BG (NS) Lam Joon Khoi, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment Agency (NEA), will be appointed the Chief Executive of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) effective 1 May 2005. Mr Tan Kee Yong, who has been SLA's Chief Executive since its establishment in June 2001, will be taking up an appointment in the Ministry of Education as its Deputy Secretary (Services).
BG (NS) Lam, 46, joined the civil service in 1976. He has held various senior appointments in the Singapore Armed Forces, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance and NEA. Prior to NEA, BG Lam was Deputy Secretary (Services), Ministry of Finance. In 1996, BG Lam was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) (Military) for his contributions to the public service.
Mr Tan Kee Yong, 48, joined the administrative service in 1981. He has held various senior appointments in the National Development and Home Affairs ministries and also in the Public Service Commission. Prior to his appointment as CE of SLA, he was the Deputy Secretary (Administration) in the Ministry of Defence. He was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1996 for his outstanding contributions to the public service.
Mr Tan played a key role in the formation of SLA. Under his leadership and guidance, the four land departments - Land Office, Singapore Land Registry, Survey Department and Land Systems Support Unit - were smoothly integrated into SLA. Some of SLA's more significant initiatives implemented under his leadership include the opening up of vacant State land for community use, the use of options in the sale of State land, partnering the private sector in the sale of State land and management of vacant State land, and the implementation of an electronic lodgement system, enabling land-related documents to be lodged electronically, the first of its kind in ASEAN.
A bio-data of BG(NS) Lam Joon Khoi is found at Annex A.

Issued by:
Singapore Land Authority
28 April 2005