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This is a head-and-shoulder portrait of Mr. James Koh Cher Siang, Permanent Secretary for Education from June 1994 to March 1997. He served as Director (Development) for Finance (1979); Permanent Secretary of National Development (Feb 1979-Jul 1987) and Community Development (1987-May 1994); Acting Chairman (Feb 1979-Apr 1981) and later Chairman of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (May 1981-Apr 1987); Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kandang Kerbau Hospital (1994-2000), Public Accountants Board (1997-2004), and the Singapore Deposit Insurance Corporation Limited (2006-to date); Commissioner of Inland Revenue and Chief Executive Officer of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Apr 1997-Jun 2005); Director of the Development Bank of Singapore or DBS Bank (1990-May 1996), Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (July 2006-to date), CapitaLand Hope Foundation (2006-to date), UOL Group Limited (Nov 2005-to date), Hotel Plaza Limited (2005-to date), Singapore Airlines Limited (Aug 2005-to date), and CapitaLand Limited (Jul 2005-to date); Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the CapitaMall Trust Management Limited (Jan 2009-to date); Deputy Chairman of the National Kidney Foundation (Jul 2005-2007); Deputy Chairman (1979, Jul 2005-Sep 2007) and later Chairman of the Housing and Development Board (Oct 2007-to date). He was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 1983 and the Meritorious Service Medal in 2002. TItle devised by Library staff.