About Gerald F. Pillay

Gerald @ Toa Payoh, 6 Aug 18

Faily & Affiliations

Birthplace Malacca (now Melaka, Malaysia), 2 Dec 1934.
Son of Francis Joseph Pillay (@ Odiang), of Chetty Malacca descent, and Janet Thomas
Family settled in Singapore, since 13 Apr 1949
Married to Mabel Pillay nee Narayanasamy, on 6 Feb 1962
Two sons, Leslie Francis (b 1963) married to Deirdre Goh, and Carl Jeffrey (b 1964) married to Sharon Grace Loh. Latter have one son Christian Lowen Pillay (b 2006)
Roman Catholic, Singapore citizen.

Education

Yock Bin Chinese School, Malacca 1943-45
St Francis’ Institution, Malacca 1941, 1946-49
St Joseph’s Institution, Singapore 1949-53
University of Malaya, Singapore 1953-57. University Scholar, Economics Book Prize 1956, BA Hons Geography Upper II, 1957

Career

Singapore Adminsitrativie Service 1957 – 1974
ITB and VITB, predecessors of Institute of Technical Education, ITE) 1974-1989, retired as Deputy Director (Dy CEO) after 33 years in public service
Principal and Sole Proprietor, GFP Consultancy, 1989- 2006. Retired after 17 years’ private practice in International TVET Consultancy.
G. F. Pillay CV_May 2020(click)

Others

Captain, Singapore Royal Artillery (Volunteers) SRA(V) and Aide-de-Camp (Extra) to Tun Yusof Ishak , Yang di Pertuan Negara, (Head of State) Singapore, 1961-64.
Lion, 1973 – 2008. Twice Club President and four times Cabinet Officer in Lions Clubs International Distict 308 A1 and predecessors
Secretary, Catholic Aids Response Effort (CARE), 2007 -2010.
Honorary Adviser, Peranakan Indian (Chitty Melaka) Association Singapore, 2016-

Current Activities

Internet research, see Publications.

THIS BLOG UPDATED 15 Dec 2021

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