1. Key National Sustainable Development Coordination Mechanism(s)/Council(s).
National Council on the Environment
Contact point (Name, Title, Office):
Ms. Kirtida Mekani, Executive Director
Telephone: (65) 731-9862
Fax: (65) 235-6601
e-mail:
Mailing address:
Environment Building, 11th Floor
40 Scotts Road
Singapore 228231
2. Membership/Composition/Chairperson:
Patron-in-Chief: Mr. Mah Bow Tan, Minister for the Environment; Board of
Directors: Chairman: Mr. Ho Kwon-Ping, President, Wah-Chung International Corporation Pte. Ltd.;
Vice Chairman: Mr.
Chng Hee Kok, Chairman, United Paper Industries.
2a. List of ministries and agencies involved:
Dr. Tan Wee Kiat, Executive Director, National Parks Board; Mr. John Yip
Soon Kwong, Director of Education, Ministry of Education; Mr. Tan Guong Ching, Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of
Environment; Mr. Daniel Wang Nan Chee, Commissioner of Public Health, Ministry of Environment;
Mr. Chan Kwong
Lok, Director, Resource Planning, Ministry of Defence; Executive Director: Ms. Kirtida Medai,
National Council on the
Environment.
2b. Names of para-statal bodies and institutions involved, as well as participation of academic and
private sectors:
Mr. Richard E. Hale, Chief Executive Officer, The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.;
Prof. Leo Tan Wee Hin,
Director, National Institute of Education and Dean, School of Science; Assoc. Prof. Chou Loke Ming,
Department of Zoology,
National University of Singapore; Mrs. Cynthia Wee-Hoefer, Member, Nature Society Singapore;
2c. Names of non-governmental organizations:
Prof. Wee Yeow Chin, Department of Botany, National Univeristy of Singapore (President, Nature
Society); Dr. Ahmad
Mattar, Executive Chairman, Mabetex Enviro-World Pte. Ltd.; Mrs. Fatima Villanueva-Traazil, General
Manager, Mount
Carmal Enterprise (1992 Greenleaf Award Winner); Mr. Edwin Khew, Managing Director,
Environmental Engineering
Services Pte. Ltd.
3. Mandate role of above mechanism/council:
To educate, inspire, and assist individuals, business organizations, and
environmental groups to care for and protect the environment; to promote greater public awareness and
interest in
environmental issues; to seek public cooperation in protecting and improving the environment; and to
involve business leaders
in a pro-active process of environmental management.
4. If available, attach a diagram (organization chart) showing national coordination structure and
linkages between
ministries:
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Signature:
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Date: 13 January 1997
Ministry/Office: Ministry of the Environment
Telephone: (65) 731 9647
Fax: (65) 738 4468
e-mail:
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