Distinguished Science Alumni Awards 2006 ANG Miah Boon BSc 1968, BSc(Hons) 1969 Retired President (Asia Pacific), McAfee, Inc Mr ANG Miah Boon graduated from the University of Singapore in 1969 with honors in Mathematics. After graduation, Mr ANG began his career with IBM where he held positions as Chief Information Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director for IBM's Singapore and Brunei regions. He was also General Manager for IBM Global Services in the ASEAN/ South Asia regions. During his career at IBM, he was an advocate of e-Business transformation and equal opportunity. He was instrumental in creating a number of service offerings that put IBM in the leading edge. In April 2000, Mr ANG left IBM to join Vignette Corporation as Vice President & General Manager, Asia Pacific region, which had offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. He was responsible to establish Vignette's presence in countries like India, Japan and China. In 2001, he joined Network Associates as its President for Asia Pacific. In his role, he was responsible for overseeing the strategic direction and growth of the company's in the Asia Pacific region. When Network Associates was renamed as McAfee, Mr ANG served as the President, Asia Pacific for McAfee. McAfee was a leading supplier of security solutions for both consumer and corporate customers. Mr ANG retired from McAfee in May 2005 and was credited for the growth and transformation of the business operations of McAfee in Asia Pacific. Mr ANG is a highly regarded figure in the IT industry and has made valuable contributions to the company during his career with IBM, Vignette and McAfee. He is a sought-after speaker on the subject of leadership, business transformation and security. He was a committee member for public institutions such as the National Computer Board, the Singapore Federation of Computer Industries. "Take risk; Be a change agent; Be passionate with what you do."
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Distinguished Science Alumni Awards 2006
ANG Miah Boon
BSc 1968, BSc(Hons) 1969
Retired President (Asia Pacific), McAfee, Inc
Mr ANG Miah Boon graduated from the University of Singapore in 1969 with honors in
Mathematics.
After graduation, Mr ANG began his career with IBM where he held positions as Chief
Information Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director for IBM's Singapore and
Brunei regions. He was also General Manager for IBM Global Services in the ASEAN/ South
Asia regions. During his career at IBM, he was an advocate of e-Business transformation and
equal opportunity. He was instrumental in creating a number of service offerings that put IBM
in the leading edge.
In April 2000, Mr ANG left IBM to join Vignette Corporation as Vice President & General
Manager, Asia Pacific region, which had offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. He
was responsible to establish Vignette's presence in countries like India, Japan and China.
In 2001, he joined Network Associates as its President for Asia Pacific. In his role, he was
responsible for overseeing the strategic direction and growth of the company's in the Asia
Pacific region. When Network Associates was renamed as McAfee, Mr ANG served as the
President, Asia Pacific for McAfee. McAfee was a leading supplier of security solutions for
both consumer and corporate customers. Mr ANG retired from McAfee in May 2005 and was
credited for the growth and transformation of the business operations of McAfee in Asia
Pacific.
Mr ANG is a highly regarded figure in the IT industry and has made valuable contributions to
the company during his career with IBM, Vignette and McAfee. He is a sought-after speaker
on the subject of leadership, business transformation and security. He was a committee member
for public institutions such as the National Computer Board, the Singapore Federation of
Computer Industries.
"Take risk; Be a change agent; Be passionate with what you do."
Distinguished Science Alumni Awards 2006
CHUA Nam Hai
BSc 1965
Andrew W Mellon Professor
Head, Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University, USA
Professor CHUA Nam Hai holds the position of the Andrew W. Mellon Professor and Head of
Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology at the Rockefeller University, New York City, since
1988. Professor Chua has a distinguished academic career beginning with his BSc in Botany
and Biochemistry from the University of Singapore in 1965 and his PhD in Biology from
Harvard University in 1969. Professor Chua has held numerous distinguished lectureships
world-wide and has won many honors and awards, among them in the year 2001 the award
from the Institute for Scientific Information as one of the top 15 most-cited researchers world-
wide in plant and animal sciences. Professor CHUA is consultant to and member of advisory
boards of many biotechnological and biopharmaceutical companies and institutions in the
U.S.A, Singapore, People's Republic of China, India, Canada and Korea. Professor CHUA
serves on many editorial boards of distinguished scientific journals, such as the Journal of Cell
Science and the Journal of Molecular Biology. He is also a member of the board of Directors
of the Delta and Pine Land Company which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Furthermore, he is corporate advisor to Temasek Holdings, Inc. (Singapore).
