In 1992, the Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP) was established to bring together under one framework the various technical assistance programmes offered by Singapore. Through the SCP, the range and number of training programmes were increased to share Singapore’s development experience with other developing countries. To date, Singapore has sponsored training courses and study visits for over 112,000 officials from more than 170 countries. The SCP is managed by the Technical Cooperation Directorate of the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC), Singapore Set up in 2008 by the Ministry of National Development and the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, CLC has as its mission “to distil, create and share knowledge on liveable and sustainable cities”. CLC’s work spans four main areas – Research, Capability Development, Knowledge Platforms, and Advisory. Through these activities, CLC hopes to provide urban leaders and practitioners with the knowledge and support needed to make our cities better.
UN-Habitat UN-Habitat is the United Nations programme working towards a better urban future. With a phenomenal shift towards urbanization, cities are facing unprecedented demographic, environmental, economic, social and spatial challenges. UN-Habitat's mission is to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements development and the achievement of adequate shelter for all. For forty years, UN- Habitat has been working in human settlements throughout the world, and has gained a unique and a universally acknowledged expertise in all things urban.
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CONTENT
I. PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
II. PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
III. SPEAKER AND ACTION PLAN EXPERT’S CVs
IV. USEFUL NUMBERS
V. PARTICIPANT LIST
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PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
The Government of Singapore, under the ambit of the Singapore Co-operation Programme, and the UN-Habitat are committed to supporting governments in activating their urban potential through a capacity development programme. The Singapore UN-Habitat International Leaders in Urban Governance Programme aims to discuss urban policies, planning and legislations, urban financing, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs) and the New Urban Agenda as well as Singapore’s successful urban practices and model of urban transformation. Specifically, the programme will:
• support cities to plan, innovate and implement projects to catalyse change; • provide clarity on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how to achieve them; • as well as share Singapore’s Liveability Framework and best practice examples; • assist cities to understand financing sources and models to execute projects; • provide city leaders with the knowledge, skills and tools that will enable them to lead change in their cities’ urban planning, thereby contributing directly to achievement of the SDGs; • encourage cross sector knowledge exchange to develop sustainable cities through integrated long term planning and dynamic urban governance; • support city leaders work through specific project challenges based on best practice; • monitor and evaluate these projects for continuous improvement; • promote peer-to-peer learning and networks among city leaders. Singapore UN-Habitat International Leaders in Urban Governance Programme
PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
5 June 2017 (MONDAY)
Time Session Venue Things to note Programme Opening
Dr Aisa Kirabo Kacyira Deputy Executive Director UN-Habitat
9:00 am – Attire: Business Mr Khoo Teng Chye 10:00 am (Jacket and tie for Executive Director men; official wear Centre for Liveable Cities and jacket for ladies) Mr Jonathan Tow Director General, South Asia and Africa Desk Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10:00 am – Photo-taking and Tea Break 10:30 am Singapore's Liveability Framework for Liveable and Sustainable Cities Ballroom 2, Amara Hotel Objectives: Introduction to Singapore’s urban transformation journey Understand the three desired outcomes arising from urban planning that 10:30 am – contribute to a liveable city, and the 11:45 am systems of urban planning that need to Attire: Office (no be in place to achieve these outcomes suit/no tie) Recognise that governance is a complex and dynamic adaptive system.
Mr Khoo Teng Chye Executive Director Centre for Liveable Cities
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5 June 2017 (MONDAY)
Time Session Venue Things to note 11:45 am – Urbanization Challenges and Opportunities: 1:00 pm Focusing on Africa
Objectives: Apply evidence and data from UN- Habitat’s research to look at the global phenomenon of urbanisation with a special lens focused on informal urbanization and the problems of slums and African cities Gain an introduction to the Sustainable Development Goal 11, particularly its Goal 11.1 and the current set of indicators to measure slums in the world Explore challenges to measure success and/or regression of policies in curbing slum formation and informal urbanization.
Dr Naison Mutizwa-Mangiza Director Regional Office for Africa, UN-Habitat Participants may wish to change into 1:00 pm – Free and Easy Lunch smart casual attire 2:30 pm for the evening’s site visit. Urban System Study: Integrated Master Planning and Development
Objectives: Ballroom 2, 2:30 pm – Understand the whole of government, Amara Hotel 3:45 pm integrated system-of-systems approach to long-term planning Understand the importance of transparency and accountability in
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5 June 2017 (MONDAY)
Time Session Venue Things to note governance, planning tools and regulations Understand the effective execution, flexibility and dynamism needed to change institution’s role
Mr Michael Koh Fellow Centre for Liveable Cities Briefing for Learning Journey to Singapore River
Objectives: To provide an overview of how 3:45 pm – Singapore’s once polluted river was 4:15 pm cleaned up and transformed into a clean and vibrant river that it is today.
Mr Loh Ah Tuan Member, Panel of Experts Centre for Liveable Cities 4:15 pm – Tea Break 4:30 pm
Assemble at Attire: Smart the driveway 4:30 pm – Casual with Travel at Hotel’s 5:00 pm comfortable main walking shoes entrance Singapore River Learning Journey and Marina Participants will be Barrage on a bumboat.
Singapore Objectives: 5:00 pm – River and Please return the Underscore the vision and political will, 6:30 pm Marina headsets to trade-offs involved in the clean up the Barrage programme Singapore River coordinators at the Understand the urban design principles end of the site visit for buildings surrounding the river, off
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5 June 2017 (MONDAY)
Time Session Venue Things to note which helped develop Marina Bay into a bustling commercial hub where people of all ages can work, live, and play Understand how the Marina Barrage project helped Singapore develop its first urban water catchment.
Mr Loh Ah Tuan, Mr Yap Kheng Guan and Mr Wong Kai Yeng Members, Panel of Experts Centre for Liveable Cities Travel to Hotel 6:30 pm Bus will ferry participants back to hotel. Those who wish to stay back and explore nearby attractions are free to do so*
*Directions to travel from 1) Marina Barrage to Marina Bay Sands and 2) Marina Bay Sands to Amara Hotel.
Public Transport From Marina Barrage, walk towards Satay by the Bay and further on towards Gardens by the Bay along the promenade by the reservoir. Cross the Dragonfly Bridge and take the overhead pass to Marina Bay Convention Centre. You will arrive at Marina Bay Sands. From Marina Bay Sands, take the underpass to Bayfront MRT Station and board the Downtown Line towards Bukit Panjang. Alight 2 stops later at Bugis MRT Station and transfer to the East West Line towards Joo Koon. Alight at Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Amara Hotel is a 5-minute walk away.
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6 June 2017 (TUESDAY)
Time Session Venue Things to note
9:00 am – Learning Consolidation 9:15 am Housing at the Centre of the New Urban Agenda: Delivering affordable housing to all
Objectives:
Draws on the work of UN-Habitat and its Global Sample of 200 cities Emphasises on the findings about housing provision with a special attention to housing affordability and its policy implications for 9:15 am – cities and urban and housing policies 10:30 am Presents the findings of the City Prosperity Initiative and the use of the City Prosperity Index-CPI in the assessment of public policies Ballroom 2, Attire: Office in the six dimensions of prosperity Amara Hotel Wear (No suit/tie) Indicates policy areas and problems that need attention.
