Former transport minister appointed as Singapore’s ambassador to Japan

SINGAPORE, June 1 (Xinhua) — Singapore has appointed former transport minister Lui Tuck Yew as Singapores ambassador to Japan, said Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in a press statement on Thursday.

Lui served as the Minister for Transport from 2011 to 2015 and concurrently Second Minister for Defence in 2015.

He left politics in 2015 amid public anger over frequent MRT breakdowns and disruption in July 2015. Enditem