"There is no short cut to a long experiment"
Distinguished Science Alumni Awards 2006
LAM Chuan Leong
BSc(Hons) 1970
Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Chairman, Infocomm Development Authority and Competition Commission of
Singapore
Mr LAM Chuan Leong has retired from the Singapore Civil Service in 2006. During his career,
he has held the appointments of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Environment,
Ministry of National Development, Ministry for Trade and Industry, and the Ministry of
Communications and Information. From 1981 to 1984, Mr LAM was the Principal Private
Secretary to the Prime Minister of Singapore.
Mr LAM has special expertise, experience and interest in many areas. In particular, his key
areas of interest and expertise are macroeconomics, regulation of monopolies, competition
policy, pricing and market efficiency, privatization of government services, transport
economics, and the structuring of public, private financing initiatives.
Mr LAM graduated from the University of Singapore, with First Class Honours in Physics. He
completed his MBA in Harvard Business School. I n 1991 Mr LAM was an Eisenhower Fellow,
under the USA Eisenhower Fellowship Programme. He was a Singapore President Scholar,
and a Fulbright-Hays Scholar.
"Life is a ceaseless activity of making sense of the past to prepare for the future."
Distinguished Science Alumni Awards 2006
LIM Jit Poh
BSc 1963, BSc(Hons) 1964
Chairman/Director, ComfortDelgro Corporation Ltd
Mr LIM Jit Poh is the Chairman of ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited, the world's second
largest land transport group. He is also the Chairman of SBS Transit Ltd, VICOM Ltd, Ascott
Residence Trust Management Limited and China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation
Limited as well as a Director of The Ascott Group Limited, Inchem Holdings International
Limited, Kim Eng Holdings Limited and Sky China Petroleum Services Ltd. All these are
public companies listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited with business
interests in land transportation, finance (stock broking and factoring), hospitality, oil and
manufacturing.
In addition, Mr LIM is also a Deputy Director of Surbana Corporation Pte Ltd (formerly known
as HDB Corporation Pte Ltd), a Director of NCI Golf Pte Ltd, a company wholly-owned by
NTUC Club, which is set up to develop and operate the new public golf course at Marina East
and several other companies belonging to the Singapore Labour Foundation like the SLF
Leisure Enterprises (Pte) Ltd which owns the Orchid Country Club.
Mr LIM was a former top civil servant and a Fulbright scholar. He was awarded the Public
Administration Medal by the Government of Singapore in 1972 and three awards by the
National Trades Union Congress, namely, Friend of Labour Award in 1986, Meritorious
Service Award in 1990 and Distinguished Service Award in 2000.
While in the civil service, he spearheaded the merger of the Adult Education Board and the
Industrial Training Board to form the Vocational and Industrial Training Board, the forerunner
to the present Institute of Technical Education (ITE). He served as its first Chief Executive
Officer. He also sat on the boards of National University of Singapore, Singapore Polytechnic,
Ngee Ann Technical College, the Science Council of Singapore, National Productivity Board,
Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education, Institute of Education, Skills
Development Fund Advisory Council and the National Statistical Commission. He also
spearheaded two very successful fund raising projects to honour Emeritus Professor LIM
Chong Yah and the late Dr ANG Kok Peng.
Mr LIM was a Council Member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commence and Industry
and a member of the Singapore British Business Council.
Mr LIM also served as a Council Member of the Singapore Sports Council and the Football
Association of Singapore.
