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
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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.
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