President Tan honoured for promoting Singapore as a global research hub!!!!!

[Confuseous]

LINDAU (Germany) - For many years, President Tony Tan Keng Yam has been actively involved in Singapore's education and research fields, either through his role as Education Minister or as founding chairman of the National Research Foundation.

Yesterday, for his efforts to promote Singapore as a global research hub, Dr Tan was inducted into a select group of individuals who have contributed greatly to the scientific and research world.

He is one of two individuals, the other being Professor Ferdinand K. K. Piech, chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Group, who became part of the Honorary Senate of the Foundation Lindau Nobelprizewinners Meetings.

The Honorary Senate brings in key individuals from science, politics and business and its list of members includes Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Senate advises the Lindau Foundation on the Nobel Laureate meetings.

Dr Tan is the first Singaporean and only the second Asian to be inducted to the Senate, after Thailand's Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn in 2010.

 

[makapaaa]

The FAP deserves top honour when it comes to giving away free scholarships (with living allowance thrown in) at the expenses of SGs. The name of this honour can be along the line of 'Best Traitor Award', etc.

 

[Prometheus888]

more like he's an ah long going there to lend our sinkies money to Europe.....better pray that the EU doesnt fall aprt or we follow them chui......

 

[steffychun]

35% President.

 

[sawadeecup]

So NUS got produce any Nobel prize winners?

 

[Force 136]

IN RETURN WE GOT TO GIVE THE BEGGARS OF EUROPE $4 BILLION....... as part of IMF rescue fund....

Fark lah..... tell the bugger to return to award and give me back my money.....

 

[Cruxx]

Can't blame the ang mohs. Many of whom don't even know where Singapore is. All they have are the fabrications and misrepresentations presented to them by the PAPzis which they accept out of a combination of good faith and apathy.

 

[BuriramUnitedFC]

shouldn't the FIRST be someone else?