Mr Claudio Acioly Head Capacity Development Unit UN-Habitat 10:30 am Tea Break 10:45 am
Urban System Study: Land Acquisition and Resettlement
10:45 am– Objectives: 12:00 pm Understand how Singapore’s land acquisition policy has been instrumental in early urban redevelopment
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6 June 2017 (TUESDAY)
Time Session Venue Things to note Get an insight into the system of land administration and management of Singapore.
Ms Thong Wai Lin Assistant CEO Singapore Land Authority Transformative Partnerships: Case Studies in Urban Governance
Draws from case studies of 3 cities- Lincolnshire, UK, Gwangju, South Korea and Singapore- to demonstrate how innovative 12:00pm- partnership models can boost a city’s 12:30pm competitiveness, sustainability and liveability.
Mr Nicholas You Adjunct Centre for Liveable Cities 12:30pm – Free and Lunch 1:30 pm Easy
Urban System Study: Housing – Turning Squatters into Stakeholders
Objectives:
Ballroom 2, 1:30 pm – Shares about Singapore’s approach and Amara Hotel 2.45 pm guiding principles to sustainable financing of
public housing and managing of growth aspirations
Understand how the public housing policy achieves the social goals of housing policies/programmes, supporting families,
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6 June 2017 (TUESDAY)
Time Session Venue Things to note managing diversity, and building a sense of community
Mr Chionh Chye Khye Fellow Centre for Liveable Cities
2:45 pm – Participant Project Sharing 4:00 pm
4:00 pm – Tea Break 4:15 pm
Assemble at Attire: Smart the driveway 4:15 pm – Casual with Travel at Hotel’s 4:45 pm comfortable main walking shoes entrance Learning Journey to Toa Payoh Town Centre
Objectives: Take a guided tour of Singapore’s first township planned and built by the Housing and Development Board, the Toa Payoh New Town. Gain insight into the integrated planning Please return the principles undergirding Toa Payoh New headsets to programme 4:45 pm – Town. coordinators at 6:30 pm Take a short stroll of the town which features public and private housing the end of the precincts, a transport interchange, site visit. commercial centre, and public social facilities such as a library and schools
Mr Alan Tan Adjunct; and Mr Wong Kai Yeng Member, Panel of Experts Centre for Liveable Cities
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6 June 2017 (TUESDAY)
Time Session Venue Things to note Bus will ferry 6:30 pm – Travel to Dinner Venue participants to 7:00 pm Dinner Venue Participants will be seated with Official Dinner representatives Dine at one Singapore’s vibrant Mamanda from 7:00 pm – neighbourhood- Kampong Glam-which Restaurant at Government of Singapore. 8:30 pm was once the seat of Malay royalty in a Kampong
traditionally Malay urban residential area Glam Information on Kampong Glam is among Singapore’s seating plan will gazetted conservation districts. be shared ahead of the dinner. Travel back to Hotel 8:30 pm Bus will ferry participants back to hotel. Those who wish to stay back and explore nearby attractions are free to do so *
*Directions to travel from Mamanda Restaurant to Amara Hotel.
Public Transport MRT: Take a 10-minute walk from the restaurant to Bugis MRT Station along Victoria Street. Board the East West Line towards Joo Koon at Bugis MRT Station and alight at Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Amara Hotel is a 5-minute walk away.
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7 June 2017 (WEDNESDAY)
Time Session Venue Things to note
9:00 am - Learning Consolidation 9:15 am
The Global Problems of Slums and Practical Responses: Street-led Citywide Slum Upgrading
Focuses on UN-Habitat’s approach ‘Street- led Slum Upgrading’ to explore the role of streets in urban transformation and integration of slums into the formal city planning and management systems 9:15 am – Develop knowledge about the role of urban 10:30 am planning in improving living conditions in slums and informal settlements in their cities drawn from a number of practical examples in the world.
Mr Claudio Acioly Ballroom 2, Attire: Office Head Capacity Development Unit Amara Hotel Wear (No suit/tie) UN-Habitat 10:30 am – Tea Break 10:45 am Public Space and Street Connectivity: Propositions of UN-Habitat for the New Urban Agenda
Zoom in on UN Habitat’s 3-pronged approach that places urban planning and design, legislation and finance in a holistic 10:45 am – and integrated urban management system, 12:00 pm sustained by examples, case studies and guidelines Give special attention to urban planning and the provision of public space and their importance to better living conditions Unpack the fundamental elements of public space and its role in the implementation of
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7 June 2017 (WEDNESDAY)
Time Session Venue Things to note the New Urban Agenda in the design of cities and for achieving better performance of public policies.
Mr Claudio Acioly Head Capacity Development Unit UN-Habitat Networking Event 12:00 am – Level 2 1:30 pm With Singapore’s planning and development Amara Hotel companies Infrastructure Financing and Urban Rejuvenation Highlights a few International case studies on programmes for Urban Rejuvenation. Understand World Bank’s evaluation process for funding of projects.
Mr Ahmed Ewieda Lead Urban Specialist; Ms Yuko Okazawa Urban Specialist World Bank Ballroom 2, 1:30 pm - Amara Hotel 3:30 pm Urban System Study: Financing A City Draws out the broader principles that Singapore has consistently adhered to in financing infrastructure development Understand the application of financing principles and how they have evolved.
Mr Dileep Nair Former Non Resident Ambassador to Ghana Centre for Liveable Cities
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7 June 2017 (WEDNESDAY)
Time Session Venue Things to note 3:30 pm - Action Plan Discussion 5:30 pm
5:30pm End of Programme for Day 3
*List of Suggested Places to Visit in the evening
1) Vivo City and the HarbourFront District: a. Get your shopping fix at Vivo City, the largest shopping mall in Singapore and take a slow stroll or monorail ride to Resorts World Sentosa, home to the SEA Aquarium, Universal Studios Singapore, Casino Sentosa and many more. Alight at HarbourFront MRT Station to access Vivo City. 2) Orchard Road Belt a. Join the crowd of eager shoppers along Singapore’s premier shopping belt – Orchard Road. Accessible via Orchard and Somerset MRT Stations. 3) Chinatown a. Walk through the streets of Chinatown and pick up some traditional Chinese crafts and street food. Access via Chinatown MRT Station or take a 10- minute stroll from Amara Hotel. 4) Little India a. Visit the traditional Indian neighbourhood to savour food, unique architecture and shopping at the famous Mustafa Centre. Alight at Little India MRT Station or Farrer Park MRT Station for access to Mustafa Centre.
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8 June 2017 (THURSDAY) Things to Time Session Venue note 9:00 am – Learning Consolidation 9:15 am Urban System Study: Sustainable Environment
Objectives: Shares Singapore's approach and guiding principles to sustainable environment Discusses the trade-offs necessary in order to achieve both economic growth and 9:15 am – environmental sustainability 10:30 am Highlights effective policies and execution strategies that are key to the creation of systems and processes that ensure environmental sustainability Attire: Office Mr Loh Ah Tuan Ballroom 2, wear (no Member, Panel of Experts Amara Hotel suit/no tie) Centre for Liveable Cities 10:30 am - Tea Break 10:45 am Urban System Study: Greening
Objectives:
Shares Singapore’s transformation from a 10:45 am - Garden City to a City in a Garden 12:00 pm Explains how the island has been greened and managed over the years through community participation and ownership
Mr Simon Longman Former Director National Parks Board (NParks)
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8 June 2017 (THURSDAY) Things to Time Session Venue note Participants can 12:00 pm – Free and lunch at a Lunch 1:00 pm Easy restaurant of their choice Urban System Study: Water – From a Scarce Resource to National Asset
Objectives: Understand how Singapore was able to turn its water constraint into an economic asset, and the importance of continuous improvisation to sustain the water industry as 1:00 pm – a key economic pillar. 2:15 pm Ballroom 2, Understand how a dynamic system of Amara Hotel governance, integrated planning and strong
leadership enabled Singapore to achieve water self-sufficiency
Mr Yap Kheng Guan Member, Panel of Experts Centre for Liveable Cities
2:30 pm – Action Plan Discussion 3:45 pm
Attire: Smart Assemble at Casual with the driveway 3:45 pm – comfortable Travel at Hotel’s 4:15 pm walking shoes main
entrance
Learning Journey to Gardens by the Bay
4:15 pm – Part of Singapore’s strategy to transform
6:15 pm Singapore from a “Garden City” to a “City in a Garden”, Gardens by the Bay is a 101 hectares nature park in Central Singapore
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8 June 2017 (THURSDAY) Things to Time Session Venue note It is planned as Singapore’s premier urban outdoor recreation space.
