Cheong Koon Hean Explained

Cheong Koon Hean
Nationality:Singaporean
Alma Mater:University College London
Awards:Pingat Pentadbiran Awam
Practice:Urban Redevelopment Authority

Cheong-Chua Koon Hean (; born 1957) is a Singaporean urban planner and architect.

Biography

Cheong is a Colombo Plan scholar with a first class degree in architecture at Newcastle University in 1981.[1] Cheong completed a master's degree in Urban Development Planning from the University College London, and did a six-week Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School.[2] She received an honorary doctorate of architecture from the University of Newcastle in 2010.[3]

Cheong started working as a public servant in 1984.[4] Cheong was the CEO of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) between 2004 and 2010 where she was in charge of various areas, such as conservation of historic buildings and real estate.[5] The Straits Times wrote that her work as CEO of URA played "a key role in developing Singapore into a distinctive global city."[6] She also was the first woman to head the URA. From 2010 to 2020, she had been the CEO of the Housing and Development Board in Singapore.[7] [8] Thereafter, she became Chair of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities as well as Professor of Practice in the Singapore University of Technology and Design. She is concurrently Chairman of the Centre for Liveable Cities under the Ministry of National Development, Singapore.[9]

Cheong received a Gold Public Administration medal in 2005 and a silver Public Administration medal in 1997. In 2010, Cheong was awarded the Her World Woman of the Year award.[10] In 2014, Cheong was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The City in 2050: Building on Innovation. 3 June 2011. 11 October 2015. Centre For Liveable Cities Singapore. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118140300/http://www.clc.gov.sg/Documents/Lectures/2011/CLC%20-%20ULI%20Lecture%20Poster.pdf. 18 January 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: Cheong Koon Hean. 11 October 2015. Singapore Sessions.
  3. Web site: Koon Hean Cheong. 11 October 2015. Bloomberg Business.
  4. Web site: Cheong Koon Hean. 11 October 2015. Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. https://web.archive.org/web/20151117014459/http://www.swhf.sg/the-inductees/name/19-government/147-cheong-koon-hean. 17 November 2015. dead.
  5. Web site: Dr. Cheong Koon Hean. 11 October 2015. Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize. https://web.archive.org/web/20140211130838/http://www.leekuanyewworldcityprize.com.sg/cv/Dr%20Cheong%20Koon%20Hean.pdf. 11 February 2014. dead.
  6. News: Urban Transformer. Teo. Esther. 9 August 2010. The Straits Times. 11 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20101127132653/http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_563837.html. 27 November 2010.
  7. Web site: Dr. Cheong Koon Hean. 11 October 2015. World Cities Summit. https://web.archive.org/web/20160803033727/http://www.worldcitiessummit.com.sg/speaker/dr-cheong-koon-hean. 3 August 2016. dead.
  8. Web site: HDB CEO Cheong Koon Hean to step down in January, NEA CEO Tan Meng Dui to take over in February . CNA . 31 December 2020 . 30 November 2020.
  9. Web site: Koh . Ivy . CHEONG Koon Hean . Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities . 11 June 2024 . 11 June 2021.
  10. News: Her World Woman of the Year and Young Woman Achiever Honoured. 17 October 2014. Asia One. 11 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190054/http://women.asiaone.com/women/people/her-world-woman-year-and-young-woman-achiever-honoured. 4 March 2016. dead.

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