1980

National University of Singapore

Academic initiatives

• The School of Postgraduate Management Studies was established to offer the Masters of Business Administration programme.
• A new postgraduate degree in Building Science was introduced.

Other developments

• The Singapore government announced the National University of Singapore Act, approving the merger of University of Singapore and Nanyang University to form the National University of Singapore. Dr Tony Tan was appointed the first Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Singapore.
• The Halls of Residence, Kent Ridge Hall and Raffles Hall, were opened.
• The Faculty of Accountancy and Business Administration was formed with the merger of Nanyang University and the University of Singapore.

Benefactions

Donations below $10,000 for the academic year 1979 to 1980 amounted to $256,570.43. 

Donations of $10,000 and more for the academic year 1979 to 1980 came from the World Health Organization ($926,282.56), the Singapore Turf Club ($848,060), China Medical Board ($717,630), Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation ($595,247), Ministry of Education ($385,000), Lee Foundation ($198,716.50), Ministry of Overseas Development ($131,223.80), The Shaw Foundation ($127,671.75), Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple ($100,000), Ministry of Science and Technology ($98,990), UNESCO ($33,459.51), International Development Research Centre ($25,484.80), Nestle’s Products (M) Ltd. ($25,000), Upjohn Company ($22,611.07), the Ford Foundation ($21,548.85), Singapore Cancer Society ($20,000), Singapore Offshore Petroleum Services Pte Ltd ($20,000), Siftung Volkswagenwerk ($19,760.16), Academy of Medicine ($12,500), the Diabetic Society of Singapore ($10,615), Emeritus Professor Kiang Ai Kim ($10,000), Ministry of Health ($10,000), the University of Singapore Society ($10,000) and an anonymous donor ($360,000). These donations amounted to $4,729,801.

Benefactions below $10,000 received from organizations and individuals for the period 1 July 1980 to 30 June 1981 amounted to $236,984.17. 

Donors of $10,000 or more received by the University during the same period included: Singapore Turf Club ($2,036,486), the Shaw Foundation Pte. Ltd. ($1,607,500), the World Health Organization ($771,120.11), Mr Khoo Teck Puat ($750,000), Lee Foundation ($372,470), Kwn Im Thong Hood Co Temple ($202,000), Asia Motor Co. Pte. Ltd. ($150,000), Ministry of Trade and Industry ($130,054.10), the International Development Research Centre ($124,164.50), the China Medical Board ($84,999.57), Stiftung Volkswagenwerk ($80,641.58), Guan Realty Pte. Ltd. ($50,000), Hong Leong Co. Pte. Ltd. ($50,000), Hong Leong Holdings Ltd. ($50,000), Hong Leong Finance Ltd. ($50,000), Prima Ltd. ($50,000), Sanyo Industries (S) Pte. Ltd. ($50,000), The Tanjkakji Trust ($50,000), the late Mdm Low Tuan ($35,000), the Estate of Pestonji Burjorji ($35,000), the Academy of Medicine ($25,392.56), the Ministry of Overseas Development ($21,154.23), the Upjohn Co. ($20,826.83), the Reuben Meyer Trust Fund ($20,000), Singapore Offshore Petroleum Services Pte. Ltd. ($18,000), Hitachi Consumer Products (S) Pte. Ltd. ($16,550), Hokkien Foundation Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan ($16,000), Pesi B Davar Memorial Charitable and Educational Trust Fund ($15,000), the Estate of Seow Tiong Lin ($10,319.85), Harvard Yenching Institute ($10,319.85), Sir Percy McNeice and Lady Yuen Peng McNeice ($10,000), Mitsumi Co (Pte) Ltd. ($10,000), Singapore Cancer Society ($!0,000), the University of Singapore Society ($10,000) and Yuasa Battery Singapore Co. Pte. Ltd. ($10,000). These donations amounted to $6,957,679.33.