Ngee Ann Kongsi donates $6m to Duke-NUS Medical School

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Funds will support scholarships, awards for medical students, clinical, nursing and allied health workers. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Senior Minister of State for Finance Chee Hong Tat at the cheque presentation with Ngee Ann Kongsi vice-presidents Teo Kiang Ang and Lie Kee Pong and president Wu Chiaw Ching, Duke-NUS Medical School governing board chairman Goh Yew Lin and dean Thomas Coffman and SingHealth Group chief executive Ivy Ng.

The $6 million funding will be disbursed over six years in the Ngee Ann Kongsi Distinguished Scholars Programme. Senior Minister of State for Finance Chee Hong Tat, who was guest of honour at the event, highlighted The Ngee Ann Kongsi’s contributions over the years. He urged members of the audience to donate and offer what they can to give back to society, and in so doing work with the Government to create a new social compact through the Forward Singapore exercise.

Since the 1930s, The Ngee Ann Kongsi has been donating to various causes in Singapore in the areas of education, welfare, and the arts. In the past two years, it has also been supporting healthcare education and research.

 

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