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

First priority is rail reliability, says minister, pointing to HK's MTR as goal

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 portfolio from Lui Tuck Yew who left politics in August, said that Mr Tan was the first individual he had consulted for advice and suggestion...

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