Ministry of Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Pang Kin Keong to retire

[SINGAPORE] Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Permanent Secretary Pang Kin Keong will be retiring on Jun 1 after 35 years of public service. 

He served in this position since September 2017.

Pang, 59, will be replaced by Tan Chye Hee, who is currently permanent secretary in the Ministry of Digital Development and Information.

Tan will also take over Pang’s appointment as chairman of the Homefront Crisis Executive Group, which guided and coordinated the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

At MHA, Pang led the ministry’s efforts to deal with security threats such as foreign interference and scams, and its responses in critical and sensitive operations. 

He also oversaw the establishment of the Home Team Science and Technology Agency, and the automated immigration clearance system, New Clearance Concept.

Pang joined the public service in 1993 and served in various appointments such as principal private secretary to then prime minister Goh Chok Tong.

He also served as director of the Internal Security Department and director in the Ministry of Trade and Industry. 

In 2010, Pang became permanent secretary in the Ministry of Law, where he led the development of a master plan to build Singapore as an international hub for arbitration, legal and intellectual property services. 

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He then became permanent secretary in the Ministry of Transport from 2012 to 2017, where he was involved in the planning of Changi Airport Terminal 5 and Tuas Port, and led efforts to develop a more sustainable public transportation system.

Pang was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 2024.