{"id":49244,"date":"2017-03-23T10:06:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T03:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bca-names-new-ceo\/"},"modified":"2017-03-23T10:12:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T03:12:14","slug":"bca-names-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bca-names-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"BCA names new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPhoto of Hugh Lim. Source: MCCY
\nHugh Lim, Deputy Secretary (Community, Youth and Sports) at the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY), has been named the new CEO of the Building and Construction Authority (BCA), taking over the reins from John Keung.
\nLim will be appointed as BCA\u2019s CEO-designate on 1 April, before taking on his duties as CEO on 1 June, while Dr Keung will be appointed Dean of the BCA Academy.
\nIn a statement, the Ministry of National Development (MND) noted that Lim\u2019s leadership \u201cwill be vital in steering the construction industry towards greater innovation to uplift the industry\u2019s standards and productivity\u201d.
\nLim brings a wealth of operational and policy experience from his previous positions in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and Ministry of Law (MinLaw). This includes developing the masterplan to establish Singapore as a global intellectual property hub in MinLaw, and setting up the army\u2019s Capability Development Hub in the SAF.
\nIn thanking Dr Keung for his service, the ministry noted that he implemented various masterplans to shape a high quality, safe, sustainable and friendly built environment during his 11 year-tenure.
\n\u201cMND would like to thank Dr Keung for his many years of sterling service to Singapore in the areas of land-use planning, public housing and building and construction. At the same time, MND welcomes Hugh Lim to BCA and the MND family.\u201d
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\nRomesh Navaratnarajah, Senior Editor at PropertyGuru, edited this story. To contact him about this or other stories, email romesh@propertyguru.com.sg
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\nSource : proppertyguru.com.sg\/Property Market
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