NTUC Leadership

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In 2018, NTUC President Mary Liew, on behalf of the NTUC Central Committee, had written to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to request for secondment of suitable office holders to NTUC. On 23 April 2018, Senior Minister of State Dr Koh Poh Koon was co-opted into the NTUC Central Committee as NTUC Deputy Secretary-General (DSG).
 

On 21 April 2021, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wrote to NTUC President Mary Liew to request for NTUC DSG Koh Poh Koon to be released from his role in NTUC so that he can return full time to Government service. PM Lee also requested that the NTUC Central Committee consider accepting Senior Minister of State (SMS) Chee Hong Tat into the Labour Movement.

The NTUC Central Committee would like to place on record our appreciation to NTUC DSG Koh Poh Koon. During his tenure with the NTUC, he pushed for the improvement of wages for our lower-wage workers via the Progressive Wage Model (PWM). This included pushing for wage reviews in sectors where PWMs were already established. As DSG, he also drove NTUC’s training efforts, and played a critical role in pushing for Company Training Committees to be formed with the intention of identifying and addressing skill gaps and training needs, so that companies could seize the opportunity to adopt new technologies and boost productivity. Today, NTUC has formed more than 600 CTCs across various sectors and we are on track to hit our goal of forming 1,000 CTCs by 2022. DSG Koh also spearheaded the forming of NTUC Training and Transformation (NTUC T&T) to help companies with CTCs drive business and workforce transformation. To help companies develop near-, mid- and long-term business strategies and workforce plans, NTUC T&T adopted the Operation and Technology Roadmapping (OTR) tool to facilitate the process for each company. As of 9 February 2021, T&T has helped over 100 companies with CTCs, across multinational corporations and small and medium-sized companies, to embark on their OTR journey. Despite challenges posed by COVID-19, NTUC T&T worked with A*STAR to develop a virtual-OTR methodology in June 2020 to enable companies to plan for recovery and transformation while staying safe and in adherence to the safety management measures. To push for more pervasive transformation across various sectors, NTUC T&T leverages the Labour Movement ecosystem to push for more sectoral level OTRs so as to collectively uplift companies across the sector so that workers in the industry can benefit from better wages, welfare and work prospects. The NTUC Central Committee looks forward to working with DSG Koh Poh Koon in his new capacity and is confident that he will continue to promote and safeguard the interest of our workers. 

 

The NTUC Central Committee has accepted PM Lee’s recommendation for SMS Chee Hong Tat to serve in the Labour Movement. SMS Chee Hong Tat is no stranger to the Labour Movement. As the former Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Market Authority, he worked closely with the Union of Power and Gas Employees (UPAGE) to upskill the workforce in tandem with industry trends. During his tenure at the Ministry of Health, there was close working relationship between the ministry and the Healthcare Services Employees’ Union (HSEU) with frequent engagement of our union leaders in discussions and dialogues. Over the years, we have seen wage improvement of our workers in the public healthcare institution as well as a strong emphasis on training and job redesign to keep the workforce productive and well skilled. When he took on an advisory role to NTUC U SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) in 2018, he worked closely with NTUC to engage SMEs, taking in feedback when formulating polices that impact SMEs as well as ensuring that SME workers are able to adapt to the new economy. As SMS for Transport, he initiated and actively engaged unions in the Maritime sector. 

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