Tag: 2014

REACH: Dialogue Session with Minister Grace Fu

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REACH

Dialogue Session with Minister Grace Fu

Date: Wednesdday, 29th January 2014

Venue: Reading Room, Tembusu College

Time: 7 pm – 8.30 pm (Registration and buffet dinner starts at 6.15pm)

Minister Grace Fu

Minister, Prime Minister’s Office,

Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs

Come join us for an informal chat session on the topics of population with Minister Grace Fu on 29th January.

Minister Grace Fu began her career with the Overseas Union Bank as an Auditor and worked in corporate planning, financial control and business development positions in the Haw Par Group. Prior to joining politics in 2006, she held the appointment of CEO, PSA South East Asia and Japan.

In August 2006, Ms Fu was appointed Minister of State for National Development and Education in 2008. in 2011, Ms Fu was appointed Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, and the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.

On 1 August 2012, Ms Fu was promoted to MInister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for the Environment and Waster Resources, and for Foreign Affairs.

for more information and enquiries on the event, please sms/ call HP:96755154

Register at Tembusu.nus.edu.sg now!

 

Due to unforseen circumstances Minister Fu is no longer able to chair this event.

New Chair will be Ms Ngiam Siew Ying, Director of the Policy & Planning Directorate, National Population and Talent Division (NPTD).

In Conversation with Prof. Tommy Koh

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IN CONVERSATION WITH TOMMY KOH

Date: Monday, January 20,2014

Time: 5pm to 6pm

Tembusu College. NUS and World Scientific Publishing Company are proud to present “In Conversation with Tommy Koh “. Join Tembusu College Rector Professor Tommy Koh in an exclusive dialogue session on his new book, The Tommy Koh Reader, Favourite Essays and Lectures. Listen to student Rachel Wong Jin Hui and Vinod Ashvin Ravi engage Professor Koh on wide ranging topics such as the arts, culture, environment, diplomacy etc. as well as the major influences throughout his illustrious academic and diplomatics career.

Have your copy of The Tommy Koh Reader autographed by the author himself, at the end of the session.

The dialogue will be moderated by Assoc. Prof. Gregory Clancey, Master , Tembusu College.

To register, please email: clye@wspc.com.sg

About Professor Tommy Koh

As one of Singaporean’s renowned and celebrated public figures, Professor Tommy Koh is recognised for his meritorious public service and achievements. He has been conferred many honours both locally and internationally, including the recent “Harvard’s Great Negotiator Award 2013.” Professor Tommy Koh is the inaugural Rector of Tembusu College, NUS

About The Tommy Koh Reader: Favourite Essay and Lectures

The Tommy Koh Reader: Favourite Essay and Lectures is a rich collection of Professor Koh’s favourite essays and lectures, and provides insight into his academic and diplomatics career. THis volume includes 96 memorable photographs and his essays on diplomacy, international law, art, culture, heritage, nature and environmental issues

Master’s Tea with Shunji Matsuo

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Tembusu College Master’s Tea

Shunji Matsuo

10am, Wednesday

22nd January 2014

Master’s Common Lounge,

Level 3, Residential Block

Refreshments will be served.

Only 30 seats available!

Please sign up at dev-tembusu-nus.pantheonsite.io

Film crew from NHK Japan will be filming this tea!

Celebrity hair stylist Shunji Matsuo has over 40 years of international hair-styling experience gained from working in the major fashion capitals of Japan, Europe and the United States. Shunji’s expertise and reputation as a celebrity stylist has been built on the international fashion circuit, where his creative hairstyles have been featured on the top fashion runways and fashion magazines. Shunji Matsuo has made his mark on the hairstyling scene with 15 hair salons around the region in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia.

Master’s Tea with Ambassador Takaaki Kojima

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Tembusu College Master’s Tea

Ambassador Takaaki Kojima

3pm, Thursday

23rd January 2014

Master’s Common Lounge,

Level 3, Residential Block

Refreshments will be served.

Only 30 seats available!

Please register at dev-tembusu-nus.pantheonsite.io

Ambassador Takaaki Kojima was born in 1947. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Tokyo University in1970 and his BAchelor of Laws Degree from Cambridge University in 1974. He joined the Japanese Diplomatic Service in 1971. He took on the roles of Councillor at the Japanese Embassy in China from 1989 to 1992, and Minister at the Japanese Embassy in the United Kingdom between 1992 and 1995. From 2001 to 2002, he served as Minister at the Japanese Embassy in the United States of America, and later became the Director General for Intelligence and Analysis at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan from 2002 to 2004.

Ambassador Kojima was posted to Singapore from 2004 to 2007 and serve as the Ambassador to Australia from 2007 to 2010. He was the Ambassador in charge of counter terrorism cooperation between 2010 and 2011. Active also in academia, Ambassador Kojima was a Fellow at the Wetherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, from 2001 to 2002. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.