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IMDA chief to step down in lead-up to general election

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Published Mon, Jun 15, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

TAN Kiat How, chief executive of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), will step down on Saturday, June 20.

He is the latest in a string of senior public servants to have recently left their posts. Party sources have tipped them to enter politics under the banner of the ruling People's Action Party in the upcoming general election, with Mr Tan possibly fielded in East Coast GRC.

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