Shengwu was chosen over a PAP NUS Prof.
In addition to the winner, this year’s shortlist was:
Chew, Soo Hong, Bin Miao, and Songfa Zhong. "Partial ambiguity." Econometrica 85.4 (2017): 1239-1260.
http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/ecs/people/profile/ecscsh.html
NUS sucks man!