Gardens by the Bay
Travel to Hotel 6:15 pm Bus will ferry participants back to hotel. Those who wish to stay back and explore nearby attractions are free to do so*
*Directions to travel from 1) Gardens by the Bay to Marina Bay Sands and 2) Marina Bay Sands to Amara Hotel.
Public Transport 1) Cross the Dragonfly Bridge and take the overhead pass to Marina Bay Convention Centre. You will arrive at Marina Bay Sands. 2) From Marina Bay Sands, take the underpass to Bayfront MRT Station and board the Downtown Line towards Bukit Panjang. Alight 2 stops later at Bugis MRT Station and transfer to the East West Line towards Joo Koon. Finally, alight at Tanjong Pagar MRT Station and Amara Hotel is a 5-minute walk away.
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9 June 2017 (FRIDAY) Things to Time Session Venue note 9:00 – Learning Consolidation 9:15am Urban System Study: Transport – Overcoming Constraints, Sustaining Mobility
Objectives: Understand how Singapore has managed urban transport and enabled the modal shift from private to public transportation 9:15 am – Analyse traffic demand management and 10:30 am integrated land use would also be addressed Discuss how policies can be put in place to ensure that infrastructural projects can achieve self-sustainability
Mr Mohinder Singh Member, Panel of Experts Ballroom 2, Attire: Office Centre for Liveable Cities Amara Hotel Wear (No 10:30 am – Tea Break suit/tie) 10:45 am
Urban Systems Study: Industrial Infrastructure – Growing in Tandem with Economy
Objectives:
Gain insights on the evolution of Singapore’s 10:45 am – industrial infrastructure to support 12:00 pm economic growth and the challenges going forward
Identify the strong synergies between Singapore’s industrial and land-use policies
Recognise that strong leadership with foresight was necessary to ensure that
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9 June 2017 (FRIDAY) Things to Time Session Venue note economic development was not pursued at the expense of the environment Mr Lim Chin Chong Member, Panel of Experts Centre for Liveable Cities Participants can 12:00 pm – lunch at a Lunch Free and Easy 2:00 pm restaurant of their choice Action Plan Sharing
2:00 pm– Mr Michael Koh 4:00 pm Fellow Centre for Liveable Cities Closing Dialogue by Guest-of-Honour
4:00 pm – Dr Koh Poh Koon 4:30 pm Senior Minister of State Ministry of National Development and Ministry Attire: Jacket of Trade and Industry Ballroom 2, and tie for men; Certificate Presentation and Programme Amara Hotel official wear for Closing ladies
4:30 pm – Dr Koh Poh Koon 5:00 pm Senior Minister of State Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Trade and Industry
5:00 pm – Closing Tea 5:30 pm
Please complete 5:30 pm End of Programme daily feedback form
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SPEAKER AND ACTION PLAN EXPERT’S CVs
Dr Aisa Kirabo Kacyira Assistant Secretary-General United Nations; Deputy Executive Director UN-Habitat
Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira of the Republic of Rwanda is the Deputy Executive Director of UN- Habitat and United Nations Assistant Secretary-General providing critical leadership to promote sustainable cities and human settlements globally. Previously, Dr. Kacyira held various government positions including as Governor of the Eastern Province of Rwanda, Mayor of Kigali and an Elected Member of Parliament. Dr. Kacyira is also a former President of the Rwanda Association of Local Government Authorities, former President of the Eastern African Association of Local Government Authorities, and former Vice President of the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa.
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Mr Khoo Teng Chye Executive Director Centre for Liveable Cities
Mr Khoo Teng Chye is currently the Executive Director for the Centre for Liveable Cities, Ministry of National Development (MND), Singapore. He was formerly the Chief Executive of PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency (2003 to 2011), Chief Executive Officer/Chief Planner at the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) (1992 to 1996), Chief Executive Officer/Group President of PSA Corporation (1996 to 2002), President and Chief Executive Officer of Mapletree Investments and Managing Director (Special Projects) of Temasek Holdings (2002 to 2003).
He sits on the Boards of Tropical Marine Science Institute of National University of Singapore (NUS), GDF Suez’s (Engie) Urban Strategy and Innovation Council, the National University Health Pte Ltd (NUHS), Temasek Foundation Ecosperity and Temasek Foundation Connects. He serves as a member of the Development Projects Advisory Panel (DPAP) set up by Ministry of Finance (MOF). He is also the Chairman of the Ministry of Manpower, Singapore’s Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Institute Governing Board and is a member of the Advisory Committee to the Chief Minister for the formation of the New Capital for the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. He is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), NTU, and at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS. He is appointed as a Senior Fellow of the URA Academy and Chairman of Urban Land Institute (ULI), Singapore in Jan 2017 and Apr 2017 respectively.
Mr Khoo graduated with First Class Honours in Civil Engineering from Monash University, Australia. A President-cum-Colombo Plan Scholar, he also holds a Master of Science in Construction Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore. He attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School.
He was awarded the Public Administration (Gold) in 1996 and the Public Administration (Silver) in 1987 by the Singapore government. He was also conferred the Meritorious Service Award by the National Trade Union Congress in 2008 for his contributions to the Singapore Labour Movement.
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Mr Aw Tuan Kee Director Centre for Liveable Cities
Tuan Kee currently serves as Director at Singapore’s Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC), a nexus and knowledge centre for liveable and sustainable cities, where he oversees capability development programs, initiatives, collaborations and advisory work. Capability Development is a key arm of the Centre’s activities, as it aims to draw on its research to become a leading academy for cities. CLC’s flagship initiative in this area is its Leaders in Urban Governance Programme (LUGP) for Singapore’s public servants, as well as the International Leaders in Urban Governance Programme (iLUGP) supported by Temasek Foundation International (TFI) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), which is aimed at global city leaders. CLC function as a division within the Ministry of National Development (MND), Government of Singapore.
Prior to joining the MND-CLC, Tuan Kee was Director of Higher Education Finance at the Ministry of Education, where he oversaw the budget, funding and financing policies for the higher education sector, which includes the Institutes of Education (ITE), Polytechnics, Universities and other publicly-funded institutions under Higher Education Division (HED). He also served as Deputy Director of Resource Division (RD) at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, where he oversaw industrial land related policies and policy desk-head role for JTC Corporation (JTC). His earlier career and experience spans real estate development with a major real estate developer and in academia at one of the institutes of higher learning.
