Wee Kim Wee

1985 - 1993

Education

• Raffles Institution

Career

• 1930 Joined the Straits Times and began a long career in journalism
• 1941 Joined the United Press Association. After the war in 1945, he rejoined the company and was appointed chief correspondent
  and bureau manager for Singapore
• 1959 Joined the Straits Times as Deputy Editor (Singapore)
• 1973-80 High Commissioner to Malaysia
• 1978-80 Dean, Diplomatic Corps, Kuala Lumpur
• 1980-84 Ambassador to Japan
• 1981-84 Concurrently, Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
• 1984-85 Chairman, Singapore Broadcasting Corporation
• 1985-93 President, Republic of Singapore
• Chancellor, National University of Singapore

Offices held

• Justice of Peace
• Chairman, Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association
• Exco Member, Singapore Council of Social Service
• Deputy Registrar of Marriages
• Board Director, Liang Court Holdings
• President, Singapore Badminton Association
• Vice-President, Badminton Association of Malaya
• Rent Control Board
• Film Appeal Committee
• Land Acquisition Board
• Board of Visiting Justices
• National Theatre Trust
• Singapore Broadcasting Corporation

Honours

• 1963 Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Star)
• 1966 Justice of the Peace
• 1979 Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal)
• 1993 Darjah Utama Temasek (Order of Temasek, First Class)
• Hon. Member, Singapore Recreation Club
• Hon. Knight Grand Cross of the Bath
• Hon. Doctor of Letters (National University of Singapore)
• Special award for distinguished service to journalism presented by the Singapore Press Club