By Ong Jue Qi Lianhe Zaobao, 31 December 2009

Prof Lily Kong, NUS Vice-President (University and Global Relations) and Director of the Asia Research Institute, welcomed a study by the Rockefeller Foundation which listed the NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Asia Research Institute and Institute of Southeast Asian Studies among 29 research centres of excellence in Asia. The Straits Times, 15 …

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BRITISH historian Martin Jacques found writing his first book a labour of love in more ways than one… Dr Jacques, 64, became enamoured of East Asia after his first tour of China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia in 1993. He has been a visiting senior research fellow at the Asia Research Institute in the National …

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Professor Jean Yeung was interviewed and quoted in the mypaper (English & Chinese) about the launch of Fathers Action Network (FAN). She is also a member of the network. By Rachel Chan mypaper (English) & mypaper (Chinese), 17 November 2009

Professor Jean Yeung says such changes, “marriages become more individualistic. People are seeking gratifying relationships in a marriage. By TAN Yi Hui The Sunday Times (lifestyle), 8 November 2009

Prof Lily Kong, NUS Vice-President (University and Global Relations), and Director of Asia Research Institute has been appointed as a member of the Political Films Consultative Committee, set up subsequent to the liberalisation of a ban on party political films. The Political Films Consultative Committee (PFCC) will ask a film-maker to clarify the intent of …

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Working on a Southeast Asian canvas to paint and analyze the past, Anthony Reid has become one of the most renowned experts on the sociocultural, economic and political history of the region. By Aimee Dawis, Contributor/Jakarta The Jakarta Post, 20 May 2009  

Professor Anthony Reid speaks about the ways that small countries in the region have managed their asymmetrical relationship with China in the past and how these hold lessons for the future. Senior Writer GOH SUI NOI reports. The Straits Times, 24 February 2009, Page A19    

  President S R Nathan has appointed Chua Sock Koong, Lily Kong and Richard Rokmat Magnus members of the Public Service Commission (PSC). From yesterday, the three new members have joined the PSC for a term of five years. The PSC now has 10 members assisting the chairman, Eddie Teo. Prof Kong, 44, is vice-president, …

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Professor Anjali Roy from the Asia Research Institute, spoke on the influence that Bhangra, Bollywood and Amitabh Bachan have had on Indian immigrants, at a conference held at NUS. She also pointed out a that a Chinese boy, Julian Wee Ching, is part of a popular Bhangra dance group called ‘Jigiri Yaar’. Tamil Murasu, 15 …

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