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SINGAPORE: The Changi Airport Group (CAG) has appointed Tan Gee Paw as its Acting Chairman, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced on Thursday (September 10).
This comes after former President Liew Mun Leong resigned from his commercial and public service roles at CAG, Surbana Jurong, the Temasek Foundation, and Temasek International, saying that he did not want his “current situation” to be a “distraction” to its boards of directors and staff. .
Liew’s former maid, Parti Liyani, was recently acquitted by the High Court of stealing items from her family worth S $ 34,000.
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The MOF said in its statement that Mr. Liew informed it of his resignation “given the wide publicity that arose from the matter involving Ms. Parti Liyani.”
“The Ministry of Finance has taken note of the observations of the Superior Court Judge and the additional review being carried out by the Attorney General’s Office,” said the Ministry of Finance.
“Mr. Liew has made significant contributions to the development of Changi Airport as a premier air hub, as founding president of CAG since 2009.
“Under his leadership, CAG has completed Terminal 4 and Jewel, and Changi Airport has won multiple awards as one of the best airports in the world,” he added.
“The Ministry thanks Mr. Liew for his contributions to public service.”
CAG also issued a statement on Thursday recognizing Liew’s “pivotal role in the corporatization of Changi Airport.”
This “paved the way for Changi to operate more flexibly to meet the challenges of a competitive aviation environment,” CAG said.
“Mr. Liew provided management and strategic advice on three flagship projects simultaneously, namely Terminal 4, Jewel Changi Airport and Changi East.
“CAG thanks Mr. Liew for his many years of service to the company, as well as for his contributions to the development of Changi Airport over many decades,” the group said.
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Tan, who has been on the CAG board since May 2017, was previously chairman of the Public Services Board (PUB) for 16 years, the Changi Airport Group said.
He is a member of various government committees and an adjunct professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
Mr. Tan was previously the director of Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Permanent Secretary of the then Ministry of the Environment, as well as a special advisor to the Land Transportation Authority.