Presently, he is a trustee of the Singapore National Employers Federation. He also serves as
Vice-President of Orchid Country Club and the Board of Management of Pei Chun Public
School.
Mr LIM holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Physics from the University of Singapore
and a Master of Education from the University of Oregon, USA. Mr Lim was a recipient of the
Faculty of Science Outstanding Science Alumni Award for 2005.
"Always remember your roots."
Distinguished Science Alumni Awards 2006
ONG Soon Hock Augustine
BSc 1957, BSc(Hons) 1958, MSc 1959
President, Malaysia Oil Scientists' and Technologies' Association
Tan Sri Datuk Dr Augustine ONG Soon Hock is a graduate of the University of Malaya --
BSc(Hons), MSc -- and University of London King's College -- PhD in Organic Chemistry. He
has had extensive experience in teaching, research and administration at University level. He
was serving as Dean, School of Chemical Sciences and University Science Malaysia before
joining the private sector where he was the former Director-General of the Palm Oil Research
Institute of Malaysia (PORIM) from 1987 to 1989 and former Director in Science and
Technology, Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council (MPOPC) from 1990 to 1996. He is
recognized both nationally and internationally in the field of lipid Chemistry being elected as
the Chairman, International Society for Fat Research (ISF) in 1997 and the President,
Malaysian Oil Scientists' and Technologists' Association, Senior Fellow of the Academy of
Sciences, Malaysia, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry London, and Fellow of the Third
World Academy of Sciences. He has acquired extensive networking in the oils and fats industry
as well as in the academic world both locally and overseas. He was the Fulbright-Hays Fellow
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1966 to 1967. He spent a sabbatical year
in the University of Oxford as the Visiting Professor at the Dyson Perrins Laboratory, 1976 to
1977.
He has been active in Research and Development for more than 45 years since 1959 and this
experience includes the Chemistry and Technology of Palm Oil in which he had more than 25
years' involvement since 1974. He has 14 patents in the technology of palm oil to his credit and
published more than 380 articles. He was the Founder Editor-in-Chief of Elaeis-International
Journal of Oil Palm Research and Development and is still a member of the Editorial Board.
He played a significant role in the programme to counter the Anti-Palm Oil Campaign from
1987 to 1989 which came to a favourable conclusion in 1989. He has been invited to serve as
a member of Research Advisory Panels on Cocoa, Forestry, Rubber and Petroleum as well as
a member, International Advisory Council, University Tunku Abdul Rahman. He is Founder
President of the Malaysian Invention and Design Society (MINDS) since 1986. He is also
President of the Confederation of Scientific and Technology Associations in Malaysia
(COSTAM) and Malaysian Oil Scientists and Technologists' Association (MOSTA). He serves
on the Board of several corporate organizations including University of Malaya, Malaysian-
American Commission on Educational Exchange (MACEE), Country Heights Holdings
Berhad. He had served as Director, HSBC (Malaysia) since its incorporation till 2004.
"Seeking for scientific truths is fascinating and this could be a magnificent obsession."
Distinguished Science Alumni Awards 2006
TAN Eng Liang, PJN
BSc 1960, BSc(Hons) 1961
Dr Tan Eng Liang was the first local Rhodes scholar, earning his doctorate from Oxford
University.
Dr Tan held a meritorious career in the civil service. He was a Member of Parliament of
Singapore from 1972 to 1980, during which he served as the Senior Minister of State (National
Development) from 1975 to 1978 and Senior Minister of State (Finance) from 1979 to 1980.
Other key positions held included the Chairman of Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore
Quality and Reliability Association and Singapore Sports Council. In particular, he has made
pioneering contributions in developing sports in Singapore. He took charge of Singapore Sports
Council for 16 years from 1975 to 1991 and still contributes as the Vice President of the
Singapore National Olympic Council and Chairman of its Special Training and Assistance
Committee.
He sits on the Boards of many companies, including public listed companies, namely,