Tuan Kee graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a Masters of Science (SM) degree from the School of Architecture and Planning. During his time in Massachusetts, he was also a SPURS fellow at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (MIT) and completed the Internet Law Program at Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. His earlier academic training was in civil engineering and real estate.
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Dr Naison Mutizwa-Mangiza Director Regional Office for Africa, UN-Habitat
Naison joined UN-Habitat in May 1991. Prior to his current position, he served as Director and Principal Adviser, Policy and Strategic Planning, Office of the Executive Director, from August 2010 to February 2017. During this period, he was also UN-Habitat’s Acting Chief of Staff for one year, i.e. from March 2012 to April 2013. Before this, he served as Chief of the Policy Analysis Branch and Editor of UN-Habitat’s Global Report on Human Settlements from April 2003 to July 2010. From April 2001 to March 2003, he served as Senior Human Settlements Officer and Coordinator of the Urban and Regional Economy Section in the Urban Economy Branch. Between 1998 and 2001, he served as Human Settlements Officer (Programme Planning and Coordination) in the Programme Coordination Office, Office of the Executive Director. Prior to this, he served as Human Settlements Officer (Research) in the Research and Development Division between 1991 and 1998.
Before joining UN-Habitat, Naison lectured in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Zimbabwe from 1981 to 1991, where he rose from the position of Lecturer to Associate Professor and was the founding Chairman of the Department of Rural and Urban Planning. He was also Chairman of the Zimbabwe Urban Development Corporation (UDCORP) Board from 1989 to 1991. During the same period, he also served as Chairman of the Academic Board of the Zimbabwe Institute of Development Studies.
A Zimbabwean national, Naison read Geography and Land Economy at the University of Cambridge, UK, from 1976 to 1983. He holds a BA Honours (1979) and an MA (1980) in Geography, as well as an MPhil (1981) and a PhD (1983) in Land Economy.
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Mr Claudio Acioly Head Capacity Development Unit Housing & Urban Management Expert UN-Habitat
Claudio Acioly is an architect and urban planner, a development practitioner with more than 30 years of experience. During the period 2008-2012 he was chief Housing Policy of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and coordinator of the United Nations Housing Rights Programme.
He is currently the head of Capacity Development of UN-Habitat and coordinates training, capacity building of local leaders, e-learning and knowledge-based initiatives like the UN- Habitat Partners University Initiative and the online Global Urban Lectures Series. He has worked in more than 25 countries as program manager, practitioner, technical advisor, development consultant and training and capacity building expert in the field of housing, slum upgrading and urban management, working with governments, academic institutions, civil society organizations and community-based organizations.
Amongst other important publications, he is the author of UN-Habitat’s Practical Guide for Conducting Housing Profile and UN-Habitat’s strategy on slums named Street-led Citywide Slum Upgrading. He has also facilitated and moderated policy dialogues, international meetings such as the World Urban Forum and Global Congresses, and has conducted executive training to mayors, senior decision makers of governments and non-governmental organizations as well as regular training and educational programs in universities, national and international training institutes. His most recent work is focused on the City Prosperity Index-CPI, providing advice and training to decision makers on the use of indicators for public policy analysis and the design of action plan for cities.
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Mr Lim Teng Leng Deputy Director Centre for Liveable Cities
Mr Lim Teng Leng graduated from the National University of Singapore with majors in Statistics and Japanese Studies. Under the Scholarship Programme of the Civil Service College (CSC), he completed and obtained a Master of Public Administration from Tsinghua University in 2012.
Mr Lim has served with the National Youth Council (NYC) in 1999 and the Confucius Institute (CI) of Nanyang Technological University in 2006. As the Head of International Affairs in NYC, he was responsible for promoting cooperation between Singapore and other countries in youth and youth leader exchanges. As the Manager (Partnership Development) in CI, he was responsible for developing projects and programmes between the institute and other stakeholders in promoting Chinese language and Chinese culture.
Mr Lim joined CSC in 2007 and has served in two departments till 2017. CSC, a statutory board under the Public Service Division, builds strategic capacity in governance, leadership, public administration and management for a networked government in Singapore. In CSC International, Mr Lim was in charge of organising training programmes and studies for foreign civil servants to understand Singapore’s public sector management and governance. He has actively forged close working relationship between CSC and its Chinese counterparts.
Mr Lim served with the Institute of Governance and Policy (IGP) in CSC as the Deputy Director. IGP seeks to develop thought leadership in, as well as to enhance the understanding and to advance the practice of public policy in Singapore.
Mr Lim joined the Centre of Liveable Cities as Deputy Director of the Capability Development & Advisory team in 2017.
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Mr Michael Koh Fellow Centre for Liveable Cities
Mr Michael Koh is currently Fellow at the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) where he is involved in projects and urban studies ranging from the pedestrianisation of Little India, re-thinking the Western Industrial region and the walkability plan for Orchard Road.
Prior to CLC, he has 25 years of experience in the public service. He served 6.5 years as CEO of the National Heritage Board (NHB) and 3.5 years as concurrent CEO of the National Art Gallery (NAGA). Prior to that he held appointments as Director of Urban Planning & Design and Director of Physical Planning at the Urban Redevelopment Authority. He has also held private sector appointments at SC Global, Mapletree Holdings and Singbridge. He currently serves as a Board member at the National Library Board, and has also served as Board member on the National Heritage Board, the Land Transport Authority (LTA), Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STB), the Civil Service College and the National Art Gallery. Michael has also served on Advisory Panels such as the Arts and Cultural Strategic Review Committee, the Conservation Advisory Panel, the Design and Construction committee for the Indian Heritage Centre and was Deputy Chair of the Project Development Committee for NAGA. He was also a member of the Hotel Licensing Board, the Street and Building Naming Committee and an external examiner for the National University of Singapore (Architectural School).
Michael holds a B. A. (Arts Studies), a B. Architecture (Honours) from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Design Studies from Harvard University. He has attended key government leadership programmes and has been awarded the “Officier de l’Ordre des Artes et des Lettres” by the French Government for his contribution to the arts and Singapore France cultural relationship.
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Mr Loh Ah Tuan Member, Panel of Experts Centre for Liveable Cities
Mr Loh Ah Tuan joined the Singapore Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) some 30 years ago. Prior to his retirement in August 2007, Mr Loh served as the Director-General for Environmental Protection and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment Agency (NEA), which is a statutory board of MEWR. Since his retirement from NEA in August 2007, Mr Loh has served as a Director/Consultant to Keppel Integrated Engineering Ltd. He is also an Adjunct Fellow of NEA and Member of the Industry Development Advisory Board of Public Utilities Board (PUB). He was awarded Public Service Award (Gold) in 2007. He was also the lead negotiator on the Environment chapter for the United States Singapore Free Trade Agreement in 2004.
In his 3 decades of service, Mr Loh has held portfolios in environmental public health, sewerage management and pollution control. He has also been involved in many notable environmental projects. Among them is the successful 10-year project to clean up the Singapore River. For his role in the project, Mr Loh was among the 10 Singaporeans who were awarded a Gold Medal by the then Singapore Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew.
As the DCEO and DGEP, Mr Loh was instrumental in ensuring that Singapore enjoys clean air, clean water and clean land as well as a high standard of public health. He has been instrumental in formulating and implementing policies and measures to check air pollution. Mr Loh has also been at the forefront of the formulation of the Singapore Green Plan 2012, the blueprint for Singapore to achieve environmental sustainability. Beyond Singapore, Mr Loh has also been active in forging closer ASEAN environmental cooperation as the Chairman of the ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities since 2003. Mr Loh was also the Chairman for ASEAN Working Group on Multilateral Environmental Agreement, a position that he held for 3 years before relinquishing in 2005.
