Classnotes
1987 Denis Tan Hiow Meng (BDS) is a dental surgeon
with a group practice in Singapore. During his varsity days, he
was a committee member of the Dental Society. As sports
secretary, he represented the faculty in squash and soccer. He
chaired and organised the MU-NUS games. He was the
chairman (ceremonies) during the 1986 International Association of
Dental Students Congress held in Singapore. ¶ His
professional affiliation includes the Singapore Dental Association and
Medical Alumni Association. Inter-nationally, he is active in
the International Academy of Gnathology, the Academy
of Osseointegration and the International College of Oral Implantologist. He is
currently a director of the Asian Oral Implant Academy, the
president of the Society for the Advancement of Gnathology,
Singapore, and an honorary member of La Societe d' Implantologie
Orale de la Region Rhone Alpes. Apart from teaching various
courses locally, he lectures at international conferences.
¶ On a voluntary level, he has served on the board of directors of
the Rotary Club of Singapore-West on many occasions. A
keen supporter of alumni activities, he has organised several
annual golf tournaments for the Guild of Dental Graduates,
Singapore, and was part of the winning team that clinched the
Vice-Chancellor's Cup Challenge Trophy during a golf
tournament held in conjunction with the university's 90th anniversary
in 1995.
1988 Thomas Cheu Kuok Tuh (MSc) graduated from
the Department of Community, Occupational and
Family Medicine (COFM) with a MSc in occupational medicine.
¶ After graduation, he worked with the medical department
of the Ministry of Health, Sarawak, for two years, during
which he created the occupational health delivery system and
the five-year occupational plan for the State of Sarawak.
¶ In 1990, Dr Cheu joined Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB),
an operating company of Shell International engaged in
offshore oil and gas exploration and production in Sarawak. "I
worked for SSB for six years. As a multinational company, it has
an excellent learning programme for its employees. I did aviation
and diving medicine besides the various managerial courses,"
he says. ¶ In SSB, he developed occupational health activities in line with Shell Group
policy which regards the health and safety of its employees on
par with its profit-making objectives. "This gave me a chance
to put into practice my learning from COFM at NUS. I'm
glad that I've contributed in some small way to creating a
better working environment for the employees of SSB."
¶ He has now left the company and hopes to offer his skills and
services in occupational health to other companies in Malaysia.
Friends who would like to get in touch with Dr Cheu may reach
him at cheu@pc.jaring.my.
1988/1989/1993 Gan Seum Lim
(BSc/BScHons/MSc) is now at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, together
with his wife and new-born baby. He is doing a PhD in Media
Arts and Sciences, and will be working as a research assistant
at the media laboratory. ¶ MIT's Media Laboratory, founded
in 1985, conducts advanced research into a broad range
of information technologies. Gan will probably be working
on computer music and human/machine interface design. He
says, "The MIT's Media Lab invents and creatively exploits
new
media for human well-being. It employs supercomputers
and extraordinary input/output devices to experiment with
today's notions that will become commonplace tomorrow. The
not-so-hidden agenda is to drive technological inventions and
break engineering deadlocks with new perspectives and
demanding applications." ¶ Friends who would like to get in touch
with him may write to him at: The Media Laboratory,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room E15-495A, 20 Ames
Street, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA. E-mail:
gan@media.mit.edu or
phygansl@media.mit.edu.
1995 Haryani Ismail (BA) says that journalism has
turned her from a `couch potato' into a more outgoing person.
"I've been a journalist with Berita Harian for almost a year. The
job is stressful but enjoyable and enriching. Well, it has
always been my teen dream to become a journalist. I love
writing very much since I was a young girl. Writing compositions
and essays never bores me. Most important of all, I love
telling people what I see, hear and feel deep down inside."
¶ Now, in the hectic but exciting world of journalism, she finds it
most interesting to acquire a whole new experience every day
on the job. "I could be out on the crime scene, witnessing the
arrest of illegal workers. I could be having a hard time consoling
a mother whose son had just passed away in an accident and at the
same time trying to get her to talk. Sharing the joy of top PSLE
and `O' level students, sympathising with kidney patients, and so on
..." ¶ "It can be fun yet frustrating. It can be tiring, yet
rewarding. Although I have already graduated from NUS, being
in journalism is like re-entering the university the
University of Life," she reflects. ¶ She used to be very homely,
enjoying the comfort of her sofa while watching TV a thing
which she hardly has a chance to do now amid her busy
schedules and unpredictable working hours. Yet, that is no regret as
the job is an eye-opener. ¶ "My most unforgettable moment
thus far, was an interview in the wee hours with a Malay
woman who sells fish with her husband at the Punggol fish market.
I was sleepy and smelled fishy. But above all, it was fun."
1979 Eric Lim (BSc(Chemical
Engineering)) has been appointed manager
responsible for the distributor sales of Eastman Chemical Company
in Asia Pacific. He has been working with the company
for 14 years. Later this year, he and his family will relocate
from Kingsport in Tennessee, USA, to Singapore.
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1991 Tetsuya Fujimoto (MBA) is now deputy
director of the co-ordination division in the budget bureau of
the Ministry of Finance in Japan. Friends who would like to
get in touch with him may write to him at:
2-3-10-1-102 Shimouma, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 154, Japan,
Tel/Fax 81-3-5486-4869
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