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Richard Lim Cherng Yih
Richard Lim Cherng Yih is a Singaporean civil servant and former rear-admiral who served as Chief of Navy from 1996 to 1999. Education In 1972, Lim was awarded the Colombo Plan scholarship, and in 1976, he graduated from the University of Southampton with a Bachelor of Science in nautical studies. After leaving the navy, Lim attended London Business School in September 1999, and graduated with a Master of Science in management. Military career In 1976, Lim enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces, and served as a naval officer in the Republic of Singapore Navy. During his career in the military, Lim has held the appointments of Head, Naval Operations Department; Commander, Missile Gun Squadron; Chief of Staff (Naval Staff). Lim was promoted from the rank of colonel to rear-admiral on 1 July 1994. In 1995, Lim was also appointed as a board member to the Economic Development Board. Lim succeeded Kwek Siew Jin as the Chief of Navy on 1 July 1996 and stepped down on 30 Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin (surname)
Lin (; ) is the Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin romanization of the Chinese surname written wikt:林, 林, which has many variations depending on the language and is also used in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (as Im (surname), Im), Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia. Among Taiwanese and Chinese families from abroad, it is sometimes pronounced and spelled as Lim because many Chinese descendants are part of the Southern Min diaspora that speak Hokkien or Teochew dialect, Teochew. In Cantonese-speaking regions such as Hong Kong and Macau it is spelled as Lam or Lum. It is listed 147th on the ''Hundred Family Surnames''. Within mainland China, it is currently the 18th most common List of common Chinese surnames, surname. In Japan, the character 林 is also used but goes by the pronunciation Hayashi, which is the 19th most common surname in Japan. Name origin King Zhou of Shang (reigned 1154 to 1122 BC), the last king of the Shang dynasty, had three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Management
Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political science sub-field of public administration respectively. It is the process of managing the resources of businesses, governments, and other organizations. Larger organizations generally have three Hierarchy, hierarchical levels of managers, organized in a pyramid structure: * Senior management roles include the board of directors and a chief executive officer (CEO) or a President (corporate title), president of an organization. They set the strategic goals and policy of the organization and make decisions on how the overall organization will operate. Senior managers are generally executive-level professionals who provide direction to middle management. Compare governance. * Middle management roles include branch managers, regional managers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore University Of Technology And Design
The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) is a public university, public autonomous university in Singapore. History The founding president is Thomas L. Magnanti, who is a professor associated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). SUTD's founding provost, Professor Chong Tow Chong, took over as the university's second president in 2018. The university's current president Phoon Kok Kwang took over from 1 August 2024. Campuses SUTD's interim campus was at the former ITE College West, ITE College Dover campus in Dover, Singapore, Dover from its founding in April 2012 until December 2014. Its permanent campus, which opened in January 2015, is located near the Changi Business Park, and is served by Upper Changi MRT station, Upper Changi Station on the Downtown MRT line. As of 2018, it is the only university to be located in the eastern part of Singapore. Through an open selection process, SUTD appointed DP Architects, DP Architects Pte. Ltd., in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SARS
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the virus SARS-CoV-1, the first identified strain of the SARS-related coronavirus. The first known cases occurred in November 2002, and the syndrome caused the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak. In 2004, Xue Wu Zhang and Yee Leng Yap found that the Spike 2 (S2) protein of SARS is structurally similar to HIV-1 gp41 subunit, suggesting an analogous membrane fusion mechanism between the two. In the 2010s, Chinese scientists traced the virus through the intermediary of Asian palm civets to cave-dwelling horseshoe bats in Xiyang Yi Ethnic Township, Yunnan.The locality was referred to be "a cave in Kunming" in earlier sources because the Xiyang Yi Ethnic Township is administratively part of Kunming, though 70 km apart. Xiyang was identified on * For an earlier interview of the researchers about the locality of the caves, see: SARS was a relatively rare disease; at the end of the ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defence Science And Technology Agency
Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) is a statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Defence of the Government of Singapore. DSTA is responsible for performing acquisitions management, systems management, systems development for the Singapore Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the Singapore Armed Forces The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) are the military of the Republic of Singapore, responsible for protecting and defending the security interests and the sovereignty of the country. A component of the Ministry of Defence (Singapore), Ministry of D ... (SAF). History DSTA was formed as a statutory board on 15 March 2000 by combining the Defence Technology Group from MINDEF with two other organisations, the Systems and Computer Organisation (SCO) and the Defence Medical Research Institute (DMRI) from the Defence Administration Group. References {{Authority control 2000 establishments in Singapore Government agencies established in 2000 Statutory boa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Su Guaning
Su Guaning () is a Singaporean college administrator and academic who served as the president of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) between 2003 and 2011. He is currently President Emeritus of Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Education A President's Scholar and Colombo Plan Scholar, Su graduated with a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in electrical engineering from the University of Alberta, California Institute of Technology, and Stanford University respectively. He also holds a Master of Science in statistics from Stanford University, and attended post-graduate programmes in business administration and management development at the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) and Harvard Business School respectively. Career Su began his career in 1972 as one of the first research engineers in Singapore's Ministry of Defence (Singapore), Ministry of Defence (MINDEF). He became Director of the Defence Science Org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defence (Singapore)
