Annual Report 2005/06
 
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About NCPG
 
Chairman's Message
 
Profiles of Council Members
 
Overview of Council
 
Highlights of the Year
 
Our Work-in-Progress
 
Moving Forward
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
Mr Lim Hock San, Chairman of the National Council on Problem Gambling, is the President & Chief Executive Officer of United Industrial Corporation Limited. He also serves as director on many listed companies and statutory boards in Singapore, including Keppel Corporation Ltd, Mount Alvernia Hospital, Health Sciences Authority, Ascendas Pte Ltd to name a few. Mr Lim is no newcomer to community service, being concurrently the Chairman of National Council Against Drug Abuse. Mr Lim holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the University of Singapore and a Master of Science in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 
 
Mr Kwek Leng Joo serves as Chairman of NCPG’s Responsible Gambling Sub-committee. He is also Managing Director of City Developments Limited and a Director of Hong Leong Group Singapore. In addition to the NCPG, he is involved in several business, public and civic institutions locally. He is the Immediate Past President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Vice-Chairman of the Singapore Business Federation. He is also Chairman of the National Youth Achievement Award Council’s Board of Trustees and the Chinese Language & Culture Fund’s Management Committee, Member of Nanyang Technological University and the Chinese Development Assistance Council’s Boards of Trustees, Member of the Chinese Heritage Centre’s Board of Governors and Council Member of the National Arts Council.
 
 
Mrs Mildred Tan is the Chairman of NCPG's Public Education Sub-committee. She is an active volunteer and her various appointments include being Co-Chair of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports' Pro-Family Life Business TaskForce; a member of the Ministry of Education's COMPASS (Community and Parents in Support of Schools) programme; and a board member of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA). In her professional capacity, Mrs Tan is the Managing Director of Ernst & Young Associates Pte Ltd, Singapore. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from Middlesex University, UK. She is a graduate member of the renowned British Psychological Society (BPS); she also completed an executive programme at Cornell University, USA.
 
 
Mr Tan Kian Hoon is the Chairman of NCPG’s Public Consultation Sub-committee. He serves concurrently as Chairman of the National Crime Prevention Council and the Punggol North CCC; and is an experienced advisor in public education and community outreach initiatives. Professionally, Mr Tan is the Senior Executive Director of Chesterton International Property Consultants Pte Ltd, Past President of the Singapore Contractors’ Association Ltd and Past Chairman of the Asean Constructors’ Federation. Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Science (Building) from the University of Singapore.
 
 
Ms Debra Soon is the Chairman of NCPG's Youth Sub-committee. Ms Soon is an established media and communications specialist with a career spanning 13 years as a broadcaster at MediaCorp. She is currently General Manager, Group Corporate Communications at WBL Corp Ltd. Besides the NCPG, Ms Soon is also a Council Member of the South East CDC and a volunteer with the Singapore Anti Narcotics Association. She also served as a member of the Committee of the Family. Ms Soon holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Economics and a Master of Science in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
 
 
Professor David Chan is the Chairman of NCPG's Service Delivery & Research Sub-committee. He is currently Professor of Psychology and Interim Dean at the Singapore Management University's School of Economics and Social Sciences. Prof Chan is also Consultant to the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, the Singapore Police Force, the Singapore Prison Service; as well as a Member of the National Youth Council's Advisory Panel on Youth Research. Prof Chan is elected Representative-at-Large executive committee member of the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management, Editor or editorial board member of seven international journals and a recipient of numerous prestigious international scholarly awards.