The Tembusu (Fagraea fragrans) is a large evergreen tree in the family Gentianaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia. Its trunk is dark brown, with deeply fissured bark, looking somewhat like a bittergourd. It grows in an irregular shape from 10 to 25m high. Its leaves are light green and oval in shape. Its yellowish flowers have a distinct fragrance and the fruits of the tree are bitter tasting red berries, which are eaten by birds and fruit bats. Source: Tembusu, Wikipedia
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Master’s Tea with Mr. Malminder Singh

19 Feb 2014 | 3:00 pm |
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Tembusu College Master’s Tea

Mr Malminder Singh

3pm, Wednesday

19th Feb 2014

Master’s Common Lounge,

Level 3, Residential Block

Refreshments will be served.

Only 30 seats available!

Please sign up at tembusu.nus.edu.sg

Mr Malminderjit Singh is a Correspondent with the Business Times newspaper where he writes on a wide range of topics including economics, international affairs, public policy, shipping & marine, entrepreneurship and on SMEs. Prior to this, he was an Assistant Director (Trade Division) at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, where he worked on Singapore’s economic and trade relations within ASEAN and with its dialogue partners. He has also worked at the Institute of South Asian Studies where, as a Research Associate, he developed expertise in India’s foreign and economic policies.

Malminderjit dedicates a significant portion of his time to public service. He serves on the Fourth PAP Policy Forum Council as its Chairman, and is currently the President of the Youth Sikh Association (Singapore) and the Secretary of the Sikh Advisory Board. Further, he is actively involved in the wider Indian community and serves on the Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) Youth Club’s Executive Committee as its Vice Chairman and on the Singapore Indian Education Trust’s Youth Committee (Connexus), where he has led a project team on the development of their eMentoring Programme. Malminderjit is also involved as a working group member to two government steering committees – Strengthening National Service and Racial and Religious Harmony.

Malminderjit has contributed a chapter on comparative youth activism in a book published by the Association of Muslim Professionals. He was also the Lead Writer for the Action Community for Entrepreneurship’s (ACE) recommendations on Entrepreneurship to the Economic Strategies Committee in 2009. He has been recognized for his achievements by a fdew organizations and most recently by the BMW Foundation, which invited him to join their prestigious international community of young leaders as a Fellow with the BMW Foundation Asia-Europe Young Leaders.