# Alan Chan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alan_Chan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alan_Chan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Chan > Source revision: 1346626348 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Singaporean civil servant (born 1953)}} {{about||the Chinese philosopher|Alan K. L. Chan|the American pianist and songwriter|Alan Chang}} {{Infobox person | name = Alan Chan Heng Loon | honorific_suffix = [PJG](/source/Pingat_Jasa_Gemilang) [PPA(E) PPA(P)](/source/Pingat_Pentadbiran_Awam) | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|2|22}} | birth_place = [Singapore](/source/Singapore) | death_date = | death_place = | restingplace = | restingplacecoordinates = | othername = | citizenship = [Singapore](/source/Singapore) | education = | alma_mater = [INSEAD](/source/INSEAD) ([MBA](/source/Master_of_Business_Administration))
[École nationale de l'aviation civile](/source/%C3%89cole_nationale_de_l'aviation_civile) ([Dipl. Ing.](/source/Dipl%C3%B4me_d'Ing%C3%A9nieur)) | occupation = | agent = | known_for = | spouse = | partner = | children = 2 | parents = | website = }} '''Alan Chan Heng Loon''' {{Post-nominals|country=||list=[PJG](/source/Pingat_Jasa_Gemilang) [PPA(E) PPA(P)](/source/Pingat_Pentadbiran_Awam)}} (born 22 February 1953){{citation needed|date=February 2017}} is a former [Singaporean](/source/Singaporean) civil servant. He was the former chief executive of the [Singapore Press Holdings](/source/Singapore_Press_Holdings). ==Early life== Chan was born to a bilingual family fluent in English and Chinese. He studied in Haig Boys School, [Raffles Institution](/source/Raffles_Institution) and [National Junior College](/source/National_Junior_College). He was awarded the [President's Scholarship](/source/President's_Scholarship) and French Government Scholarship, and graduated with a Dip Ingenieur from Ecole Nationale de L'Aviation Civile in 1978. He subsequently went to [INSEAD](/source/INSEAD) and obtained an MBA in 1983.{{cite web|title=Singapore Press Holdings Annual Report 2015|url=http://sph.com.sg/system/misc/annualreport/2015/SPH_AR2015_BoardOfDirectors.pdf}} ==Career== After studying in France, Chan worked as a [civil servant](/source/Singapore_civil_service) under various Singaporean government ministries. Chan served as the [Ministry of Defence](/source/Ministry_of_Defence_(Singapore))’s Director of Manpower. In 1994 Chan successfully applied to be the Principal Private Secretary of then Senior Minister [Lee Kuan Yew](/source/Lee_Kuan_Yew).{{cite news|title=Remembering Lee Kuan Yew: Journey with a master teacher|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/remembering-lee-kuan-yew-journey-with-a-master-teacher|work=[Straits Times](/source/Straits_Times)|date=25 March 2015|language=en}}{{cite book|pages=349–352 |title=My Lifelong Challenge: Singapore's Bilingual Journey |last=Lee |first=Kuan Yew |isbn=9789814342032 |publisher=Straits Times Press |year=2012 }} Thereafter, Chan was appointed as Deputy Secretary at the [Ministry of Foreign Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Singapore)). Strict on making his subordinates speak Chinese properly, he imposed a ten-cent fine on whoever who used English terms in their Chinese conversations. Chan later contributed an essay titled "My Tryst With Chinese" to Lee's 2012 book, ''My Lifelong Challenge: Singapore's Bilingual Journey''. Before retiring from the civil service, he rose to the position of Permanent Secretary of the [Ministry of Communications and Information](/source/Ministry_of_Digital_Development_and_Information) and the [Ministry of Transport](/source/Ministry_of_Transport%2C_Singapore). In total, Chan's career as a government official spanned some 25 years. Chan became Group President of media firm Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) in July 2002. In January 2003, he became the Singapore-based company's chief executive officer. He was also part of its board of directors.{{cite web|url=http://www.sph.com.sg/aboutsph_bod.shtml |title=Board Of Directors |publisher=[Singapore Press Holdings](/source/Singapore_Press_Holdings) |access-date=August 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518151909/http://www.sph.com.sg/aboutsph_bod.shtml |archive-date=May 18, 2013 }} Chan retired from SPH on 1 September 2017. He was appointed Chairman of the [Land Transport Authority](/source/Land_Transport_Authority) on 1 April 2016. Listed as one of "100 Inspiring Rafflesians" in 2008, Chan was selected by INSEAD in 2009 as one of the "50 Alumni who changed the world". ==Personal life== Chan is married with two children, a boy and a girl. Chan has three older siblings. His brother Heng Wing was Ambassador to Thailand, and one of his sisters, [Heng Chee](/source/Chan_Heng_Chee) was Ambassador to the United States.{{cite book|author=Guan Heng Tan|title=100 Inspiring Rafflesians, 1823—2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQk_6OEgDmQC&pg=PA25|year=2008|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=978-981-277-891-8|pages=25–26}} == Awards and decorations == * 80x80px [Meritorious Service Medal](/source/Pingat_Jasa_Gemilang), in 2012.{{Cite news |last=Lim |first=Leonard |date=2012-08-09 |title=Top honours for trio who helped shape S’pore |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes20120809-1.2.50.10.3 |access-date=2025-01-12 |work=[The Straits Times](/source/The_Straits_Times) |pages=9}}{{Cite news |date=2012-08-09 |title=This year’s National Day Award winners: |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes20120809-1.2.50.10.6 |access-date=2025-01-12 |work=[The Straits Times](/source/The_Straits_Times) |pages=10}}{{Cite news |date=2012-11-12 |title=National Day Award winners honoured |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes20121112-1.2.25.3 |access-date=2025-01-12 |work=[The Straits Times](/source/The_Straits_Times) |pages=2}}{{Cite news |date=2012-11-16 |title=J.Y. Pillay presented with National Day Award |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/tabla20121116-1.2.6.6.2 |access-date=2025-01-12 |work=[tabla!](/source/tabla!) |pages=6–7}} * 80x80px [Public Administration Medal](/source/Pingat_Pentadbiran_Awam) (Gold), in 2002.{{Cite news |last=Chuang |first=Peck Ming |date=2002-08-09 |title=Yeo Ning Hong gets top National Day award |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes20020809-1.2.19.3 |access-date=2025-01-12 |work=[The Business Times](/source/The_Business_Times_(Singapore)) |pages=8}}{{Cite news |date=2002-08-09 |title=NATIONAL DAY AWARD WINNERS |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes20020809-1.2.44.17 |access-date=2025-01-12 |work=[The Straits Times](/source/The_Straits_Times) |pages=18}} * 80x80px [Public Administration Medal](/source/Pingat_Pentadbiran_Awam) (Silver).{{Cite web |date=2010-09-06 |title=Appointment to the Public Service Commission (Sep 2010) |url=https://www.pmo.gov.sg/Newsroom/press-statement-prime-ministers-office-new-member-joins-public-service-commission |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=[PMO](/source/Prime_Minister's_Office_(Singapore))}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Alan}} Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:Members of the Public Service Commission (Singapore) Category:Permanent secretaries of Singapore Category:Singaporean people of Chinese descent Category:Raffles Institution alumni Category:INSEAD alumni Category:Recipients of the Pingat Pentadbiran Awam Category:Recipients of the Pingat Jasa Gemilang Category:École nationale de l'aviation civile alumni Category:Singaporean civil servants --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alan Chan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Chan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Chan?action=history)). 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