Outstanding Service Award

"One of Singapore's pioneers of Large Scale Systems Engineering with the "Conception to Retirement" approach... "

• Rendered 40 years of Government service in concept formulation, system engineering, acquisition management, tests and evaluation, people development and development of organisations and capabilities
• Developed the "Conception to Retirement"systems approach which became a methodology for project planning and development at MINDEF
• Contributed to the development of Singapore's Air Defence System, Command and Control Systems, and Air and Naval Bases
• Played a significant role in the development of defence industries, Civil Defence Shelters and rock caverns in Singapore

• Chairman, Temasek Laboratories @ NUS since 2001
• Chairman, Temasek Defence Systems Institute since 2001
• Member, Physics Department Consultative Committee since 2000
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Institute of Mathematical Sciences since 2000
• Member, Management Board, Tropical Marine Science Institute since 1996
• Member, Management Board, CRISP since 1992
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering since 1990

• Contributed to various Government agencies, and educational and research institutions since the 1970s
• Contributed towards collaboration in technology between MINDEF and research institutes in the United States, Sweden, Israel and Australia
• Chairman, Project Evaluation Panel, Environment & Water Industry Development Council (EWI) since 2007
• Advisor, National Research Foundation since 2006
• Chief Scientific Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2004
• Chairman, Jurong International Holdings Pte Ltd since 2001
• Chairman, Board of Directors, Singapore Technologies Dynamics since 2000
• Chairman, DSO National Laboratories since 1998

• Inducted into the Naval Postgraduate School Hall of Fame (2002)
• Elected US Naval Postgraduate School Distinguished Alumni (2002)
• Elected Senior Fellow, US Naval Postgraduate School (2000)
• Awarded Commander of the Royal Order of the Polar Star (Sweden) (1994)

• Distinguished Science Alumni Award, NUS (2005)
• National Science & Technology Medal (2002)
• Teaching Excellence Award, Faculty of Engineering, NUS (2002)
• Honorary Fellow, Operations Research Society of Singapore (2000)
• Public Administration Medal (Gold) 1992, (Silver) 1979