New Communications and Information Minister Josephine Teo to counter fake news, speed up digital transformation

Josephine Teo is also Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative. ST ILLUSTRATION: CHNG CHOON HIONG
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SINGAPORE - Mrs Josephine Teo, 52, takes over from Mr S. Iswaran as the new Minister for Communications and Information and the Minister-in-charge of the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore.

She is also Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative, taking over from Dr Vivian Balakrishnan.

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