Cham Tao Soon: Life At Speed

Tao Soon Cham (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

220 Seiten

2020
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd (Verlag)
978-981-12-2708-0 (ISBN)

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My autobiography is a record of my life and interactions with many interesting people over the course of my work. This involved key industries and organisations like Keppel Corp, Wearnes, Natsteel, SPH, UOB, LTA, JTC, and SSO. Having the good fortune to meet many prominent Singaporeans such as Tan Chin Tuan, Wee Cho Yaw as well as Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Dr Goh Keng Swee, Dr Toh Chin Chye, Mr Lim Kim San and SR Nathan, allowed me not only a good perspective of various industries and businesses but also how some of these eminent statesmen think. They moulded my view of life.I've also gone through a wide range of experiences from changes in governments, impact of technology on our daily lives, changes in entertainment media to various life-threatening crises.I hope this unique compendium would be of interest to younger readers, growing up in a new and different world, but knowing how we got here, and why.

Cham Tao Soon graduated in Civil Engineering from the University of Malaya in 1964 under a Singapore State Scholarship, and received a PhD from the University of Cambridge in Aerodynamics in 1968. He joined the National University of Singapore (NUS) and later rose to become the President of Nanyang Technological University. He is credited to have started 3 universities, namely NTU, Singapore Management University (SMU) and UniSIM. Throughout his career he sat on boards of large companies like Keppel Corp, Natsteel, UOB and SPH. He was also active in non-profit organisations such as the SSO and Tan Chin Tuan Foundation.

Preface; Chronology According to Categories of Organisations; My Family:Family; My Education:Primary School; Goh Chok Tong; Raffles Institution; University of Malaya; Cambridge; Educational Institutions:University of Singapore; A New Path for Engineering; NTU/NTI; Republic Polytechnic (RP); Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA); Raffles Institution; SMU/UniSIM; Purcell School, London; Doing Good (Societies & NGOs):Rhodes Scholarship; The Head Foundation; Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Engineering Institutions:Institution of Engineers, Singapore; Professional Engineers Board (PEB); Academy of Engineering, Singapore; Government Bodies:Science Council; NSTB; A*STAR; Construction Industry Development Board CIDB; Jurong Town Corporation (JTC); Singapore International Foundation; Singapore China Foundation (SCF); Economic Planning, 1991, MTI; Land Transport Authority (LTA); Singapore Rail Academy (SGRA); Council of Presidential Advisors (CPA); Singapore Quality Awards (SQA); Industries:NSL (NatSteel, National Iron & Steel Mill); Singapore Press Holdings (SPH); Formula One (F1); Keppel Corporation; Keppel Technology Advisory Panel (KTAP); UOB; UOB (China); Wearnes Group (WBL); MFS Technology; Singapore Automotive Engineering; SMRT; Soup Restaurant (SR); Mott MacDonald, Singapore; SAP (APJ); Asian Association of Business Incubators (AABI); Looking Forward:The Impact of Automation and AI in Everyday Life; Education in the Era of Disruptive Technology; Significant Personalities:Lee Kuan Yew; Dr Goh Keng Swee; Dr Toh Chin Chye; Tan Chin Tuan; Mr Wee Cho Yaw; Michael Fam; Mr Tang I-Fang; The Riady Family; Mr SR Nathan; SIM Kee Boon; George Bogaars; Lee Seng Tee; Reflections:Technology and Impact on Our Life; Entertainment and Media; National Crisis; Index;

Erscheinungsdatum	16.01.2021
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
ISBN-10	981-12-2708-X / 981122708X
ISBN-13	978-981-12-2708-0 / 9789811227080
Zustand	Neuware