The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF; ; zh, 新加坡國防部; ) is a ministry (government department), ministry under the Government of Singapore responsible for overseeing the National security, national defence of Singapore. History MINDEF, together with the Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore), Ministry of Home Affairs, was created on 11 August 1970 by splitting up the then Ministry of Interior and Defence. Responsibilities MINDEF's mission is to "enhance Singapore's peace and security through deterrence and diplomacy, and should these fail, to secure a swift and decisive victory over the aggressor." It has a policy of ''Total Defence (Singapore), Total Defence'' which consists of Military Defence, Civil Defence, Economic Defence, Social Defence, Psychological Defence and Digital Defence involving the people, public and private sectors of the country. Organisational structure MINDEF has one statutory board, the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA). The Singapore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lui Tuck Yew
Lui Tuck Yew (; born 16 August 1961) is a Singaporean diplomat, former politician and two-star rear-admiral who has been serving as List of ambassadors of Singapore to the United States, Singapore Ambassador to the United States since 2023. Prior to, Lui served as Singapore Ambassador to China between 2019 and 2023, and Ambassador to Japan between 2017 and 2019. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), Lui served as the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Moulmein division of Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency, Tanjong Pagar GRC between 2006 and 2011 and later Moulmein–Kallang Group Representation Constituency, Moulmein–Kallang GRC between 2011 and 2015. He also served in the Cabinet of Singapore, Cabinet as Ministry of Communications and Information, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts between 2009 and 2011, Ministry of Transport (Singapore), Minister for Transport between 2011 and 2015 and Ministry of Defence (Singapore) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Paper
''The New Paper'' is a Singaporean newspaper. It was originally published in tabloid format as a "noon paper", then from 2016 as a freesheet in the morning from 7 a.m. onwards. In December 2021 the paper went to digital only. History First launched on 26 July 1988, by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), it had an average daily circulation of 101,600 in August 2010, according to SPH. In 1991, the paper organised the New Paper Big Walk, a mass-participation walking event. The event came to be held annually in Singapore. It holds the official Guinness World Record as world's largest walk when a record-breaking 77,500 participants joined on 21 May 2000. There is also a noon edition that hits the newsstands on Mondays and Thursdays that gives more special coverage of late-night association football matches that occur after the morning edition goes to press. ''The New Paper'' was Singapore's second-highest circulating paid English-language newspaper before it became a free news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwek Siew Jin
Kwek Siew Jin is a Singaporean former civil servant and former rear-admiral who served as Chief of Navy from 1992 to 1996. After leaving the navy in June 1996, Kwek was appointed as managing director of the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit till December 2001. Kwek was moved to Singapore Power to serve as its president and chief executive officer, but shortly resigned in December 2003. Education Kwek attended Serangoon Garden North School for his primary education and Raffles Institution for his secondary and pre-university education. He graduated with a Cambridge School Certificate in 1967. In 1971, he was awarded a Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) local scholarship to study electrical engineering at the University of Singapore, and he graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in 1975. Military career In February 1969, Kwek enlisted in the SAF, and served as a naval officer in the Republic of Singapore Navy. During his career in the navy, Kwek has held the appointments of Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Business Times (Singapore)
''The Business Times'' is a Singaporean financial newspaper under SPH Media, a media organisation with businesses in print, digital, radio, and outdoor media in Singapore. The paper is published Monday to Saturday, with the Saturday edition called ''The Business Times Weekend''. It had a circulation (print and digital) of 39,500. Ownership It is part of the SPH Media group which also publishes ''The Straits Times'', ''Berita Harian'' and ''The New Paper''. History It is an English-language newspaper published since 1 October 1976. Prior to this, it was a supplement in ''The Straits Times''. The paper was launched on 15 July 1976, and the special presentation issue prior to the launch of the paper featured George Magnus. The staff was first headed by Tsai Tan, who became the first female editor of a daily newspaper in Singapore. In 1989, the newspaper won the Media Philanthropic Appeals category of the International Advertising Festival in New York New York most commonly r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Economic Development Board
The Economic Development Board (EDB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the government of Singapore that plans and executes strategies to sustain Singapore as a leading global hub for business and investment. History 1957–1961: Singapore Industrial Promotion Board In 1957, the Singapore Industrial Promotion Board (SIPB) was formed through the passage of the Singapore Industrial Promotion Bill, to empower the Singapore Government in establishing, developing, and financing industrial undertakings. It had a capital of $1 million, and had received requests from local companies for loans totalling up to $500,000 at its formation. However, SIPB was criticised by political opposition as being slow, not transparent, and ineffective in aiding local businesses. The board was hamstrung by the limited capital that it had with the Minister of Commerce and Industry, J. M. Jumabhoy, blaming on the activities of extreme left-wing politicians on the lack of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
