Wee Kim Wee
President, Diplomat, Journalist
Born in Singapore on 4 November 1915, the late Dr. Wee Kim Wee was President of the Republic of Singapore between 1985 and 1993.
Dr. Wee worked in the news media for many years. He started his career humbly when he joined The Straits Times as a clerk in the circulation department.
In 1966, he was the first Singapore journalist to enter Jakarta and interview the then new Indonesian leader Suharto and Foreign Minister Adam Malik. Through his work, he became a bridge for the countries.
Dr. Wee also covered the civil war in the Belgian Congo (now Zaire) and paved the way for future journalists to bring home news of disaster/ war-stricken countries.
His expertise extended beyond the press as he was also Chairman of the then Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. In many ways, he was critical in shaping today's media scene.
Learn more about Dr Wee and the Wee Kim Wee Legacy Fund
Contact Us
Wee Kim Wee School
of Communication and Information
31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718
Email: wwwsci2@ntu.edu.sg
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information
Three objectives guide the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information.
First, the School continues to meet the demand in Singapore and the region for well-trained personnel to staff the media industry and information services. It does so through its quality undergraduate and graduate communication and information degree programmes.
Second, the School has become a premier research institution that generates empirical and humanistic analyses of communication topics and policy issues important to Singapore and the region.
Third, the School continues to establish and maintain an international network of educators, researchers, and info-comm professionals through collaborative projects, conferences and other exchanges.
International recruitment of academic and professional faculty, state-of-the-art communication laboratories, and global institutional affiliations ensure that the School remains a world-class Centre of Excellence.
Research Groups
This Digital Intelligence Research Cluster focuses on developing intelligent text processing and retrieval technologies, and integrating them into an advanced search agent system and text mining tool bench.
The Knowledge Organisation Research Group is oriented towards developing advanced knowledge organisation models and techniques to support user browsing, knowledge discovery and tasks in Web sites, portals and repositories.
The Information Literacy Research Cluster aims to undertake research on the different aspects of IL but specifically in information and media literacy, medical information literacy, and financial information literacy.
This Knowledge Management Research Cluster seeks to extend the focus from supply to the demand side of the knowledge flows, from management to mobilisation.
Research Centers
The Singapore Internet Research Centre initiates and conducts research related to the Internet across Asia, including East, Southeast, and South Asia. Faculty associates of the Centre engage in wide variety of collaborative research efforts with other researchers around the globe.
The Asian Communication Resource Centre (ACRC) is a regional centre dedicated to develop information resources on different aspects of communication, information, media and ICT disciplines.
The Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) is a non-profit NGO and a registered charity in Singapore with the mission of spearheading the development of media and communication expertise in Asia within the broad framework of economic, social and cultural development.
Sights from
Uniquely Singapore
Chinatown
Singapore's Chinatown evolved around 1821 when the first Chinese junk arrived from Xiamen, Fujian province in China.
The passengers, all men, set up home around the south of the Singapore River which is known today as Telok Ayer.
Not all parts of Chinatown are Chinese though. The Al Abrar Mosque along Telok Ayer Street, and the Jamae Mosque and Sri Mariamman Temple along South Bridge Road lay witness to the harmonious racial and religious atmosphere in Singapore.
Chinatown can be divided into four main districts - Kreta Ayer, Telok Ayer, Tanjong Pagar and Bukit Pasoh - each with its own distinctive flavour. The heart of activity is in the Trengganu/Smith Streets area.
