Veritas Singapura
As the official club of Harvard alumni in Singapore, the objective of the Harvard University Association of Alumni in Singapore (HUAAS) is to advance the mutual welfare of Harvard University and its alumni in Singapore. Our motto is “Veritas Singapura” combining the ethos of our alma mater and referencing the national anthem of Singapore. The association’s activity will be focused on three areas: Programming, Outreach, and Structure.
Rebecca WOO, AB ’89, President (Term Ending 2021)
Andrew NAI, GMP ’14, Treasurer (Term Ending 2020)
Allen Chu, AB ‘92, Secretary (Term Ending 2021)
En-Ming ONG, AB ’11, Member (Term Ending 2021)
“KC” CHEW Kheng Chuan, AB ’82, Member (Term Ending 2021)
Michael KOH, MDes ’93, Member (Term Ending 2020)
Nadine YAP, AB ’92, AM ’95, Member (Term Ending 2021)
Stephen JACOB, MPP ’00 , Member (Term Ending 2021)
Titus YONG, EdM ’03, Member (Term Ending 2020)
Photo credit Russell Wong Special tour of GUO PEI: CHINESE ART & COUTURE (meet at ACM lobby 6:30 pm on 2 Aug 2019) Guo Pei is China’s leading couturière – high fashion designer and dressmaker. Elements of the historical appear in Guo Pei’s contemporary designs, sometimes retaining their meanings, sometimes adapted to suit her desires. Every Guo Pei dress tells a story – about legends and fairytales, imperial culture, nature, even life itself. Her designs reflect her Beijing childhood, overseas…
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A very successful inaugural Ivy League Ball in Singapore!! We held our own in both table decorations and the fight song rendition … looking forward to the next one in 2019!
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HUAAS had a very successful joint panel discussion with the Columbia University Club of Singapore and our gracious hosts the SP Jain School of Global Management. We thank our panelists from Columbia: Brian O’Dwyer, Wendy Goh & Tang T. Heng, and Harvard: CJ Meadows – who collectively provoked and challenged the incumbent concepts of education and proposed different alternative...
Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival for the Kids!!HUAAS VP Rebecca Woo hosted some HUAAS & HBS Club families to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with moon-cake making, bubbles, paper lantern-making and the final lighting of lanterns of all shapes and sizes – dragons, rabbits, pandas, chickens, butterflies – whilst looking for the full moon in the Singapore sky, all the kids left happily...
HUAAS members and friends were privy to a bespoke guided tour of the special Angkor exhibition at the ACM where highlights from the Guimet Museum were shown; some of which had never before been brought outside of France. We had an incredibly knowledgeable docent as a guide who really made the exhibition come alive. Many thanks to the staff at the ACM for making the arrangements!
Aug 28: Where to Find Value in Fintech? The discussion was very lively that evening at The Straits Clan, with over 60 in the audience. Panelists Pietro Ventani of APP Advisors (Harvard MBA ‘93), Neil Davidson of Coda Payments (Harvard AB ‘03, MBA ‘09) and Chandrima Das of Bento – spoke about their own experiences, what major trends they felt would drive the industry longer term, the...
The Harvard Prize Book has been presented annually to deserving high school students since 1910. Students from nearly 2,000 high schools all over the world are recipients of the Prize Book, including the US, the UK, China, Taiwan, India, Croatia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. HUAAS has decided to participate in this tradition starting this year. Invitations have been sent to local pre...
Dear Alumni, It is hard to believe that just over a year ago we were celebrating Your Harvard: Singapore. Since then it has been great to witness how our alumni community in the country has grown even stronger thanks to the work of our officially recognized Clubs, the Harvard University Association of Alumni in Singapore (HUAAS) and the Harvard Business School Club of Singapore (HBSCS)...
As you are aware, in November 2014, an organization called Students for Fair Admissions sued Harvard, alleging that our alma mater discriminates against Asian-Americans and seeking to stop Harvard College and other colleges from using a diverse admissions process that considers the candidate holistically. The following is a message from our President Drew Faust regarding the upcoming lawsuit...
An appeal from the President of one of our fellow Ivy League Alumni Associations – John Tsai of the Penn and Wharton Club of Singapore: Eastspring Investments, the Asian asset management business of Prudential plc, is looking to hire a few summer interns for its Equity team. Candidates must be Singaporean citizens currently enrolled in university and available to work in Singapore over the...
HUAAS would like to warmly congratulate the HBS club of Singapore on their newly elected officers for 2018/19: Management Committee: • President: Stan Furman, MBA 2005 • Vice-President: Fatima Khan, MBA 2011 • Secretary: Leonard Opitz Stornes, AMP180, 2011 • Treasurer: Hanli Mangun, MBA 2009 Board Members: • Shyam Prasad Baddepudi, AMP181, 2011 • Blair Bryant, MBA 1978 • Gurmukh Singh Chabbra...