Mr. Chan Yew Kwong
Director (Special Projects), Ministry of Manpower, Occupational Safety and Health Division.
Yew Kwong is presently the Director of Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) Inspectorate in the Ministry of Manpower’s Occupational Safety & Health Division. As Director, he plans and oversees the strategies, programmes and activities of the OSH Inspectorate in the key areas of regulatory enforcement and surveillance, and ensures that the implementation of OSH standards and good practices are effective in the control of workplace hazards and protect the safety and health of the workforce.
He has been with the Ministry of Manpower for about 30 years. His 30 years' working experience in workplace safety & health involves inspection & auditing of worksites, shipyards, chemical plants and other factories, investigations into fatal/serious accidents, development of OSH standards, guidance materials, management systems and auditing. He was also involved in the development and conduct of many workplace safety & health (WSH) training courses for supervisors, WSH professionals and managers. He held the position of Director of Industry Capability Building in the WSH Council for about 2 years (Nov 2011 – Oct 2013), during which he was responsible for the national WSH competency framework and capability building efforts in organizations and individuals.
Yew Kwong is very involved in the development and promotion of WSH-related Singapore Standards. In 2003 - 2004, he was the Chairman of the Singapore SPRING’s Technical Committee for OSH Management which was responsible for the drafting of the first Singapore Standard SS 506 on OSH management system. He is a member of the Singapore’s Standards Council since 2007 and he currently chairs the Council’s General Engineering & Safety Standard Committee.
Mr Seet Choh San
Seet is an active contributor in the Singapore safety scene. Besides being the Deputy Chairperson of the Quality and Safety Standards Committee, he is also the Chairperson of the Singapore Standards Technical Committee for Workplace Safety and Health, Deputy Chairperson WSH Council’s Industry Capability Building Committee and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Fire and Civil Emergency Preparedness Council. Seet was also past President of the Singapore Institution of Safety Officers and is its current Honorary President.
At the international level, Seet served as INSHPO’s Secretary-Treasurer, a global organisation representing 13 OHS practitioner organisations from 10 countries. He chaired the Singapore Accord where more than 50 organisations from 19 countries committed to uphold high standards of competent OHS professionals and practitioners.
Positions that Seet held in industry include General Manager for Global HSE Programs, and Regional EHS Director of two Fortune 500 MNCs.
