Observers had mixed reviews for outgoing SMRT chief executive Desmond Kuek, even as they were hopeful that his expected successor - former chief of defence force Neo Kian Hong - can hit the ground running.
Member of Parliament Cedric Foo, a former chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Transport, said: "I've worked with both men, and both are excellent, very focused in their tasks, and both are engineers.
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