
We had the opportunity to host Prof Michael Szonyi at a small group event, put together at short notice, the evening of June 6.
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)
Titus YONG, EdM ’03, Vice President (Term Ending 2020)
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)
Group Tour at the Private Museum A small but intimate artist walk through at The Private Museum on May 4 had alumni from Harvard, MIT, Oxbridge, and Stanford in attendance. The two local artists – Madhvi Subrahmanian and Nandita Mukand spent over an hour discussing their work with us, their inspirations and creative processes, and graciously engaged in dialogue with everyone...
HUAAS hosted our AGM and 2nd annual dinner on March 29, 2019, again generously hosted by Resorts World Sentosa at the Equarious Hotel. GOH Tharman. Outgoing President KC Chew and incoming President Rebecca Woo The AGM Underway The 200+ attendees were treated to a sumptuous Chinese dinner, but the highlights were clearly the Guest of Honor – DPM Tharman – who spoke on his views of the...
Dear Members, Elections are 7 days away ! Below are the candidacy statements we have received (omitting one withdrawal of candidacy). Over the next few days, we will be providing you with more information about the candidates. Watch this space ! Candidate for President Rebecca Woo (AB ‘89) I, Rebecca Woo, have been the Vice President of HUAAS for the last two years, and with the current President...
The Annual General Meeting this year is happening on 29 March 2019 at Resorts World Sentosa.
We hereby notify all members interested in running for a leadership position to submit their interest by midnight SGT 26 February 2018 here: goo.gl/forms/AbIPADenKict54AW2
The following positions are up for election: President, Secretary, and 2 at-large Committee members.
The Young Harvard Alumni panel event “Back in Singapore and Following their Passions” brought together a wonderful group of alumni and Prize Book recipients at the iPreciation gallery on the evening of Jan 24, 2019. We were fortunate enough to have Vincent Leow, a pre-eminent Singapore artist, to give a quick walk through and talk of his artwork as well. The panelists shared their different...
Global Networking Night Singapore was organised by the HUAAS and held at SEAR restaurant 45 storeys above Singapore’s Raffles Place financial district.
It was a bustling evening filled with laughter and good cheer. Old acquaintances were renewed and new ones made. Attendees came from all schools across the Harvard campus and we welcomed visiting Harvard students as well.
Greetings fellow alums and members of HUAAS! I have more than “three points” to share with you, but here are the three most important ones: The date of our upcoming AGM and Annual Dinner for you to mark in your calendars and sign up to attend.Our Inaugural HUAAS Fellow AwardCommencing the collection of membership dues from 2019 Third HUAAS AGM and Annual Dinner To the first point — our...
We hosted a lovely intimate evening discussion on Nov 13th, 2018 with Professor Karen Thornber on her latest research project “Women and leadership in Asia”. Many interesting statistical observations were made and there was lovely debate over whether some of the phenomenon was historically gender-stereo-type based (from all sides) or whether this was self perpetuated or not; and what has been...