SINGAPORE — Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB) is set for a leadership change, with NTUC Enterprise chairman Tan Hee Teck taking over as chairman from Oct. 1, 2026, as the country continues to expand its focus on preventive healthcare and healthier living.
Tan will succeed Wong Kim Yin, who has chaired HPB since April 2024. According to the Ministry of Health (MOH) and HPB, Tan’s three-year appointment will run from Oct. 1, 2026, through Sept. 30, 2029. Wong will retire from the HPB board on Sept. 30.
Tan has been an HPB board member since April 2026. He also serves as president of the Singapore National Employers Federation and chairs NTUC Enterprise, giving him experience across business, community and public-sector initiatives. He previously served as chairman and chief executive of Resorts World Sentosa and as chief executive of Genting Singapore.
A Broader Health Agenda
Tan takes over at a time when Singapore’s health strategy increasingly emphasizes prevention rather than treatment alone.
HPB is a statutory board under Singapore’s Ministry of Health responsible for national health-promotion and disease-prevention programmes, including nutrition, physical activity, mental well-being, health screening and tobacco control.
His appointment comes as HPB works alongside broader national initiatives such as Healthier SG, Age Well SG and Grow Well SG. MOH and HPB said Tan will provide strategic guidance as the board advances these health-promotion efforts.
Wong Kim Yin’s HPB Legacy
Wong became HPB chairman on April 1, 2024, succeeding Philip Lee. His tenure included efforts to reduce sodium consumption, expand lower-sodium food options and develop partnerships with technology and healthcare companies to support people at risk of, or living with, chronic conditions.
HPB also expanded the role of its Healthy 365 mobile application during Wong’s chairmanship, transforming it from a primarily step-tracking platform into a more personalized health app. CNA reported that the platform had nearly 900,000 active monthly users.
The transition therefore comes with continuity as well as a change in leadership: Tan inherits an agency already deeply involved in Singapore’s nationwide preventive-health ecosystem.
What Comes Next
With Tan beginning his three-year term on Oct. 1, attention will turn to how HPB develops its health-promotion programmes and partnerships across Singapore.
The leadership change also highlights the growing importance of prevention, healthy lifestyles and community-based interventions as Singapore addresses chronic disease and an ageing population.
For Singapore residents, the work of HPB increasingly reaches into everyday life — from food choices and physical activity to health screening and digital tools designed to encourage healthier habits.
The next chapter for HPB begins Oct. 1, with Tan Hee Teck taking the helm of one of Singapore’s key agencies for preventive health.
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