Khaw ropes in water agency chief as adviser on 'rail transformation'

Singapore

AFTER taking over the hottest seat in town, newly-appointed Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan wasted no time in roping in his adviser - an engineering expert who helped diversify Singapore's water supply - to improve the nagging rail issues that observers said prompted the shock resignation of his predecessor.

On Friday, Mr Khaw, who is also Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure, said in a blog entry that he had asked the national water agency's chairman, Tan Gee Paw, to be his adviser on rail transformation.

Mr Khaw, who took over the transport portfoli…