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Singapore: The Goh Keng Swee Foundation, established by Dr Phua Swee
Liang in 2008 to perpetuate the values of her late husband, today announced a gift of S$1.2
million to the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) in support of financially
disadvantaged medical students.
The gift was announced on the 11th death anniversary of Dr Goh, who passed away on 14
May 2010 at the age of 91 after years of ill health, during which he was nursed by Dr Phua.
The late Dr Goh served alongside Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, holding
Cabinet appointments as Deputy Prime Minister, as well as helming the finance and defence
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Goh Keng Swee Foundation donates $1.85m to needy students on his 11th death anniversary
Director of the Goh Keng Swee Foundation Wong Kok Hoi (middle) presenting the cheques to key representatives of the four communities in Singapore.ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
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Dr Kevin White will take on the role of programme director of nucleic acid therapeutics and senior group leader at the Genome Institute of Singapore.PHOTOS: A STAR, SCREENGRAB FROM GOOGLE MAPS
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Synopsis: This is a fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays by The Straits Times that aims to help you make sense of health matters that affect you.
In early March 2021, the Ministry of Health announced during the debate on its budget, that it has set up a task force to oversee the development and implementation of a five-year action plan to provide comprehensive support to women and their children, as part of its larger efforts to improve the population s health.
In this episode, ST senior health correspondent Joyce Teo hosts Professor Chong Yap Seng, the dean of the National University of Singapore’s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and the executive director of the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research.