About The Photograph
This is a head-and-shoulder portrait of Mr. Chan Soo Sen (曾士生), Parliamentary Secretary for Prime Minister's Office from January 1997 to April 2001. He was a former student at Catholic High School (1973-1974); Deputy Director for Planning and Systems (1985); Deputy Secretary (Development) for Home Affairs (1992); founding Executive Director of the Chinese Development Assistance Council (Jul 1992-Jan 1997); founding Chief Executive Officer of the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development (Mar 1994-Mar 1996); Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development (Jan 1997-Jun 1999) and Health (Jun 1999-Apr 2001); Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Prime Minister's Office (May-Nov 2001) and Health (May-Nov 2001); Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office (Nov 2001-Jul 2003), Community Development and Sports (Nov 2001-Aug 2004), Education (Aug 2003-May 2006), and Trade and Industry (Oct 2005-May 2006); People's Action Party Member of Parliament for East Coast Group Representation Constituency (Joo Chiat) (Dec 1996-Oct 2001) and Joo Chiat (Nov 2001-to date) Constituency; Independent Director for Midas Holdings Limited (Jun 2006-2009); Director of the Chairman's Office of Keppel Corporation Limited (2006-2009); Non-Executive Director for BreadTalk Group (2006-2009) and the mDR Limted (2006-2009); and Board Member of People's Association (1997-2006). Title devised by Library staff.