Michael Fam Yue Onn | |||||||||
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Chairman of the Housing and Development Board | |||||||||
In office 2 April 1975 – 1 August 1983 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Lee Hee Seng | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Hsuan Owyang | ||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||
Born | Sandakan, North Borneo | 13 January 1927||||||||
Died | 27 December 2014 Singapore | (aged 87)||||||||
Spouse | Dulcie Shem (m. 1951) | ||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||
Alma mater | University of Western Australia (BEng) St. Andrew's School | ||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 範佑安 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 范佑安 | ||||||||
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Michael Fam Yue Onn DUNU DUBC PJG BBM (13 January 1927 – 27 December 2014) was a former Singaporean civil engineer and businessman. He is known for leading the team to complete the S$5 billion North–South and East–West Mass Rapid Transit lines two years ahead of schedule and within budget.[1]
He was active in the public service and publicly-listed companies, serving as chairman of the Housing and Development Board (1975–1983), Fraser and Neave (1983–2007), the Public Transport Council (1987–1989), Cold Storage (1988),[2][3] Centrepoint Properties (1990–2001),[4][5][6] Asia Pacific Breweries (1990–2008) and Singapore Airlines (1998–2001),[7][8] and founding chairman of Nanyang Technological Institute (1981–1993) and the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (1983–1991).[9] Fam also held directorships in OCBC Bank (1989–2001),[10][11] Straits Times Press Group (1974–1984) and Singapore Press Holdings (1984–2004).[12][13][14]