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Professor
Pao Chuen Lui
Chief Defense Scientist, Ministry of Defense, Singapore;
Chairman, Temasek Defense Systems Institute
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He graduated
from the University of Singapore in 1965 with a degree in
Science, majoring in Physics. He began his career as a Scientific
Officer in the UK Radio & Space Research Station in
Singapore, doing research in the propagation of radio waves
and collecting data from the UK1 satellite. He joined the
fledging Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) in 1966 as the Officer-in-Charge
of Tests, Evaluation and Acceptance Section, on a short
service commission as Captain. He identified the need for
the Technical Department in the Logistics Division to provide
technical support for acquisition of equipment for the newly
formed Singapore Armed Forces and for their subsequent maintenance,
and was given the opportunity to build-up this organization
from scratch. In 1970 he was given the task of establishing
the Science and Management Group, reporting directly to
the Permanent Secretary of Defence for the planning and
management of force development projects.
In 1971,
he was awarded the first MINDEF fellowship for postgraduate
education. He elected to pursue his studies at the United
States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.
He graduated with a Master's degree in Operations Research
and Systems Analysis in 1973 and was appointed acting Director,
Logistics Division on his return to Singapore. He was also
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
In 1975,
he was appointed Special Projects Director and was responsible
for the planning, system engineering and management of the
implementation of major weapon systems for the SAF. As he
was responsible for both operational and technical matters
he could adopt a “Conception to Retirement”
systems approach which later became standard practice in
MINDEF. He was promoted to the rank of Colonel in 1978.
In 1984,
he was appointed acting Director, Joint Operations and Plans
Directorate of the Ministry of Defence. He held this appointment
concurrently with his appointment as Director, Special Projects
Organisation. In 1986 he was made Senior Director to set
up the Defence Material Organization through the merger
of the Material Management Organization and the Special
Projects Organization. He was also appointed to the newly
created post of Chief Defence Scientist to provide advice
to the Ministry and the Singapore Armed Forces and to be
a member of all major decision making forums.
During
1980’s and 1990’s, he was on the board of directors
of various Government-linked-companies and Government agencies.
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8 years as Director, Singapore Electronic & Engineering
Pte Ltd and 2 years as its Chairman.
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12 years as Director, Singapore Aerospace Ltd.
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4 years as founding Chairman, Chartered Engineering Pte
Ltd.
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4 years as Director, Singapore Engineering Software Pte
Ltd and was its founding Chairman.
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3 years as Member, Science Council of Singapore.
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5 years as Member, School Executive Committee, Victoria
Secondary School and Victoria Junior College.
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Director, Chartered Industries of Singapore, from 1 Jan
94 to 31 Dec 97.
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Board Member, Land Transport Authority (LTA), Sept 97
to Sept 99.
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Chairman, Board of Regents Defence Medical Research Institute,
from Oct 93 to Apr 00.
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Member of Kent Ridge Digital Labs from Apr 98 to Mar 00.
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Chairman, Management Board, Tropical Marine Science Institute
(TMSI) from Jun 96 to 2001.
Currently,
he is holding the following appointments and management
boards of research institutes and corporations, and in the
National University of Singapore:
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Adjunct Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering,
NUS -1990
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Chairman, DSO National Laboratories - 1998
- Director,
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd - 1997
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Member, Centre of Remote Imaging, Sensing & Processing
(CRISP) - l993
- Member,
Board of Governors, SAFTI Military Institute - 1994
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Member, Board of Directors, Defence Science and Technology
Agency - 2000
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Founding Chairman of ST Dynamics Pte Ltd - 2000.
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Member, International Advisory Board of SAAB Technologies,
Sweden - 2000
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Member, Management Board, Tropical Marine Science Institute
- 2001
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Chairman, Management Board, Temasek Laboratories @ National
- University
of Singapore - 2001
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Chairman, Jurong Consultancy Holdings Pte Ltd - 2001
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Chairman, Management Board, Temasek Defence Systems Institute
- 2001
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Member, Board of Director, SembCorp Engineers & Constructors
Pte Ltd - 2002
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Chairman, Management Board, Temasek Laboratories @ Nanyang
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Technological University - 2003
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Deputy Chairman, SembCorp Engineers & Constructors
Pte Ltd - 2003
He was
the recipient of the following awards:
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SAF Good Service Medal 1975
- The
Public Administration Medal (Silver) 1979
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SAF Long Service & Good Conduct Medal - 12 years 1980
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The Public Administration Medal (Gold) 1992
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The Long Service Medal - 25 years 1992
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The Commander of the Royal Order of the Polar Star (Sweden)
1994
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Long Service Award – 25 Years 1995
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Long Service Award – 30 Years 1997
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Senior Fellow, US Naval Postgraduate School 2000
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Honorary Fellow, Operations Research Society of Singapore
2000
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Teaching Excellence Award, Faculty of Engineering, NUS
2002
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US Naval Postgraduate School Distinguished Alumni Award
2002
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Inducted into the Naval Postgraduate School Hall of Fame
2002
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National Science & Technology Medal 2002
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