Khoo teng chye biography of martin

Professor Khoo Teng Chye is Director, NUS Cities and Practice Professor with the College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore.

He was awarded the Singapore Government’s Meritorious Service Medal in 2018, the Public Administration (Gold) in 1996 and the Public Administration (Silver) in 1987. A President-cum-Colombo Plan Scholar, he also holds a Master of Science in Construction Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore.

A President-cum-Colombo Plan Scholar, he also holds a Master of Science in Construction Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore. He has been appointed a Fellow of the Monash University. He serves as a member of the Development Projects Advisory Panel (DPAP) set up by Ministry of Finance (MOF).

He is an advisor to the Pictet Bank (Switzerland) Smart City Advisory Fund, and Vice-Chairman, Urban Land Institute Asia Pacific Executive Committee. He was also conferred the Meritorious Service Award by the National Trade Union Congress in 2008.

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Prof Khoo Teng Chye
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Institute of Real Estate & Urban Studies

Prof Khoo is a Practice Professor at the Department of Architecture, NUS College of Design and Engineering.

He was also conferred the Meritorious Service Award by the National Trade Union Congress in 2008.

Her keynote, the second of three Distinguished Keynotes of the day, explored how city planning is both a science and an art, requiring not just smart technologies but also social cohesion.

Data and science help to boost the credibility of policies, as discussed in the second plenary session, “How Can Our Cities Be Adapted for Climate Change?”, moderated by Assistant Professor Pearl Li from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at College of Design and Engineering (CDE) at NUS.

For instance, through the use of state-of-the-art sensors, Associate Professor Yuan Chao shared how even individual buildings in Singapore can be identified as hot spots.

He is a Senior Fellow of the URA Academy, and a Fellow of the Singapore Academy of Engineers, and the Institution of Engineers, Singapore.

Prof Khoo graduated with First Class Honours in Civil Engineering from Monash University, Australia. He attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School. He attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School.

He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 2018, the Public Administration (Gold) in 1996 and the Public Administration (Silver) in 1987 by the Singapore government.

He was the Executive Director for the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC), Ministry of National Development (MND), since 2010, and continues to be a Fellow at CLC.

He was formerly the Chief Executive of PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency(2003 to 2011), Chief Executive Officer/Chief Planner at the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)(1992 to 1996), Chief Executive Officer/Group President of PSA Corporation(1996 to 2002), President and Chief Executive Officer of Mapletree Investments and Managing Director (Special Projects) of Temasek Holdings(2002 to 2003).

He sits on the Boards of Tropical Marine Science Institute of National University of Singapore (NUS), Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies (NUS), the National University Health Pte Ltd (NUHS), Temasek Foundation Connects.

The Director of Research at NUS Cities also studies how heat affects vulnerable groups like the elderly, to achieve more inclusive and equitable climate action.

“By conducting this research, we provide deep climate science to support government planning and designs,” said Assoc Prof Yuan, who is also from the Department of Architecture at NUS CDE.

His points on public-private partnership built on what was discussed in an earlier plenary session, named after the Symposium’s theme of “Creating Liveable Cities in Uncertain Times”. 

“What data-driven, evidence-based climate action plans do is provide that data to cities and their leaders (to make decisions),” said panellist Ms Shruti Narayan, Managing Director of Regions and Mayoral Engagement, and Regional Director of South and West Asia at C40 Cities, a global network of about 100 city mayors.

Investment must be made in shoring up social resilience and community cohesion,” said Prof Kong.

Equally important is the collaboration between academia and the public sector. He graduated with First Class Honours in Civil Engineering from Monash University, Australia. “Relying on technology and infrastructure is critical, but it is not enough.