The Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council will get a new chairman on April 1 when Mr Lee Tzu Yang relinquishes his role.

Replacing him is Mr Heng Chiang Gnee, who currently serves as deputy chairman of the council. Mr Lee had been chairman since the council was formed in April 2008.

Thanking Mr Lee for his contributions, Minister for Manpower Mr Lim Swee Say said: “He has been instrumental in laying a solid foundation to strengthen industry ownership of safety and health in workplaces. I thank Tzu Yang and I also welcome Chiang Gnee as the new Chairman of WSH Council.

“He is an established leader in the WSH field, and I am confident that he will build on the firm foundation put in place over the years under the leadership of Tzu Yang and bring Singapore’s WSH performance to greater heights.”

Other changes

Ms Kala Anandarajah, currently chairperson of WSH Council’s Engagement and Outreach Committee will take on the additional role of deputy chairman.

Two new members will be appointed to the council.

Mr Khoo Teng Chye, chairman of WSH Institute Governing Board and executive director of Centre for Liveable Cities in the Ministry of National Development, will be appointed as a WSH council member.

Mr Yam Ah Mee, managing director of Sembcorp Design and Construction, will be appointed as a council member too and will chair its construction and landscape committee.

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SINGAPORE – Mr Samir Salim Neji, who contested in Bukit Batok as an independent candidate in last year’s General Election, has said that he will not contest the upcoming by-election in the single member constituency.

Replying to Lianhe Zaobao yesterday (March 15), he said that he made the decision after much consideration.

The parliamentary seat in Bukit Batok is now vacant after its Member of Parliament, Mr David Ong from the People’s Action Party (PAP), resigned from the PAP on Saturday (March 12). He was allegedly involved in an extramarital affair with a PAP grassroots volunteer.

In last year’s election, Mr Samir Salim, who was in a three-way battle against Mr Ong and Singapore Democratic Party’s (SDP’s) Mr Sadasivam Veriyah, received only 150 votes. He lost his election deposit of $14,500 as a result, Zaobao reported.

Two opposition parties have said that they intend to contest the by-election in Bukit Batok – SDP and the Democratic Progressive Party.

The Workers’ Party has previously said that they will not contest the by-election.

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