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Edmund Cheng to replace Lee Hsien Yang as CAAS chairman

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Nisha Ramchandani

Nisha Ramchandani

Published Thu, Jun 21, 2018 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    LEE Hsien Yang will step down as chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) after nine years at the helm, with deputy chairman Edmund Cheng taking over from July 1.

    Mr Cheng - who has been CAAS deputy chairman since Dec 1, 2016 as part of succession planning - is chairman of Mapletree Investments and the Singapore Art Museum, as well as deputy chairman of Wing Tai Holdings.

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