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Speech By President Tony Tan At The Appreciation Dinner For Mr Wong Ngit Liong, Former Chairman, NUS

Published: 26 January 2017

Good evening. I am pleased to join the NUS community this evening to pay tribute to Mr Wong Ngit Liong, who has helmed the National University of Singapore for 12 years, from 2004 to 2016.

Under his strong leadership and vision, NUS was transformed during that period from a respected local teaching institution dedicated to manpower development into a leading global university that is widely regarded as among the best in the world for scholarship and research. In many ways, Ngit Liong - or 'NL' as he is fondly known - embodies the best qualities that we see in NUS today. A stellar student, NL was known to top his cohort in school in Malaysia. He graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Malaya, and went on to obtain a Master in Electronics Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in the US, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. NL also holds an MBA with distinction from McGill University under the Canadian Commonwealth Fellowship. He clearly saw the value of a global education.

Read full article: Public Now, January 26, 2017

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