Han Fook Kwang

Han Fook Kwang is currently the editor at large ofThe Straits Times, a Singapore-based broadsheet newspaper. He was formerly the editor of The Straits Times from 2002-2012
He joined The Straits Times as a mid-career journalist in February 1989. He was made Political Editor in January 1995, in charge of political coverage in The Straits Times. Before that he was working as a Administrative Service officer woring on transport polices in the then Ministry of Communications. He graduated in 1975 from the University of Leeds in Mechanical Engineering on a Colombo Plan Scholarship.
He has a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University via a Singapore Government scholarship in 1983.
He is married to Frances Chua, and they have a son, Isaac, and two daughters, Yushan and Yushi.
Other Work
* Council member of the Football Association of Singapore
* Board Member of the Building Construction Authority
* Committee Member of the National Environment Agency of the "Hawker Centre 3.0".
Awards
* 2000: Public Service Medal (PBM) for his contributions as a Board member of the Land Transport Authority.
Books
Han Fook Kwang is the author of several books, including some he co-authored:
*2016: Singapore in Transition
*2013: One Man’s View of the World.
*2011: Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going (with Zuraidah Ibrahim, Rachel Lin, Robin Chan, Chua Mui Hoong, Lydia Lim, Ignatius Low), Singapore Press Holdings , ISBN 9789814266727
*1998: Lee Kuan Yew: the Man and His Ideas (with Sumiko Tan and Warren Fernandez), Singapore Press Holdings ISBN 9812040498
 
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