SINGAPORE - Public Transport Council chairman and retired senior district judge Richard Magnus"poured heart and soul" into the many public service responsibilities he accepted, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday .died of a heart attack on Monday."He was a colleague and friend for over 40 years, ever since we served together in the Ministry of Defence in the early 1980s, he as director legal services and I in the general staff," said PM Lee.
"He told me how much he enjoyed his public service, which gave him the opportunity to interact with a wide range of public officers and share his experience with a younger generation," said PM Lee. He worked closely with then Chief Justice Yong Pung How to modernise and tighten up the Subordinate Courts, noted PM Lee.After retiring from the judiciary in 2008, Mr Magnus went on to hold leadership roles in public service.