Iswaran to co-chair Committee on Future Economy as Heng remains hospitalised

Singapore

FOLLOWING appointment changes at the Finance Ministry, changes will also be made to the Committee on the Future Economy (CFE) as Heng Swee Keat - head of both the ministry and the panel - remains in hospital. In a statement released on Monday evening, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said that Minister for Industry S Iswaran will now be the 30-member CFE's co-chair. He was previously deputy chairman.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Chan Chun Sing will be appointed as the committee's deputy chairman.