SMU Provost and Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor of Social Sciences Lily Kong has been appointed to the Presidential Council for Religious Harmony, the President's Office announced in a news release today (Aug 18). Mr Eddie Teo, chairman of the Public Service Commission, has been appointed chairman of the Council. He will replace the existing chairman, Mr Goh Joon Seng, a retired Supreme Court judge and member of the Council of Presidential Advisers. The President's Office also listed the other members of the council, which starts a new three-year term from Sep 15 this year. The council gives advice to the Minister for Home Affairs on matters affecting the maintenance of religious harmony in Singapore which are referred to it by the minister or by Parliament.