Ex-national swimmer, conservation scientist among 9 new NMPs

SMU Dean of the School of Economics Professor Hoon Hian Teck is one of the nine new Nominated MPs (NMPs) to be appointed from January 21. He said that he has always been fascinated with how Singapore managed to catch up with the US' standard of living. "Now, as a mature economy, there is a need to understand anew how to tackle new challenges and find new opportunities to deliver good jobs and good pay for our citizens," he said. He plans to speak about designing policy to achieve economic inclusion, which he believes is important to social cohesion and a political equilibrium.