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         Mr Lawrence Wong, Second Minister for Finance, has appointed one new member to the Accounting Standards Council (ASC) to replace a retiring member. The new ASC member is Mr Lin Qinghui, Registrar of Societies, Ministry of Home Affairs. A brief write-up of the new member can be found in Annex A.

2.      Mr Lin Qinghui’s appointment will take effect on Thursday, 1 April 2021. The full list of ASC members is at Annex B.

3.      The Ministry of Finance would like to welcome Mr Lin Qinghui and express our appreciation to the retiring member, Mr Lim Zhi Yang, for his contributions to the ASC.

Issued by:

Ministry of Finance

Singapore

01 Apr 2021

Annex A

New Member of the Accounting Standards Council

Mr Lin Qinghui (林庆辉)

Registrar, Registry of Societies

Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Lin Qinghui is currently the Senior Director of Policy Development Division, concurrently Registrar of Societies in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He joined MHA as Director (Policy Development & Security) of Policy Development Division in 2018. Prior to that, Mr Lin Qinghui has held various posts in Ministry of Finance, Temasek Holdings, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Defence. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with 1^st Class Honours in Bachelor of Engineering (Bioengineering).

Annex B

Accounting Standards Council

(Effective from 1 April 2021)

          Chairman

1. Mr Quek See Tiat

   Former Deputy Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

   Audit Committee Chairman, Monetary Authority of Singapore

    

   Deputy Chairman 

2. Mr Cheung Pui Yuen

   Chief Executive Officer

   Deloitte & Touche LLP

    

   Members

3. Ms Cheng Ai Phing

   Independent Director

   Fortune REIT

4. Mr Choo Chek Siew

   Former Group Chief Financial Officer

   ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited 

5. Mr Goh Swee Hong

   Partner, Audit

   RSM Chio Lim LLP 

6. Dr Keung Ching Tung

   Associate Professor

   Department of Accounting

   NUS Business School

   National University of Singapore 

7. Mr Shekaran Krishnan

   Partner, Assurance

   Ernst & Young LLP

8. Mr Marcus Lam

   Partner, Head of Assurance

   PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 

9. Mr Desmond Chin

   Commissioner of Charities

   Executive Director of the Registry of Co-operative Societies and Mutual Benefits Organisations

   Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth

10. Mr Teo Kok Ming

    Executive Director

    Banking Department III

    Monetary Authority of Singapore 

11. Mr Lin Qinghui

    Registrar

    Registry of Societies

    Ministry of Home Affairs

12. Mr Ong Khiaw Hong

    Chief Executive

    Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority

13. Mr Ow Fook Chuen

    Accountant-General

    Accountant-General’s Department

14. Ms Koh Kah Sek

    Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer

    Far East Organization