Education: Bachelor of Science (Chemical Engineering), Queen’s University, Canada, 1972; Diploma of Imperial College in Public Health Engineering, Imperial College of Science and Technology, and Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University of London, 1980.
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Mr Wong Kai Yeng Member, Panel of Experts Centre for Liveable Cities
Kai Yeng was Senior Vice President of Singbridge International Pte Ltd. He was responsible for the land use and urban planning aspects in the township development projects that Singbridge International undertook.
He is now engaged as the Chief Master Planner of EDIS Pte Ltd on a project basis. Singbridge International was the predecessor of EDIS. He is also on the Centre for Liveable Cities’ Expert Panel for land use planning.
Prior to joining Singbridge International, Kai Yeng was a Group Director in the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). In the past 5 years he set up and developed the URA International unit to share URA's planning experience and expertise in the international arena, and to reinforce the URA brand name internationally. One of the key projects he was involved in extensively was the Tianjin Eco City Project where he helped formulate the Master Plan and the subsequent detailed urban plans and stayed involved with the project on planning related matters. He also participated in planning consultancy projects in Guangzhou, Nantong, Nanjing, Qatar and Mumbai. He also helped develop and structure several training courses used to share Singapore's planning experience and expertise with both local and foreign participants. Kai Yeng is sufficiently proficient in Mandarin to interact with the Chinese and conduct training courses in Mandarin.
After graduating with an engineering degree from the University of Cambridge, he started work as an engineer in the then Ministry of the Environment, designing drainage systems, and designing, constructing and operating wastewater treatment plants. Kai Yeng served as the Director of the Physical Planning Division in URA in the 1990s, headed the Engineering Division in PSA Corporation for a few years, and spent a couple of years in PUB as its Director of Planning & Policy.
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Mr Yap Kheng Guan Member, Panel of Experts Centre for Liveable Cities
Mr Yap was the Senior Director at PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency prior to his retirement in 2012 and continued as the agency’s Senior Consultant till 2014. During his years of service, he was involved in the development of Singapore’s drainage infrastructure over a period of 30 years. He played a major role in formulating drainage policies and technical measures to alleviate and prevent flooding in the country and was responsible for several major flood control and drainage projects such as the Bukit Timah Flood Alleviation Scheme, the Singapore River cleanup and the Marina Barrage project as its project director.
Mr Yap was also involved in Singapore’s initiative to transform its watercourses into active, beautiful and clean water bodies (the ABC Waters programme). The programme is aimed at turning Singapore’s network of utilitarian canals, rivers and reservoirs into attractive lifestyle venues for the community to enjoy and to value the country’s water resources.
Mr Yap’s works include efforts to cultivate in Singaporeans a closer relationship with water and a sense of ownership towards our water resources. He headed the 3P Network department in PUB as its first director in 2004 and was instrumental in transforming the organisation’s approach to public communication and outreach. He was in charge of PUB’s corporate communication and community relations divisions, both strategic in bringing about a sustainable water management for Singapore. Mr Yap was the PUB’s spokesman on Singapore’s water management and projects for several local and international press, and broadcasting stations.
Though Mr Yap has retired from public service, he remains active in both professional and voluntary works. He was an Adjunct Professor at NTU between 2013 and 2015. Mr Yap received the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) in 1986 and the Public Administration Medal (Silver) 1997.
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Mr Wu Wei Neng Adjunct Centre for Liveable Cities
Wei Neng works extensively in the areas of public policy, research and analysis. He currently holds adjunct appointments with the Centre for Liveable Cities, Ministry of National Development, and the Singapore Civil Service College under the Public Service Division of the Prime Minister’s Office. Wei Neng is concurrently Director of Policy and Research at Freedom to Create, a private, international non-profit organisation that builds governance and public leadership capabilities in developing countries. He also researches and writes cases for the National University of Singapore and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
Prior to this, he worked in public policy design and implementation in the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Defence, and in training and development work at the Civil Service College. During his career with the Singapore Government, Wei Neng dealt with major strategic and policy initiatives such as the US-Singapore Strategic Framework Agreement; bilateral defence agreements with various countries; major defence acquisition programmes serving the needs of the Air Force, Army and Navy; energy policy negotiations at the bilateral and ASEAN levels; and bilateral climate change negotiations. He was lead national negotiator for climate finance and investment issues at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Wei Neng has authored and published books, research papers and case studies on a range of topics, including economic policy; urban development; land policy; public housing; climate change; institution building and state-market relations. He has taught and facilitated courses for policymakers within and outside Singapore, including programmes for mid-career and senior officials from over 50 countries. These include courses conducted by the United Nations, the Singapore Civil Service College and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Wei Neng was awarded the Humanities Scholarship and the Public Service Commission Overseas Merit Scholarship by the Singapore Government. He graduated with a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, and an MSc in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Ms Thong Wai Lin Assistant Chief Executive (Land Operations) Assistant Commissioner of Lands Singapore Land Authority
Ms Thong Wai Lin is the Assistant Chief Executive (Land Operations) of the Singapore Land Authority and oversees the Land Acquisition and Purchase, Land Transfer and Land Sale, and Land Asset Management Divisions. She holds the concurrent statutory appointment as Assistant Commissioner of Lands.
Wai Lin graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with a Bachelor of Science in Estate Management (Second Class Upper Division Honours). She also holds an Executive Masters of Business Administration at the NUS.
Wai Lin joined SLA in 1997, and was seconded to the Land Policy Division in the Ministry of Law where she was involved in key land policies, including the 2007 amendments to the Land Acquisition Act, to optimise land resources for the economic and social development of Singapore. She was posted back to SLA in 2009 as the Deputy Director of the Lease Management and Sales Department and took over the Land Acquisition Department shortly after.
Wai Lin was awarded the Public Admin Medal (Silver) in 2015.
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Mr Nicholas You Adjunct Centre for Liveable Cities
Nicholas You is a veteran urban specialist and thought leader. Prior to his retirement, he was the senior policy and planning advisor to UN-Habitat and the manager of the Habitat II Conference held in Istanbul in 1996.
He is the founder and honorary chairman of the UN-Habitat World Urban Campaign Steering Committee, immediate former chairman of the Assurance Group for Urban Infrastructure of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and is currently the Chair of the Urban Strategy and Innovation Council for ENGIE (formerly GDF-Suez) and Co-Chair of Global Cities Business Alliance. He also serves as member of the board of the Citiscope, the Huairou Commission, the Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities and is a fellow of the Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation, China and an adjunct to the Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore.
He regularly advises central and local governments, technology companies and civil society organisations on urban sustainability and urban innovation including the nexus between water, waste, transport and energy. He also works as a strategic planning and governance advisor to metropolitan authorities and real estate developers worldwide.
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Mr Chionh Chye Khye Fellow Centre for Liveable Cities
Mr Chionh, a professional civil engineer and post-graduate Colombo Plan Scholar (for Master of Science, Imperial College, 1976), joined the Housing & Development Board (HDB) in 1974 and rose to the appointment of Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Building & Development) in 1998. He was subsequently appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Building & Construction Authority (BCA) in March 2002, before assuming the post of Deputy Secretary (Eco-City Project Office) at the Ministry of National Development (MND) in June 2008. Mr Chionh was appointed as Executive Director of the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) when the organisation was formed in October 2010 and held the post till he retired in October 2015.
