SINGAPORE: More than 6,000 people are on the National Day Awards list this year, with four individuals getting the Distinguished Service Order (Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang). The full list was announced on the Prime Minister's Office's website on Wed
Professor Tan Tai Yong will be stepping down as president of Yale-NUS College after completing his full five-year term of appointment at the end of this academic year, and Professor Joanne Roberts has been appointed to serve as president of the college beginning July 1, 2022, according to the college’s governing board.
Alleged links to Myanmar s military
The Change.org petition has garnered slightly more than 2,230 signatures as of Wednesday afternoon, May 5, which is a few hundred signatures away from its target of 2,500.
The group pointed out that Kuok, who is the niece of Malaysia s richest man Robert Kuok, is the director of Traders Square, the developer of Myanmar s Sule Square mall and office tower.
Petition calling on @yalenus to remove Kay Kuok Oon Kwong from Yale-NUS Board unless she ends biz w/ Myanmar army up to 1,000 signatures! ✊ Retweet, share, sign. Tell Yale-NUS to take immediate action! https://t.co/uTVfMYcSMD#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#Apr23Coup#Myanmar Justice For Myanmar (@JusticeMyanmar) April 23, 2021