Singapore's ambassador to the United States and Cornell alumna Heng-Chee Chan will give a talk titled "Southeast Asia: Facing the Next Century" at the Southeast Asia Program's brown bag lunch series today, March 4, at 12:20 p.m. in the George McT. Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave. During a brief visit, Chan also will meet with the approximately 150 Singaporean students currently enrolled at Cornell.
Chan received a master's degree in government from Cornell in 1968. She was appointed as Singapore's ambassador to the United States in 1996 and currently is on leave from her post as professor in the Department of Political Science at the National University of Singapore.
Prior to her appointment as ambassador, Chan served as executive director of the Singapore International Foundation and director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. From 1989 to 1991, she served concurrently as Singapore's permanent representative to the United Nations, as high commissioner to Canada and as ambassador to Mexico.
For more information about today's talk, contact Penny Dietrich at 275-9452 or 255-3619, ext. 15.
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