He previously served as Singaporean High Commissioner to Australia from March 2008 to June 2011, and as Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong from March 2004.
Other special engagements include Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's Inauguration Dinner, the Esplanade's Orientation & Trial Concert, the Debutate Ball held at the Ritz Carlton Singapore and the People’s Association’s 40th Anniversary held in 2000.
Singapore's Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong told the BBC in September 2003 that he believed there were "in the region of about 70 to 80" hangings in 2003.
Located about 1.5 kilometres east of Changi Air Base (East) and 3.5 kilometres east of Singapore Changi Airport, the base was built on 1.28 km² (0.50 sq mi) of reclaimed land, it was officially opened on 21 May 2004 by Goh Chok Tong, the second prime minister of Singapore.
Goh Chok Tong (born 1941), second Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore
Goh is married to Tan Choo Leng and they have a son and a daughter, who are twins.
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Goh's father was from Yongchun County, Fujian province, China, while he was born in Singapore and his family belongs to the Hokkien dialect group, now more commonly known as Minnan.
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On 19 May 2005, Goh signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement with Israel's Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a visit to Israel, superseding the agreement signed in 1971.
In 1990, Lee Kuan Yew passed the reins to successor Goh Chok Tong, who presented a more open and consultative style of leadership as the country continued to modernise.
The SIJORI Growth Triangle was first publicly announced in 1989 by Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.
The then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong mooted the concept of IRCCs for constituencies and "harmony circles" (HCs) for schools, work places and other local organizations in January 2002 in order to "grow the common space and deepen inter-racial understanding".
On September 16, 2003, Prime Minister of Singapore Goh Chok Tong announced the establishment of NUS School of Public Policy, which was named in honour of the nation's first and longest-serving Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew.
The then Prime Minister of Singapore, Goh Chok Tong, responded in his National Day Rally Speech on 23 August 1998.
Singapore’s then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong quoted Backman in his 1998 National Day Rally Address calling him an expert in overseas Chinese.
During his career at NOL, Goh Chok Tong worked as a financial controller under him in NOL.
According to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in 2002, "the principle of collective responsibility means that there is an agreement between the Prime Minister and his Cabinet colleagues that they will stand together as a team when accounting for their actions before Parliament".
However, the overwhelmingly influential factor in ending televised homophobia was Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's statements in Time magazine in July 2003 about reversing anti-gay hiring policies in the Civil Service.
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He also publicly thanked Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong for his recent announcement that openly homosexual individuals would now be employed in the Civil Service.
Since the Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Goh Chok Tong, initiated a series of high-level visits to the Middle East in 2004, Singapore’s diplomatic and economic presence in the region increased.
Goh Chok Tong later told the press that his wife regretted making that comment.
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During his term as Chief Economic Advisor from 1961 to 1984, Dr Winsemius worked closely with Lee Kuan Yew, Goh Keng Swee and later with Goh Chok Tong.
In 1994, he received the National Youth Award for his contribution to the Arts from Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.
Jufrie came to national prominence during this election campaign after Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong accused him of being a Malay chauvinist because of comments Jufrie made about the role of Malay community in Singapore and his use of the phrase "Insha'Allah" ("God willing") in a campaign speech.
It was officially opened on 18 April the same year by the Prime Ministers of both countries, namely Dato' Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia and Goh Chok Tong of Singapore.
The position of Senior Minister has only been held by four persons -- Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong, who were the first and second Prime Ministers of Singapore respectively; and S. Rajaratnam and S. Jayakumar, who served as Deputy Prime Ministers.
At the time, the result was viewed as being a notable setback to the ruling party and Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.
The association takes pride in the fact that its headquarters was officially opened in January 1993 by the then Prime Minister of Singapore, Goh Chok Tong.
In a 1999 interview with New York Times columnist William Safire, the Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said the idea had first been suggested by the Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, but Goh felt that it was not yet the right time to set it up.