SMRT on track for better journeys ahead: Kuek

In an e-mail to staff yesterday, outgoing SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek thanked them for helping to transform the company.
In an e-mail to staff yesterday, outgoing SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek thanked them for helping to transform the company.
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SMRT's outgoing chief executive Desmond Kuek sent a heartfelt farewell e-mail to staff yesterday, giving them "full credit" for helping to transform the company, and taking responsibility for "the times we fell along the way".

In an e-mail sent out at around 11.10am, Mr Kuek said he has had a "most meaningful and memorable journey". "It has been my privilege to have served alongside you, and to have had the honour of leading the company through this critical period of transformation and system renewal," he wrote.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 19, 2018, with the headline SMRT on track for better journeys ahead: Kuek. Subscribe