As HDB’s Deputy CEO (Building & Development), he steered the Building & Development Division to formulate/implement the HDB residential/commercial/ industrial building programmes, provide maintenance services for housing estates, and redevelop/rejuvenate older housing estates to meet required standards of public housing. Mr Chionh had also strategised and steered HDB towards prudent management of all building programmes. Under his leadership, new initiatives in design and construction were launched to increase land yield, maximise site productivity, and enhance contract management. He was also instrumental in the formulation and review of town council (TC) policies to improve TC operations. Mr Chionh had also played a key role in introducing the Learning Organisation concept and the fostering of innovation within HDB.
As CEO of BCA, Mr Chionh spearheaded the implementation of policies aimed at consolidating the construction industry as well as raising its productivity and quality. As DS(ECPO) from June 2008 to October 2009, Mr Chionh was instrumental in strengthening the collaboration between the Tianjin Municipal Government and Eco-City Administrative Committee for the bilateral Eco-City project in Tianjin.
For his significant contributions to the public sector, Mr Chionh received several awards. These included the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2003 and the HDB 35-Year Long Service Award in 2009. Mr Chionh retired on the 21 October 2015 after 41 years in the Public Service. He is currently a Fellow at the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC).
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Mr Alan Tan Hock Seng Adjunct Centre for Liveable Cities
Mr Alan Tan was a former Director from the Housing and Development Board, Building Research Institute, overseeing the R&D department in Environmental Sustainability Research, which involved collaborations with both academic institutions and HDB’s business partners. Some of his key projects include HDB’s demo Eco-Precinct (Treelodge@Punggol) - HDB's holistic approach in creating a green and sustainable development, and the Punggol Waterway Masterplan Landscape Design - a 4.2km waterway meandering through Punggol Eco Town. He has also led a team to publish 'The Green Housing Book - HDB's Approach to Sustainable Development', which contains HDB’s years of experience and knowledge in designing towards environmental sustainable development.
His projects have also garnered recognition both locally and internationally, such as the HDB’s Design Excellence Award, Green Mark Platinum Award, Chicago Athaeneum Good Design Award, FuturArc BCI Asia Award, Fiabci Prix d’Excellence Awards, ASEAN Outstanding Engineering Achievement Awards, IES Prestigious Awards, MND R&D Award, PUB’s ABC Waters Certification, and America Association of Environmental Engineer Grand Prize – Environmental Sustainability Category.
Mr Alan Tan has sat in key committees which promote sustainable developments, e.g. Board member in Singapore Green Building Council, Advisory Committee member in BCA Green Mark Initiatives, Panel Judge for Greenwave Projects, Evaluation Panel member for MNDRF projects, and National Cycling Workgroup. In recognition of his contributions, Mr Alan Tan has been conferred the 2009 National Day Award - Public Administration Medal for outstanding public service, and the Green Architect of the Year (2014) by Building Construction Authority and the Singapore Green Building Council.
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Mr Dileep Nair Former Non-resident Ambassador to Ghana Board Advisor Lecturer
Dileep Nair has over 40 years of experience in public service, international diplomacy, financial services and C-level corporate leadership. Having helped spearhead the public sector productivity movement in Singapore in the 80’s, and then having served as CEO of POSBank, Dileep is well acquainted with the transformation of large and complex Singapore based organisations. Dileep’s 5-year tenure with the UN and subsequent 8 years as a diplomat with the Singapore Foreign Service makes him well versed in cross-cultural issues that confront MNCs and Singapore companies operating overseas. Dileep is also a firm proponent of integrity and leadership accountability, having served as the UN’s Inspector General when he launched a pioneering and global Organisational Integrity Initiative. Having held Board appointments within several companies, Dileep is a champion for good corporate governance and sustainable leadership.
Dileep is currently a Board Member of Keppel Data Centre REIT Management Ltd, Thakral Corporation Ltd and Singapore Reinsurance Corporation Ltd. Dileep also sits on the Board of the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore and the Health Sciences Authority of Singapore. In addition, Dileep is a part-time lecturer at the Singapore Management University and the Civil Service College. In 2016, Dileep completed his 3-year term as Singapore’s High Commissioner to Ghana before which he was Ambassador to Laos. Before his diplomatic service, Dileep was the Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Internal Oversight in the UN. Dileep also introduced risk management, to improve internal oversight within the UN globally.
Dileep graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from Canada’s McGill University (with Magna cum Laude). He obtained a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Dileep has been awarded the Public Service Medal (Silver) for his contributions to the Singapore Government and the Friendship Medal by the Lao Government for promoting relations between Singapore and Laos.
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Mr Ahmed Eiweida Lead Urban Specialist World Bank
Ahmed Eiweida is Lead Urban Specialist covering East Asia & Pacific Region. He is based in the WBG’s Singapore Urban &Infrastructure Hub. Ahmed has over 25-year experience in urban policies, municipal finance and infrastructure, local economic development, urban upgrading, urban regeneration, cultural heritage and sustainable tourism.
He is the World Bank Global Lead for Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development. He joined the World Bank in 2000. Previously, he was the Program Leader of Sustainable Development in the South Caucasus Region (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan), based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Prior to joining the World Bank, he worked for several donor agencies, including GiZ, DANIDA, DFID and UNDP, and the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development of Egypt.
He holds a PhD on Urban Development and an MSc. on Environmental Management from the University of Glasgow, the UK. He also holds a Pre-MSc. on Urban and Regional Development from Cairo University, and a BSc. on Architecture and Engineering from Assuit University.
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Ms Yuko Okazawa Urban Specialist (Tokyo Development Learning Centre) World Bank
Yuko is an Urban Specialist at the Tokyo Development Learning Centre of the World Bank and is the functional lead of the City Partnership Program. She also leads various research related to urban development (planning, management and service delivery) in Japan.
After receiving a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Tokyo, she launched her career as an urban planning consultant at ALMEC Corporation before joining the World Bank. Throughout her years with ALMEC she resided in Vietnam but also worked in Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Mongolia and Japan. Some major projects she undertook include urban development Master Plan projects, technical assistance in nurturing collaboration in the urban development stream between cities in Japan and developing countries, formulation of urban planning and management manuals for training courses targeted at planning authorities in client countries, and transport planning projects.
She has recently earned her second Master’s degree in Planning, Growth and Regeneration Course at the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge.
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Mr Sng Cheng Keh Former Deputy CEO Housing and Development Board
Mr Sng Cheng Keh was Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Building) of the Housing & Development Board from Sept 2009 to Mar 2016. As Dy CEO (Building), Mr Sng has led in the formulation, planning and implementation of HDB building projects through comprehensive town planning, including the planning and development of HDB new towns, upgrading and redevelopment of older estates, housing design, management of construction projects, and ensuring building quality.
During his term as Dy CEO(Building), Mr Sng had guided the HDB Building Groups to effectively meet the challenges of ramping up the building and upgrading programmes for flats, while concurrently enhancing the quality of flats’ design and construction. He oversaw the planning of HDB Towns under the Singapore Concept Plan and Master Plan to meet the housing needs of Singaporeans, as well as the development and implementation of Remaking Our Heartland (ROH) programmes for the rejuvenation and regeneration of towns. Mr Sng also led the HDB Building Research Institute in its efforts in R&D to achieve HDB’s aim of improving the living environment and creating sustainable homes for residents.
