Sla Board Names Loh Lik Peng New Chairman Succeeding Yeoh Oon Jin
Loh Lik Peng to be appointed chairman of SLA BoardFrom August 1, Loh Lik Peng, founder and director of Unlisted Collection, will be stepping into the role of chairman for the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) Board. He has been a member of the board since August 2017 and was appointed as deputy chairman last year.Loh is a well-known entrepreneur who revolutionized the concept of boutique hotels in Singapore by converting conservation shophouses into unique, trendy accommodations. He was the pioneer of this trend over 20 years ago with the opening of Hotel 1929 on Keong Saik Road. This was followed by the New Majestic Hotel in Chinatown’s Bukit Pasoh and Wanderlust in Little India’s Dickson Road. While Loh has sold his hotel assets in Singapore, Unlisted Collection continues to operate a successful portfolio of restaurants in Singapore and Shanghai, as well as hotels and restaurants in London, Dublin, and Ireland’s Wicklow and Cork County.Yeoh Oon Jin, former executive chairman of PwC Singapore, will be stepping down as SLA board chairman on July 31. Yeoh has been a member of the board since August 2016, and during his tenure, he has been a strong advocate for the adaptive reuse of state properties for social and community purposes. This includes the transformation of heritage buildings like the Former St. Andrew’s Mission Hospital into vibrant community and lifestyle clusters.Under Yeoh’s leadership, SLA was elected co-chair of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management. He also oversaw the implementation of the updated National Geospatial Masterplan, which has been instrumental in making Singapore a geo-enabled country. Yeoh has also played a key role in developing the Digital Conveyancing Portal, which has modernized the traditional paper-based conveyancing process into a more efficient and digital system.
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