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SINGAPORE - The first inspector-general in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will take on a new role to oversee the pre-school sector from Dec 15.

Mr Tan Chee Wee, 47, will be appointed chief executive of the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA). He was appointed CEO-designate on Sept 1, ECDA said on Thursday (Sept 16).

He will replace current CEO Jamie Ang, 44, who has been heading ECDA since Oct 1, 2019. Ms Ang's term ends on Dec 14.

Mr Tan, who held the rank of brigadier-general in the SAF, established the Inspector-General's Office to strengthen safety governance and management systems in SAF in his role as inspector-general.

The role was introduced in Feb 2019 as part of measures to improve safety following a spate of military fatalities.

Mr Tan had concurrently served as the SAF Chief of Staff - Joint Staff. In this role, he drove efforts to develop the blueprint for the next-generation SAF in the areas of warfighting concepts and organisation structures, said ECDA.

He has also held a range of senior appointments in the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) and the SAF. These include director of joint operations, commander of air defence and operations command, director of the policy office, and defence attache in Washington.

He joined the SAF in 1993 as an air traffic controller in the Republic of Singapore Air Force.

Mr Stanley Loh, the Second Permanent Secretary for Social and Family Development, said: "Mr Tan's extensive leadership and operational experience in Mindef and the SAF positions him well to lead ECDA to partner the pre-school community in the transition towards Covid-19 resilience."

He will also help ECDA to deliver on its commitment to improve the accessibility, affordability and quality of pre-schools, he added.

Source: ST/ https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/safs-first-inspector-general-to-oversee-preschool-sector-from-dec-15

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Leadership and operational experience in mindef = leadership in early childhood development?? 🤨 

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ok lah. ECDA is more like professional standards, supervisory and regulatory oversight type of body.

Administrator type of job.

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Sign of failure…

if these top civil servants can’t command top jobs in the Pte sector, they are 2nd/3rd rates and will bring down the quality of the stat boards they join.

The only thing being held hostage is their access to past secret files.

ST had recruited too many that it could already blur the line between their current and future pay masters.

Such is the dilemma, but non-mere mortals should already have the best solution.

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31 minutes ago, Sturtles said:

Sign of failure…

if these top civil servants can’t command top jobs in the Pte sector, they are 2nd/3rd rates and will bring down the quality of the stat boards they join.

The only thing being held hostage is their access to past secret files.

ST had recruited too many that it could already blur the line between their current and future pay masters.

Such is the dilemma, but non-mere mortals should already have the best solution.

SPH, ST, SMRT, MOE, LTA, all the stat boards and civil service. Parachute all these ex generals will result in future doom for SG. 
whole career holed up in SAF where everyone just yes sir yes sir 3 bags full. What can they know. 
 

we already see the failures at SPH, SMRT….. 

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1 hour ago, serenade said:

Prepare them from young to do NS, and to obey orders without questioning. 

Train to throw grenades by throwing paper balls.😁

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Next time when I have a child, I will die die ask them join the forces. 🤣

get SAF scholarship, sit inside for 15 years, come out and become president, GM and CEO of govt-linked company.

 

You cannot win them, you join them. Why complain when the formula is shown there for you liao. 🤣

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1 hour ago, Mkl22 said:

SPH, ST, SMRT, MOE, LTA, all the stat boards and civil service. Parachute all these ex generals will result in future doom for SG. 
whole career holed up in SAF where everyone just yes sir yes sir 3 bags full. What can they know. 

we already see the failures at SPH, SMRT….. 

SMRT failed from the point Soh was appointed as CEO.  BoD then should be responsible.

SPH failed from under-investment into Digital Era.

 

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31 minutes ago, inlinesix said:

SMRT failed from the point Soh was appointed as CEO.  BoD then should be responsible.

SPH failed from under-investment into Digital Era.

 

NOL? Fatty sat on it till it sank! 

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Just now, Mkl22 said:

NOL? Fatty sat on it till it sank! 

NOL started to sink before Fatty.

Similarly, it suffers from under-investment (like due to lost of National Strategic Importance).

Rather than buying bigger ship (which requires further investment from its shareholders), it leases ships.

That has resulted in bigger losses with such a large fixed cost.

Someone shared this video previously.

 

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1 hour ago, kobayashiGT said:

Next time when I have a child, I will die die ask them join the forces. 🤣

get SAF scholarship, sit inside for 15 years, come out and become president, GM and CEO of govt-linked company.

 

You cannot win them, you join them. Why complain when the formula is shown there for you liao. 🤣

The join part is easy, difficult is to get selected for the scholarship, after that get to the top to ensure the path after the 15 years  :a-toast:

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2 minutes ago, RH1667 said:

The join part is easy, difficult is to get selected for the scholarship, after that get to the top to ensure the path after the 15 years  :a-toast:

Hahha. I won't spoon feed my kid one lah. (If I ever have one) I can show them the way, they must have the drive to climb that mountain also.

In today context, you cannot depend on hard work to become successful le. The industry you are doing determine your future too.

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