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Meet the man behind Singapore’s reserves

Bryan Wu and Felicia Tan
Bryan Wu and Felicia Tan • 18 min read
Meet the man behind Singapore’s reserves
The long-time former chief investment officer (CIO) at GIC believes that he can contribute further to serving the people through this role. Photo: Albert Chua/The Edge Singapore
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Ng Kok Song helped build the country’s savings. Now, he wants to be its guardian

At the start of next month, 75-year-old Ng Kok Song will contest for the position of Singapore’s next President to safeguard the nation’s reserves. The long-time former chief investment officer (CIO) at GIC believes that he can contribute further to serving the people through this role.

“Now that I’ve retired from public service, I feel I can make one more contribution to serve the people of Singapore: To safeguard the reserves which I helped to build up from my work at GIC,” says Ng in an interview with The Edge Singapore.

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