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Appointment and Re-appointment of Members of the Presidential Council for Religious Harmony

18 August 2017

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PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL FOR RELIGIOUS HARMONY

            The Presidential Council for Religious Harmony starts a new three-year term from 15 September 2017.  The Chairman and members of the Council are:

Newly Appointed Chairman

Mr Eddie Teo, Chairman, Public Service Commission

Re-Appointed Members

  1. Venerable Seck Kwang Phing, President, Singapore Buddhist Federation – Buddhism

  2. His Grace Archbishop William Goh, Archbishop of Catholic Church in Singapore – Roman Catholicism

  3. Dr Mohamed Fatris Bakaram, Mufti of Singapore – Islam

  4. Mr Surjit Singh s/o Wazir Singh, past Chairman of the Sikh Advisory Board – Sikhism

  5. Associate Professor Lee Cheuk Yin, Academic Adviser to the Taoist Federation and Taoist Mission – Taoism

Newly Appointed Members

  1. Mr M Rajaram, past President of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and term trustee of the Singapore Indian Development Association – Hinduism

  2. Bishop Emeritus Wee Boon Hup, past President of the National Council of Churches of Singapore – Protestant Christianity

  3. Ms Juthika Ramanathan, Chief Executive, Office of the Chief Justice, Supreme Court – layperson member

  4. Prof Lily Kong, Provost and Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University – layperson member

President’s Office

18 Aug 2017

Presidential Council for Religious Harmony

The Presidential Council for Religious Harmony was set up under the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act. The Chairman and members are appointed by the President of the Republic of Singapore.  The Council gives its advice to the Minister for Home Affairs on matters affecting the maintenance of religious harmony in Singapore which are referred to it by the Minister or by Parliament, and considers and makes recommendations to the President on restraining orders issued under the Act.