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The Alaska
World Affairs Council
Presents
Co-sponsored by Chevron
Ambassador
Chan Heng Chee
Singapore's Ambassador to the
U.S.
"Rising Asia: A
Singaporean Perspective"
Friday,
15th August 2008 – Hilton
Hotel
Doors open at 11:30 a.m. -
Program begins at 12:00 p.m.
For Reservations
RSVP by Wednesday, 13th
August to the Alaska World
Affairs Council
by telephone 276-8038 or by
email to
AlaskaWorldAffairs.org
.
Lunch Program $20 for
Members - $25 for
Non-Members - $6 for Coffee
Only
Ambassador Chee's speech:
Chan Heng Chee took up her
appointment as Singapore’s
Ambassador to the United
States in 1996. Prior to her
appointment, she was the
Executive Director of the
Singapore International
Foundation (which created a
Singapore version of the
Peace Corps) and Director of
the Institute of Southeast
Asian Studies. She was the
founding Director of the
Institute of Policy Studies.
She has served as
Singapore’s Permanent
Representative to the United
Nations and was concurrently
High Commissioner to Canada
and Ambassador to Mexico.
Ambassador Chan has received
a number of awards including
Honorary Degrees of Doctor
of Letters from the
University of Newcastle,
Australia; and the
University of Buckingham
(United Kingdom). She was
named International Woman of
the Year by the Organization
of Chinese American Women in
1998 and she won Singapore's
inaugural "Woman of the
Year, Award”. She received
the National Book Award in
the non-fiction section for
"A Sensation of
Independence: A Political
Biography of David Marshall"
in 1986 and the National
Book Award for "The Dynamics
of One Party Dominance: The
PAP at the Grassroots" in
1978.
Ambassador Chan has served
as a member on the
International Advisory Board
of the Council on Foreign
Relations, the Council of
the International Institute
for Strategic Studies and
the International Council of
the Asia Society.
Ambassador Chan received
from the Government of
Singapore The Public
Administration Medal (Gold)
in 1999 and the Meritorious
Service Medal in 2005.
Ambassador Chan was educated
at the University of
Singapore and Cornell
University. |
