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Right side profile of Mr. Sim Kee Boon, Executive Chairman (May 1984-Dec 1999) and later Senior Advisor of Keppel Corporation Limited (Jan 2000-2003). He joined the Civil Service as an Administrative Officer in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in 1954. He became Assistant Secretary (1956), Acting Principal Assistant Secretary (1960), and later Assistant Secretary (1961) for Commerce and Industry; Deputy Director (Trade) (1961) and Acting Director (1962) for Finance; Acting Permanent Secretary (PS) for National Development (1963-1964); Acting PS (1965-1966) and later PS (Economic Development) (1967-1968) for Finance; PS (Economic Activities) for Finance (1975); PS for Communications (1975-1984) and Finance (1983-1984); Deputy Chairman of Tariff Advisory Board (1964); Deputy High Commissioner to Malaysia (Aug 1965-1966); the founding Chairman and Managing Director of Intraco Limited (Nov 1968-Dec 1974); Head of Civil Service (1979-1984); Board Member of Development Bank of Singapore Limited (1968-1981) and Temasek Holdings (2000-2007); Member of Singapore Totalisator Board (1988); Chairman of Insurance Corporation of Singapore (Aug 1969-1982), National Grain Elevator Limited (1968-1987), World Trade Centre, Singapore (1977), Straits Steamship Land Limited (1984-1996), Far East Levingston Shipbuilding (1984-1992), Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (1984-1999), Singapore Council of Presidential Advisors (2004-2005) and the Changi Airport Advisory Group (2007); and the founding Chairman of Tanah Merah Country Club. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and the Distinguished Service Order by the Government of Singapore in the 1963 and 1991 National Day Awards respectively. He was in charge of coordinating the building of Changi International Airport in 1975. TItle devised by Library staff.