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Ahmad bin Mohamed Mattar (born 13 August 1940) is a former Singaporean politician and member of the Cabinet.


Education

An alumnus of
Raffles Institution Raffles Institution (RI) is an independent educational institution in Singapore. Founded in 1823, it is the oldest school in the country. It provides secondary education for boys only from Year 1 to Year 4, and pre-university education for both b ...
, Ahmad graduated from the University of Singapore with a degree in physics in 1963. He completed his master's degree at the
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on a Colombo Plan scholarship and then his doctorate at the University of Singapore.


Career

He was a lecturer at Singapore Polytechnic and conducted the first large-scale study on the effects of traffic noise on housing estates; the study would later inform future legislations and studies on traffic noise. Ahmad was also the founding president of Mendaki (1982–1989), which was established to look into the educational and welfare needs of the Malay/Muslim community.


Political career

In 1972, he ran for the Leng Kee Single Member Constituency at the recommendation of Abdul Rahim Ishak, then the MP for Siglap SMC. From 1985 to 1995, he was appointed as the Minister for the Environment. During his tenure as the Minister for the Environment, he was known for tightening restrictions on the sale of aerosols containing CFCs and introducing the Corrective work order (CWO) to combat littering. He had intended to resign from Cabinet in 1991 but was persuaded to remain by newly elected Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. In 1996, he retired from politics and has largely kept a low profile.


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Ahmad Mattar
– Singapore Infopedia (
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) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmad, Mattar Living people 1940 births People's Action Party politicians Raffles Institution alumni Singaporean politicians of Malay descent Singaporean Muslims University of Singapore alumni Alumni of the University of Sheffield Environment ministers of Singapore Members of the Cabinet of Singapore Members of the Parliament of Singapore