Veteran diplomat and lawyer Tommy Koh to retire from foreign service, receives lifetime distinguished service award

Veteran diplomat and lawyer Professor Tommy Koh will retire from the foreign service at the end of August, following a 55-year career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).Announcing this in a Facebook post on Friday (Aug 7), Prof Koh recounted that he has served under every one of Singapore's seven post-independence foreign affairs ministers, starting from S. Rajaratnam.He described...