Since joining HDB in 1978, Mr Sng had held various key appointments in HDB prior to being appointed as Dy CEO (Building). He was Director (Development & Procurement) from Jan 2008 to Aug 2009, where he led in design reviews to ensure quality and cost-effective design of HDB public housing projects. His efforts led to HDB being conferred 3 BCA Universal Design Awards in 2010. Mr Sng was also Director (Industrial Properties) from 1991 to 2007. He was instrumental in establishing and raising the standards for the development and management of HDB’s industrial properties.
For his significant contributions to the public service, Mr Sng was conferred the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1999, Public Administration Medal (Bronze) (Military) in 2005 and the Public Administration Medal (Silver)(Bar) in 2015.
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Mr Mohinder Singh Advisor, LTA Academy Land Transport Authority
Mr Mohinder Singh is the former Dean of the LTA Academy in the Land Transport Authority of Singapore. The LTA Academy serves as the knowledge hub for governments, organizations and professional around the world to tap Singapore’s expertise and exchange best practices in land transport management and development. The Academy conducts capacity building programmes, conducts research and provides advice on land transport.
Mr Mohinder Singh was the Director of Planning of the Land Transport Authority from 1996 to 2007 before assuming his appointment as Dean of the LTA Academy. Before joining the Land Transport Authority in 1996, he served in various positions in the Ministry of National Development overseeing urban and transport planning in Singapore.
Graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering 1st Class Honours degree from Queen’s University in Canada in 1975 and has a Master’s degree in Transportation from the University of Birmingham in United Kingdom in 1981.
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Mr Teo Jing Kok Deputy Director Centre for Liveable Cities
Teo Jing Kok is a deputy director of the Centre for Liveable Cities responsible for Capability Development. He is a seconded staff from the Singapore Land Authority with 15 years of land management and sales experience. Former appointments that he held included Director (Alienation) in the Land Office, Department Head, Land Sales in the SLA as well as the Deputy Director, Land Policy with the Ministry of Law. He oversaw Singapore’s land sales system since 2001, reported to the President on the protection of past reserves, set up a pioneer land sales department in the SLA and facilitated the Government Land Sales Programmes of URA, SLA, HDB and JTC. He also helped MinLaw reviewed and revised the Residential Property Act as well as the Strata Title Act (in particular, ‘en bloc’ components of the legislation).
He started his career in the URA as a town planner in charge of formulating Singapore’s initial Development Guide Plans and processing development applications in the 90’s. He was involved in the planning of many planning areas including Changi, Pasir Ris, Kallang and Queenstown and his team was responsible for helping the Government choose to locate OneNorth in Queenstown. He was one of 3 planners/architects that designed the first phase of Suzhou Industrial Town which was the first government to government project between Singapore and China. He was seconded to Strategic Planning, MND and designed the framework for the Minister to approve the newly formulated Development Guide Plans to become the new Master Plan for Singapore.
Mr Teo was trained as a town planner in the University of Queensland under a Columbo Plan Scholarship and earned his Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University as an Edward Mason Fellow under a URA post-graduate scholarship.
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Mr Wilfred Loo Director Urban Planning & Design
Wilfred Loo has 30 years of experience in urban planning and design practice, both in the public and private sectors in Singapore and internationally.
Wilfred was previously the Senior Vice President (Planning) and Head of the Planning Division in JURONG Consultants. He was involved in strategic industrial positioning studies, urban planning and urban design of townships, special economic zones, industrial parks, specialized parks, residential, commercial, institutional, recreational and waterfront developments in projects in Singapore, South East Asia, China, India, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Russia and Kazakhstan.
In the HDB, he was involved in master planning projects, such as, the then new waterfront township, Punggol 21, as well as, redevelopment planning of old estates such as, Guillemard Estate, Marine Parade Estate, and MacPherson Estate, and matured townships, such as Toa Payoh, Ang Mo Kio, Bedok and Geylang. Whilst in the HDB, he was tasked with the formulation of Development Guide Plans, in conjunction with URA, for the estate and town developments for which he was involved with.
He graduated with a double major in Urban Studies and Environmental Design and Planning (cum Laude) from the University of Wisconsin, USA in 1984. He was then awarded scholarship to pursue graduate studies and received a Masters in Community Planning (Urban Planning and Design) from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, in 1987. Whilst with the HDB, he also received training in City Planning in Tokyo, Japan, under the sponsorship of the Government of Japan, and in Planning Policy in Haifa, Israel, under the sponsorship of the Government of Israel.
Wilfred is also active in the planning community in Singapore. He is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Planners and is currently the Vice President of its Council. He is also called upon periodically to assist in public agency programmes to brief and conduct workshops for foreign delegations on urban planning, as well as, speak at various international forums and conferences in Singapore and abroad
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Mr Anandan Karunakaran Director, Urban Planning and Design Africa and South Asia Surbana Urban Planning Group
Anandan Karunakaran is Director at Surbana Jurong Urban Planning Group, a consulting firm that provides Urban Planning Services in Singapore. He has worked with government agencies & statutory boards of many cities in Asia, Middle East and Africa. The accumulated expertise includes: Drawing physical planning processes for urban and regional level planning projects. Formulating city visions, city branding and public feedback and participation processes for large scale planning projects. Conducting strategic planning analysis including real estate & socio-economic studies, land use studies and project feasibility studies. Development of Sustainability Tools using GIS for the design and development of green and sustainable projects. Mapping out implementation tools like the zoning plans, urban design control plans for different planning levels. Executing capacity building programs for urban planning and development plans. Preparing public exhibition materials, master plan launch, and land sale processes. Conducting urban planning trainings for urban planning professionals.
Mr. Anandan has more than 14 years of management and professional experiences in architecture, urban planning and urban design. His urban planning and design philosophy consists of ‘Creating Sustainable Habitats through Implementable Urban Strategies’. He is an accomplished Urban Planning Professional, with a proven ability to develop and implement large scale Regional, Urban / City Planning and Urban Design Projects. He has also assisted in capacity building of various cities urban planning departments in different areas of managing and implementing a master plan. Currently, he oversees international projects of varying scales and complexities in India, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Congo, Rwanda, Angola, Middle East and Asia.
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Ms Louisa-May Khoo Senior Assistant Director (Adjunct) Centre for Liveable Cities
An urban planner by training, Louisa worked with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore and the Ministry of National Development overseeing residential and industrial land-use policies, and the drawing up of Singapore’s Concept Plan (2001) and Master Plan (2003). Since then, Louisa has moved into urban research, working with government agencies and the National University of Singapore to pursue her research interests focusing on the intersections of urban governance, planning, housing and social diversity issues in Singapore.
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Mr Simon Longman Former Director (Streetscape) National Parks Board
Mr Simon Longman was the former Director of Arboriculture in the National Parks Board (NParks). He has over 24 years of working experience with the former Parks & Recreation Department and NParks. He spent 3 years working in a National Park in Sarawak (1978- 1980) before joining the Parks & Recreation Department (which now is the National Parks Board) in 1980. He retired in 2012 as Director of Streetscape, after 32 years of building Singapore as a 'City in a Garden'.
His primary responsibilities include formulation of policies and overseeing the tree-care professionals in the care of amenity trees under the care of the National Parks Board. These programmes involve tree health inspections, attending to public feedbacks and execution of various tree-care operations.
