Scaling New Heights in a Changed World
30 October 2009
Our world is changing rapidly and profoundly. As our Prime Minister, Mr Lee Hsien Loong noted in his speech to Parliament on 29 May, "After this crisis, the world is not going to be the same again. It’s not just another cyclical downturn and recovery. The world's economy is undergoing a structural shift."
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Official Opening of 54-56 Jln Tun Tan Cheng Lock
26 September 2009
Thank you very much for joining us today on this special and happy occasion – the official opening of Townhouses Numbers 54 and 56 at Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock.
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Green Carnival 2009 - NUS Fights Climate Change: What About You?
7-8 September 2009
Good morning and thank you for joining us at the opening of NUS’ Green Carnival 2009. I am happy to see so many of you here today. In particular, I wish to thank Dr Amy Khor for gracing this occasion.
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World Dental Education Society - FDI Cheque Presentation Ceremony
4 September 2009
Good afternoon. Thank you very much for inviting me to join you for this important event. On behalf of the National University of Singapore, I would like to extend our sincere best wishes and to all our friends from abroad, a very warm welcome to Singapore.
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Gaining, Giving, Growing
03 August 2009
Freshmen of 2009, my warmest welcome to the NUS family! My colleagues and I are looking forward to the new energy and fresh voices that you bring, adding to the vibrancy of our campus.
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Shaping Our Future, Celebrating Our Past
17 July 2009
What a Commencement this has been! The "Liveliness index" was certainly very high - led by the Social Work graduating class which cheered almost continuously for each other.
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New Alumni Welcome Lunch 2009
11 July 2009
Fellow alumni, colleagues, students and friends, Class of 2009, Congratulations! It is with great pleasure that I welcome you as NUS alumni. You are now part of our extended family of over 196,000 alumni members spread around the world. This is a ready-made global network to which you, our alumni have automatic membership.
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Main Commencement Ceremony
06 July 2009
Graduating class of 2009, my warmest congratulations on this special day! As NUS students, you enriched our campus with your vigour, passion and idealism. As NUS graduates, you bring that same energy and talent, that same youthful optimism to Singapore and to society.
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BTC Alumni Reunion
08 July 2009
I am delighted that so many of you are able to join us this afternoon for the Bukit Timah Campus Reunion. Today’s event is triply auspicious.
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ICMAT & IUMRS-ICA 2009 Closing Ceremony
03 July 2009
Allow me to first warmly welcome all of you to the Closing Ceremony of the combined meeting of the 2009 International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT) and the International Union of Materials Research Societies’ International Conference in Asia (IMURS-ICA).
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Opening of the Investigational Medicine Unit National University Health System
25 June 2009
Over the past 10 years, biomedical sciences R&D in Singapore has made dramatic progress. Today, we have a critical mass of excellent basic biomedical science researchers and state-of-the-art infrastructure.
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Launch of NUS-GE Singapore Water Technology Centre
22 June 2009
Welcome to the National University of Singapore and to the launch of the NUS-GE Singapore Water Technology Centre. I am pleased that we are able to hold this event in our new NUS T-Lab Building, which will be officially opened next year, after all the research units have fully moved in.
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Germany, France and Singapore: Together for Green Innovation
22 June 2009
I am delighted to join you for the Workshop on Industrial Water Management: "Germany, France and Singapore: Together for Green Innovation".
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