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New Chairman Appointed for the Presidential Council for Religious Harmony

17 December 2018

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Justice Chao Hick Tin, Senior Judge of the Supreme Court, will be appointed Chairman of the Presidential Council for Religious Harmony (PCRH), for three years with effect from 2 Jan 2019. Justice Chao succeeds Mr Eddie Teo, who will step down as Chairman PCRH on the same day.


Members of the current Council can be found in the Annex.


PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
17 December 2018

 

Annex – 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.


Newly Appointed Chairman

Justice Chao Hick Tin, Senior Judge, Supreme Court


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

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

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

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

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

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