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Wee Kim Wee
Wee Kim Wee was a Singaporean journalist, diplomat and politician who served as the fourth president of Singapore between 1985 and 1993.
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culture · President of Singapore from 1985 to 1993 · diplomat · journalist · politician · sports executive · also Wee Kim Wee, Wee
Born 4 November 1915 · Died 2 May 2005 · Q399998
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2022· 1 entry
It was announced that the Wee Kim Wee Room would be opened at SMU's Administration Building at Bras Basah in 2023
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work.
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2006· 1 entry
The Nanyang Technological University renamed its School of Communication Studies after Wee to the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
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2005· 1 entry
Died 2005-05-02.
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2004· 2 entries
Wee published his autobiography, Glimpses and Reflections
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And died of prostate cancer the following year in his home at Siglap Plain on 2 May 2005, at the age of 89
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2002· 1 entry
Served as the chairman of the Singapore Millennium Foundation
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1997· 1 entry
Resigned as a member and chairman of Liang Court's audit committee
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1995· 1 entry
A professorship in his name, the Wee Kim Wee Professorship in Communication Studies, was launched by the Nanyang Technological University
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1994· 1 entry
Wee was given an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the National University of Singapore
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1993· 3 entries
Awarded Darjah Utama Temasek (1993).
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The first in Singapore to be decided by popular vote, Wee decided not to contest and retired after his second term had ended
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The first in Singapore to be decided by popular vote, Wee decided not to enter his candidacy and went into retirement upon the completion of his second term
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1991· 1 entry
And that it could be improved with China integrating with the Asia–Pacific region
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1989· 1 entry
Campaign: 1989 presidential election.
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1985· 3 entries
Campaign: 1985 presidential election.
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Career landmark: President of Singapore (1985–1993).
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Wee was elected president by Parliament and served in the role for two terms, ending in 1993
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1983· 1 entry
Represented Singapore at the funeral for the victims of the Rangoon bombing
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1981· 1 entry
Wee opened the Development Bank of Singapore's first Korean branch in Seoul
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1973· 2 entries
At the position of editorial manager and became a diplomat, serving as Singapore's High Commissioner to Malaysia from 1973 and 1980 and Ambassador to Japan and South Korea concurrently from 1980 and 1984, on the request
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Wee was approached by then-Foreign Minister S
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1970· 1 entry
Was appointed as editorial manager, which he worked as till 1973 when he left journalism
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1966· 1 entry
Interviewed then-Lieutenant General Suharto and then-Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik
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1963· 1 entry
Wee managed to interview a Sulu pirate chief while he was in Malaysia
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1959· 2 entries
Wee was asked to return to The Straits Times where he would be appointed as Deputy Editor, the head of The Straits Times' editorial department, to which he accepted
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Wee alongside fellow SATA Council member Sen Gupta introduced mobile x-ray machines to treat tuberculosis more efficiently in Singapore
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1941· 2 entries
Working there through the Second World War and eventually becoming the office manager and chief correspondent by 1959
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Resigned from The Straits Times to join American news agency United Press Associations (UPA) after the post of circulation chief clerk was not offered to him upon its vacancy at The Straits Times
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1938· 1 entry
Was elected to the Singapore Badminton Association's management committee, initially serving as its secretary before eventually becoming the president
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1937· 1 entry
Won the singles title in the Singapore Junior championship
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1936· 1 entry
In an arranged marriage between their families; she was eighteen years old
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1932· 1 entry
Alongside thirteen other badminton players, whom he met while living at his Singapore Harbour Board housing
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1930· 1 entry
Wee started working for the newspaper The Straits Times in its circulation department
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1923· 1 entry
Wee attended Pearl's Hill School for his primary education
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1915· 1 entry
Born 1915-11-04.
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