2010/11 Semester 2

16 March 2011
Singapore's Population Challenge
Speaker: Mr. Tay Choon Hong, Director of Policy and Planning; Director of Marriage and Parenthood Policy in the National Population and Talent Division (NPTD), Prime Minister’s Office
Chaired: Dr. Suzaina Kadir, Senior Lecturer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Time: 12.15 pm - 1.30 pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

9 March 2011
Effects of Current Demographic and Immigration Trends on The Malay Community
Speaker: Mr. Mohd Nizam Ismail, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP)
Chaired: Dr. Suzaina Kadir, Senior Lecturer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Time: 12.15 pm - 1.30 pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

2010/11 Semester 1

13 October 2010
Social Inequality: Crowding in the Community
Speaker: Mr. Zainudin Nordin, Mayor of the Central Singapore District
Chaired: Dr. Suzaina Kadir, Senior Lecturer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Time: 12.15 pm - 1.30 pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

15 September 2010
"The Regulation of Charities" 
Speaker: Low Puk Yeong, Commisioner of Charities
Chaired: Wong Kang Jet, Director of Strategic Planning, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

2008/9 Semester 2

11 March 2009
"Our City: Memory, Fiction, and Public Policy" 
Speaker: Simon Tay, Chairman, Singapore Institute of International Affairs & Former Chairman, National Environment Agency (Singapore)
Chaired: Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, Assistant Dean (Academic Affairs) and Associate Professor, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

4 March 2009
"Urban Planning Strategies for an Attractive Global City" 
Speaker: Grace Fu, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Education & Ministry of National Development Chaired: Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

18 February 2009
"Singapore's Policies on Multiculturalism: The Challenges of Globalization" 
Speaker: Sharon Siddique, Director of Sreekumar Siddique & Co, & Adjunct Professor, LKY School
Chaired: Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, Assistant Dean (Academic Affairs) and Associate Professor, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

11 February 2009
"Planning Singapore" 
Speaker: Liu Thai Ker, Director of RSP Architects Planners and Engineers (Pte) Ltd
Chaired: Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, Assistant Dean (Academic Affairs) and Associate Professor, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

4 February 2009
"The Role of an Editor in a Changing Media Environment" 
Speaker: P.N. Balji, Director of NTU's Asia Journalism Fellowship & Former CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Today
Chaired: Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, Assistant Dean (Academic Affairs) and Associate Professor, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

21 January 2009
"A Fishy Story" 
Speaker: Kenny Yap, Executive Chairman & Managing Director, Qian Hu Corporation
Chaired: Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, Assistant Dean (Academic Affairs) & Assistant Professor, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

2008-9 Semester 1

29 October 2008
"Transforming Singapore's Economy" 
Speaker: Dr Tan Chin Nam, Chairman, Media Development Authority (Singapore)
Chaired: Elizabeth Quah, Director (Strategic Planning), LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

22 October 2008
"Unfree By Choice? Silence and Protest in Singapore's Media Reform Debates" 
Speaker: Dr Cherian George, Assistant Professor, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, & Author of Contentious Journalism and the Internet
Chaired: Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, Assistant Dean (Academic Affairs) & Assistant Professor, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

8 October 2008
"Entrepreneurship & Public Policy: The Singapore Model" 
Speaker: Inderjit Singh, CEO and President, Infiniti Solutions Limited; Member of Parliament in Singapore; & Deputy Chairman, Action Community for Entrepreneurship (Singapore)
Chaired: Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, Assistant Dean (Academic Affairs) & Assistant Professor, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

3 September 2008
"Sports Policy in Singapore – Bringing the Youth Olympic Games to Singapore" 
Speakers:
Ng Ser Miang, Executive Board Member, International Olympic Committee, and Chairman of the Singapore 2010 Inaugural Youth Olympic Games
Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports & Ministry of Transport
Chaired: Elizabeth Quah, Director (Strategic Planning), LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

27 August 2008
“Lawyers in Society” 
Speaker: Philip Jeyaretnam SC, Past President of The Law Society of Singapore
Chaired: Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, Assistant Dean (Academic Affairs) & Assistant Professor, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

2007-8 Semester 2

26 March 2008
"Land Transport: Challenges and Opportunities" 
Speaker: Raymond Lim, Minister for Transport & Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Chaired: Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

19 March 2008
"One Newspaper, Two Countries: The Influence of Lianhe Zaobao in China" 
Speaker: Lim Jim Koon, Editor, Lianhe Zaobao
Chair: Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, Assistant Dean (Academic Affairs) & Assistant Professor, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

5 March 2008
"Constructing East Asia" 
Speaker: Bilahari Kausikan, Second Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
Chaired: Professor Ann Florini, Director, Centre on Asia and Globalization, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

20 February 2008
"Leadership Under Crisis: A National Kidney Foundation Experience" 
Speaker: Gerard Ee, Chairman, National Kidney Foundation
Chaired: Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, Assistant Dean (Academic Affairs) & Assistant Professor, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

30 January 2008
"A Short Story of School Education in Singapore: What Have We Learnt?" 
Speaker: Tan Ching Yee, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Singapore
Chaired: Dr Hui Weng Tat, Vice Dean (Academic Affairs) & Associate Professor, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

23 January 2008
"Re-thinking Singapore's Social Compact: Sustaining Competitive Governance with Rising Inequality" 
Speaker: Yeoh Lam Keong, Director, Economic Strategy Department, Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC)
Chaired: Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, Assistant Dean (Academic Affairs) and Assistant Professor, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

2007-8 Semester 1

13 November 2007
"Leadership" 
Speaker: Yeo Cheow Tong, MP Hong Kah GRC
Chaired: Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

31 October 2007
"Dynamic Governance" 
Speaker: Professor Neo Boon Siong, Director, Asia Competitiveness Institute, LKY School
Chaired: Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, Assistant Dean (Academic Affairs) & Assistant Professor, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

10 October 2007
"Leadership in the Charity Eco-System" 
Speakers:
Willie Cheng, Former Chairman, National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre
Benedict Cheong, CEO, Temasek Foundation
Chaired: Dr Scott Fritzen, Assistant Professor, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

12 September 2007
"Globalization and Political Leadership" 
Speaker: Janadas Devan, journalist
Chaired: Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, Assistant Dean (Academic Affairs) & Assistant Professor, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

29 August 2007
"Leadership" 
Speakers:
Indranee Rajah, Member of Parliament
Constance Singam, President of AWARE (Association of Women for Action & Research)
Chaired: Dr Suzaina Kadir, Assistant Professor, LKY School
Time: 12.15-1.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772