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Mr Wong Cheong Fook DavidChairman, Board of Governors
The Academic Year 2022/23 has been a great year for the RP community. I sincerely thank and congratulate the management team for their dedication, diligence, and wisdom in moving RP progressively forward through a challenging period of uncertainty and change.
The team successfully navigated the polytechnic through the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and transformed these uncertainties into opportunities for growth and development. As a result, RP is better prepared for the future and the opportunities that lie in front of us.
We celebrated our 20th Anniversary in 2022, expressing our gratitude to all our stakeholders, and to all who have contributed so much to the RP success story over the years.
We owe an immense debt of gratitude to our former Principal & CEO, Mr Yeo Li Pheow. Under his leadership, RP sharpened its industry relevance and evolved into an institution of continuous learning, meeting the needs of both industry and students. We wish him the very best in his future endeavours.
We warmly welcome into our RP family, Ms Jeanne Liew who succeeds him. Jeanne brings with her, decades of experience and outstanding leadership in the polytechnic sector. With her steady hand on the tiller, I am confident that she will steer RP towards new heights of excellence and continue to enhance RP’s contributions to the industry, to the community, and to our students (both younger and older).
We also extend our heartfelt gratitude to outgoing Board member Mr Colin Goh, for his guidance and counsel. Our School of Technology and the Arts (STA) has progressed by leaps and bounds under his enthusiastic Chairmanship. In his place, we welcome Mr Freddie Yeo, a recognised veteran and thought leader in the media industry, who brings to our Board and STA, his vast industry connections and insights.
It is with a sense of satisfaction that I will step down from the Board in July 2023, having had a thoroughly fulfilling and enriching experience. I am sincerely grateful to the RP community, for the opportunity to make my contribution as Chairman, and for making me feel so much a part of the RP family. A big thank you to you, our staff, students, parents, alumni, advisory committee members, industry and community partners, and Board members for your support.
From August 2023, Mr Abel Ang will take over the helm as the new Chairman, and I am sure that all of you will extend the same warm welcome and support to him as I have enjoyed.