Simon graduated in 1978 with a BSc. (Hons.) in Environmental Sciences from the University of East Anglia, UK. He has just completed a degree in Theology from the Priory Institute, a Dominican run institution in Dublin, Ireland.
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Mr Lim Chin Chong Member, Panel of Experts Centre for Liveable Cities
Lim Chin Chong accumulates more than 30 years of rich experiences in strategizing, planning, designing, developing and managing industrial parks and integrated developments. He is a member of the Singapore Centre for Liveable Cities’ Expert Panel. The Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) was set up in 2008 based on a strategic blueprint developed by Singapore’s Inter- Ministerial Committee on Sustainable Development. The Centre’s mission is to distil, create and share knowledge on liveable and sustainable cities.
Chin Chong has worked with JTC Corporation, a Singapore Statutory Board, and several real estate developers. He was also the master planning consultant for several large-scale industrial parks of China, Malaysia and Indonesia.
As the Executive Vice President of Singbridge International Pte Ltd, Chin Chong was responsible for coordinating physical development projects. Prior to his Singbridge’s appointment, Chin Chong was the Deputy Managing Director of the Property Development Division of Sembawang Engineers and Constructors Pte Ltd. He was in charge of planning, design, development and management of properties.
From 2008 till 2011, Chin Chong was a pioneer of the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city project. He was Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Investment and Development Co., Ltd in charge of planning and development of the 30-sq km eco-city. During his career in JTC Corporation, Chin Chong was the Director of Customer Services Group in charge of lease management, property management and building services as well as customer relationship management for the entire 6,000-ha portfolio of JTC industrial properties and customers.
Chin Chong obtained his Bachelor of Civil Engineer (First-class Honour) and Master of Science from National University of Singapore, and Master of Business Administration from Nanyang Technological University.
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Useful Numbers
Emergency numbers Police 999 (toll free) Ambulance / Fire Brigade 995 Non-emergency Ambulance 1777 Transport numbers Comfort / CityCab Taxi (65) 6552 1111 Premier (Silver) Taxi (65) 6363 6888 SMRT Taxis (65) 6555 8888 Trans Cab (65) 6555 3333 TransitLink- Public Bus, MRT,LRT & EZ link (65) 1800 225 5663 Airport Information Flight Information (65) 6542 4422 Tourist Information Directory Assistance (charges apply) (65) 100 Time of Day (65) 1711 Weather (65) 6542 7788 Tourism Information (65) 1800 736 2000 Singapore Tourism Board / Feedback Hotline (65) 1800 736 3366
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List of Participants (as of 1st June 2017)
Country City/ District Full name Designation Organisation and Department Angola Luanda, Uige Antonio Vicente Chief Engineer, Project Ministry of Lima Co-ordinator, Urbanism and Assistant Governor of Housing, Uige Province Government of Uige Angola Luanda, Uige Ema Samali Head of department Ministry of Henriques da of territorial and Urbanism and Silva Guimarães urban planning studies Housing, Uige Botswana Francistown Sylvia Tabitha City Mayor City of Francistown Muzila Council, Republic of Botswana Botswana Francistown Gobusamang Chief Physical City of Francistown Bogorogile Planning, Housing & Council, Republic of Estate Management Botswana Officer Botswana Francistown Mompati Seleka Town Clerk (Executive City of Francistown Officer) Council, Republic of Botswana Chad N'djamena Zoukalne Secretaire General Ministry of Planning Patedjore Adjointe (Permanent of the Territory, the Secretary) Development of Housing and Urbanism Chad N'djamena Atidjani Deputy Mayor N'djamena City Abderamane Nourene Chad N'djamena Delsia Enock Deputy Chairman Local Area of (Mairie) 9th Arrondissement Chad N'djamena Alaina Yacoub Director General of Ministry of Country Possey Housing and Urban Planning, Housing Development Development and Urbanism Chad N'djamena Zahra Abakar Deputy Director of N'djamena City Souleymane Studies, Programming and Cooperation Ghana Accra Charles Kwame Chief Director Ministry of Local Dondieu (Permanent Secretary) Government & Rural Development Ghana Kumasi Christopher Chief Development Kumasi Kwadwo Ofosu Planning Officer Metropolitan Assembly Ghana Accra Sylvanus Kofi Chief Development Ministry of Local Adzornu Planning Officer & Government & Rural Head of the Urban Development Development Unit
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Kenya Kiambu Fredrick Kitema County Secretary & County Government Head of Public Service of Kiambu Kenya Kiambu Esther Njuguna Engineer - County Kiambu County Minister for Water, Government Environment and Natural Resources Kenya Kiambu Eunice Kumunga County Executive County Government Committee Member of Kiambu Land, Housing & Physical Planning Kenya Kiambu Hannah Maranga County Director of County Government Planning of Kiambu Kenya Kiambu Mary Ndunge County Executive County Government Nguli Member for Finance & of Kiambu Economic Planning Kenya Nairobi Christoper County Executive in Nairobi City County Khaemba Charge of Urban Planning & Lands Kenya Nairobi Rose Muema Chief Officer Nairoby City County Kenya Nairobi Peter Kimori County Executive In Nairoby City County Charge of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Kenya Nairobi Patrick Odongo County Executive In Nairobi City County Charge of Housing and Building Services Kenya Nairobi Christine Ogut Chief Officer In Charge Nairobi City County of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Mozambique Boane - Jacinto Lapido Mayor Boane Municipality Maputo Loureiro Mozambique Boane - Arnaldo de Jesus Councilman Boane Municipality Maputo Filomena Pedo Naheco Mozambique Boane - Herminia Antonio Councilman Boane Municipality Maputo Timana Mozambique Boane - Rodrigues Councilman Boane Municipality Maputo Joaquim Macuacua Mozambique Boane - Ferao Felix Municipal Secretary Boane Municipality Maputo Francisco Manave Nigeria Abuja Chike Louis Director of Urban and Federal Ministry of Anikamadu Regional Development Power, Works and Housing Nigeria Abuja Edna Deimi Tobi Deputy Director of Federal Ministry of Urban and Regional Power, Works and Development Housing
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Nigeria Abuja David Olakunde Deputy Director of Federal Ministry of Akinola Urban and Regional Power, Works and Development Housing Rwanda National - Edward Kyazze Division Manager for Ministry of Kigali Urbanisation, Human Infrastructure Settlements and Housing Development Rwanda National - George Rwanda Urban Ministry of Kigali Munyaneza Development Project Infrastructure Coordinator South Africa Gauteng - Busi Modisakeng Chairperson/ SALGA Gauteng / Local Govt Executive Mayor Sedibeng District Association Municipality South Africa Gauteng - Elias Monosi Provincial Executive SALGA Gauteng Local Govt Leseane Officer Province Association South Africa Johannesburg Marcelle Director: Corporate City of Hattingh Geo-Informatics Johannesburg South Africa Johannesburg Rirhandzu Officer City of Anneline Khoza Johannesburg The Gambia Banjul Buba Sanyang Permanent Secretary Ministry of Lands & Regional Government The Gambia Kanifing Pa Kalifa Sanyang CEO Kanifing Municipal Council The Gambia National Musa Badjie Director, Department Ministry of Lands of Physical Planning & and Regional Housing Government Zambia Lusaka Lackson Sakala Councillor Lusaka City Council Zambia Lusaka Godwin Chinoya Director, City Planning Lusaka City Council Zambia Lusaka Boyd Kaoma Director, Housing & Lusaka City Council Social Services
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