Overview
- His son confirmed he died on Jan 18, with his firm MORROW Architects & Planners also announcing his passing, and relatives said he was surrounded by family.
- As HDB’s design chief and later chief executive, he helped plan 20 of Singapore’s 24 new towns and oversaw about half of the nation’s more than one million public housing flats.
- He became URA chief planner and CEO in 1989, leading a major update to Singapore’s Concept Plan before leaving public service in 1992.
- He remained active internationally, founding MORROW in 2017, planning over 50 cities, and delivering projects such as Marina Bay Cruise Centre, the Weifang Arts and Cultural Centre, and Fuzhou’s Changle International Airport.
- Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and President Tharman Shanmugaratnam lauded his integrated town-building and conservation work, while peers noted he stayed publicly engaged into his 80s.