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2011's Chevening Scholars

These include:

1) Mr Wilson Ang, President of Environmental Challenge Organisation (ECO) Singapore

2) Ms May Wong, Deputy Editor with Channel News Asia, Mediacorp Singapore

3) Ms Heng Ju-Li, Deputy Director with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Homefront Security Division

4) Mr Teo Junxiong, Manager (National Public Health Laboratory), Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health

5) Mr Tang Wai Loong, Senior Analyst, Ministry of Defence

The High Commissioner, HE Antony Phillipson, who delivered the welcome address, said, “I am proud to say that they can be confident of receiving a first class education.  Universities in the UK are still highly regarded and sought after across the world. Indeed the number of Singaporeans studying in the UK increased by more than 17% between 2009 and 2010.”

The event was graced by Mr Pritam Singh, Singapore Member of Parliament for Aljunied Group Representative Constituency, who was himself awarded a Chevening Scholarship in 2003 to study for an MA in War Studies at King’s College London, founded the online commentary syndicate Opinion Asia and is currently a Juris Doctor at Singapore Management University.

The aim of Chevening is to promote the UK’s great strengths in higher education and research, and to increase the bonds between the UK and the leading figures in countries around the world. Chevening Scholarships are for talented people who have been identified as potential future leaders across a wide range of fields including government, business, the media, civil society, religion and academia. Most scholars undertake a one year master’s degree.

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More About the Scholarship

The Chevening scholarships are named after Chevening House, an Official Residence of the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, a country house in the county of Kent, not far from London in Southwest England. Under the UK’s current coalition government the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, shares the use of the house with the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg.  The Chevening Programme was launched by the then Foreign Secretary in 1983 (the first scholars started their studies in 1984). Since then it has developed into a prestigious international scholarship scheme. The FCO now awards over 500 scholarships every year. There are over 32,000 alumni worldwide.  The Chevening Scholarships were originally called the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Scholarships and Awards Scheme. In Singapore, Chevening Scholarships were once also known as Raffles Scholarships.