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Cheong Koon Hean
Born1957 (age 66–67)
NationalitySingaporean
Alma materUniversity College London
OccupationArchitect
AwardsPingat Pentadbiran Awam
PracticeUrban Redevelopment Authority

Cheong-Chua Koon Hean (Chinese: 蔡君炫; pinyin: Cai Jūnxuàn; born 1957) is a Singaporean urban planner and architect.[1][2]

Biography

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Cheong is a Colombo Plan scholar with a first class degree in architecture at Newcastle University in 1981.[3] Cheong completed a master's degree in Urban Development Planning from the University College London, and did a six-week Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School.[4] She received an honorary doctorate of architecture from the University of Newcastle in 2010.[5]

Cheong started working as a public servant in 1984.[6] Cheong was the CEO of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) between 2004 and 2010 where she was in charge of various areas, such as conservation of historic buildings and real estate.[7] The Straits Times wrote that her work as CEO of URA played "a key role in developing Singapore into a distinctive global city."[8] She also was the first woman to head the URA.[6] From 2010 to 2020, she had been the CEO of the Housing and Development Board in Singapore.[9][10] Thereafter, she became Chair of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities as well as Professor of Practice in the Singapore University of Technology and Design. She is concurrently Chairman of the Centre for Liveable Cities under the Ministry of National Development, Singapore.[11]

Cheong received a Gold Public Administration medal in 2005 and a silver Public Administration medal in 1997.[4] In 2010, Cheong was awarded the Her World Woman of the Year award.[12] In 2014, Cheong was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Her World Woman of the Year 2010: Dr Cheong Koon Hean". Her World Singapore. 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  2. ^ Asia, Tatler. "Cheong Koon Hean". Tatler Asia. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  3. ^ "The City in 2050: Building on Innovation" (PDF). Centre For Liveable Cities Singapore. 3 June 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Cheong Koon Hean". Singapore Sessions. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Koon Hean Cheong". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  6. ^ a b c "Cheong Koon Hean". Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Dr. Cheong Koon Hean" (PDF). Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  8. ^ Teo, Esther (9 August 2010). "Urban Transformer". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Dr. Cheong Koon Hean". World Cities Summit. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  10. ^ "HDB CEO Cheong Koon Hean to step down in January, NEA CEO Tan Meng Dui to take over in February". CNA. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  11. ^ Koh, Ivy (11 June 2021). "CHEONG Koon Hean". Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Her World Woman of the Year and Young Woman Achiever Honoured". Asia One. 17 October 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
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