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1.     The Minister for Transport, Mr Chee Hong Tat, has appointed 17 members to the Public Transport Council (PTC) for a period of three years from 1 May 2025 to 30 April 2028. The Council will continue to be chaired by Ms Janet Ang and will comprise members from academic institutions, businesses, grassroots organisations, labour unions, and professional services.

2.     Of the 17 members, eight are newly appointed. They are:

• Mdm Amatul Jameel Suhani Binte Sujari

  Chairperson of People’s Association Malay Activity Executive Committees Council and the Malay Activity Executive Committee at Mountbatten Community Club
  

• Mr Anwar Abdullah

  Chief Executive Officer, Polytron.AI

• Ms Bharathi Kumaran

  Deputy Director, Point-to-Point, Land Transport Authority
  

• Mr Cheng Yong Tai

  Chief Editor, Chinese News, MediaCorp Pte Ltd
  

• Ms Beatrice Chong

  Deputy Director-General of Education (Professional Development), Ministry of Education
  

• Mr D S Sakthivel

  Deputy Director, Community Partnership (North East), Land Transport Authority
  

• Mr Daniel Loh

  NTUC Central Committee Member and President, Air Transport Executive Staff Union
  

• Dr Timothy Wong

  Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore

3.     The following members will step down from PTC with effect from 1 May 2025:

• Mr Abdullah Shafiie Bin Mohamed Sidik

  Honorary Chairman, Siglap South Community Centre
  

• Ms Lee Huay Leng

  Editor-in-Chief, Chinese Media Group, SPH Media
  

• Ms Nadia Ahmad Samdin

  Counsel & Senior Project Leader, Tri-Sector Associates
  

• Associate Professor Patricia Tan

  Associate Professor, Division of Accounting, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University
  

• Mr Thuvinder Singh s/o Bachan Singh

  General Secretary, Union of Telecoms Employees of Singapore
  

• Mr Yeo Teck Guan

  Senior Group Director (Public Transport), Land Transport Authority
  

4.     The Ministry of Transport would like to thank the outgoing members for their contributions to PTC and welcome on board the new members.

5.     The composition of the 18-member PTC with effect from 1 May 2025 (including Mr Leow Yew Chin whose term of appointment is concurrent with his appointment as Chief Executive, PTC) is as follows:

    Chairperson

    Ms Janet Ang, 洪月霞
    Chairman, Singapore Polytechnic, NUS Institute of Systems Science and SISTIC.com Pte Ltd

    Members

    Mdm Amatul Jameel Suhani Binte Sujari*
    Chairperson of People’s Association Malay Activity Executive Committees Council and the Malay Activity Executive Committee at Mountbatten Community Club

    Mr Anwar Abdullah*
    Chief Executive Officer, Polytron.AI 

    Ms Bharathi Kumaran*
    Deputy Director, Point-to-Point, Land Transport Authority

    Mr Cham Dao Song, 詹道松
    Senior Director, Strategic Planning Division, Ministry of National Development 

    Mr Cheng Yong Tai*, 郑荣泰
    Chief Editor, Chinese News, MediaCorp Pte Ltd 

    Ms Beatrice Chong*, 张彩虹
    Deputy Director-General of Education (Professional Development), Ministry of Education

    Dr Vincent Chua, 蔡钟发
    Retired Associate Professor, Singapore University of Social Sciences

    Mr D S Sakthivel*
    Deputy Director, Community Partnership (North East), Land Transport Authority

    Ms Ku Geok Boon, 邱玉雯
    Chief Executive Officer, Early Childhood Development Agency (from 1 May 2025)

    Mr Leow Yew Chin, 廖友勤
    Chief Executive, Public Transport Council

    Mr Lim Bok Ngam, 林木岩
    Independent Director, Hock Lian Seng Holdings Ltd and Member, Development Project Advisory Panel, Ministry of Finance 

    Mr Lim Boon Wee, 林文威
    Senior Vice President (Administration), Singapore Management University 

    Mr Daniel Loh*, 卢裕城
    NTUC Central Committee Member and President, Air Transport Executive Staff Union 

    Mr Mak Mun Whai, 麦文伟
    General Secretary, National Transport Workers’ Union

    Mr Naseer Bin Ghani
    Chairman, West Coast Community Club Indian Activity Executive Committee

    Mr Tan Soo Nan, 陳序南
    Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director of Raffles Medical Group and Raffles Health Insurance Pte Ltd

    Dr Timothy Wong*, 王崇基
    Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore

* Newly-appointed members