About the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers

The IRSE is the professional institution for all those engaged in, or associated with, railway signalling, telecommunications and allied professions and is active in the UK, Europe and world-wide. Founded in 1912, the Institution aims to advance, for the public benefit, the science and practice of signalling and telecommunications engineering within the industry and to maintain high standards of knowledge of the profession amongst the membership.

The Singaporean Section of the IRSE is registered with the Singapore Registry of Societies. The registration number is 1068/2005 and it was registered on 22/9/2005. It is registered as "Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (Singaporean Section)".

Committee Members

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Name	Poistion Held	Contact Details
Ian Tomlins MIRSE	Chairman	Tel: +65 6741 3280
Russell Shield MIRSE	Vice-Chairman / Treasurer	Tel: +65 9755 7728
Martin White MIRSE	Secretary	Tel: +65 6295 7876
Toh Kim Toon AMIRSE	Committee Member	Tel: +65 6295 7868
Tom Khella MIRSE	Event Co-Ordinator	Tel: +65 9663 1019
Mark Appleyard MIRSE	Committee Member	Tel: +65 6413 2400
Norman Grady	Committee Member	Tel: +65 6389 1052

History

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Philippe Hartheiser initially held a meeting in Singapore on the 18th November 2004 to discuss the possibility of setting up a local section of the IRSE.

That meeting led to the formation of a provisional committee with the remit to seek permission from the IRSE UK Council and to register the section with the Singaporean government.

The provisional officers were Phillipe Hartheiser (Chairman), Ian Tomlins (Vice Chairman / Secretary) and David Quastel (Treasurer).

The IRSE (Singaporean Section) was subsequently formed in 2005 and was registered in Singapore by the Singapore Registry of Societies on 22/9/2005. It is registered as the "Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (Singaporean Section)" and the registration number is 1068/2005.

The officials were Phillipe Hartheiser (Chairman), Ian Tomlins (Vice Chairman), Julian Danton (Secretary) and David Quastel (Treasurer).

In the same year the Singaporean Section jointly organised, with the Australian Section, the very ambitious and successful  2½ day inaugural Convention "Embracing the Technologies".

Past Committee Members

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Name	Position Held	Date
Phillipe Harteiser	Chairman	2005	Founder and Inaugural Chairman
Julian Danton	Secretary	2005-2006	Inaugral Secretary
David Quastel	Treasurer	2005-2007	Inaugral Treasurer