President tony tan keng yam leaves office this thursday as the head of state who preceded the biggest change to the elected presidency in its 26 years read more at. Mr pang is part of a business delegation from 15 companies, led by international enterprise singapore and the singapore business federation, accompanying president tony tan keng yam on his state visit to the czech republic. President tony tan visits london state visit page 2. In his 6 years as president, dr tan has overseen rather tumultuous events, such as the little india riot and increasing threat of extremist terrorism. Mit faculty and others associated with the regional entrepreneurship acceleration program reap gathered at singaporean president tony tans official residence, istana, on tuesday for a dinner hosted by tan ahead of a threeday reap workshop.
Dont expect a firm handshake, see how happy the fishmongers face, kenna tio behpeo faced, how often u see president hopeful shake hawkers hand. Held in support of presidents challenge, we tech care rallied over 200 people from local startups, nonprofits and partner organisations, and microsoft to showcase the power of technology in creating a smarter and more inclusive singapore singapore, 12 march 2016 president tony tan keng yam officially launched the 16th presidents challenge today at. Tony tan sales and office manager spectrum mechanical. Toni towneswhitley, a former executive at cgi groups nyse. This announcement follows the rollout of sportcares programmes that have transformed the lives of singaporeans in need over the recent months. Tan started his role as singapores seventh president on sept. He is the founder, chairman, and ceo of the fastfood chain jollibee which is the philippines largest fastfood company. Tony tan caktiong was a filipino chinese entrepreneur who set up a twooutlet ice cream parlor business in the city of manila.
Find out more one of tony tans trademarks is his slicked back silver. Dr lim hock siew, singapores 2nd longestheld political prisoner under the isa, pays tribute to a fellow detainee tan jing quee, and issues a challenge to presidential candidate dr tony tan, who. Sportsg president tony tan becomes patron of sportscares. First lady was watching if hubby holding kate hand longer than necessary. He wants students to engage in deep debates, and have soft skills to work with various people i by amelia tan professor simon chesterman has been named the new dean of the national uni. President tony tan reflects on his six years at the istana. His father used to operate a kitchen in fujian,china, which was where tonys.
Clarkson university s undergraduate aeronautical, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, mechanical, and software engineering programs and undergraduate engineering and management program are accredited by the engineering accreditation commission of abet, read more. Dr tony tan keng yam was the seventh president of the republic of singapore. Mrs tan leaned forward to dust off some confetti on the buggy drivers hair. President tony tan keng yam officiated at the presidents scholarship award ceremony 2012 at the istana on 15 august 2012, where he awarded the presidents scholarship to from left moses soh, shaun lim, alicia tee, jarret huang and adil hakeem. Join facebook to connect with tony tan tony and others you may know. One recurring theme on twitter, is what exactly tony tan looks like. Tony is an agora awardee for outstanding marketing achievement, a triple a alumni awardee of the asian institute of management aim, a toym awardee for entrepreneurship, twotime star of asia awardee of businessweek international, and a lifetime achievement awardee of the.
Tony tan elected singapore president financial times. Speaking at the universitys inauguration ceremony, dr tony tan said. Apart from that, he boasts an extremely close semblance to kentucky fried chickens kfc colonel sanders. President tony tan in london yahoo newsroom 25 october 2014 singapore president tony tan went on a state visit to london and bristol with his wife and a few ministers, where he attended a state banquet hosted by britains queen elizabeth ii and her family, and also met the alwaysfetching duke and duchess of cambridge. Today is president tony tans last day on the job and he vacates his seat in the istana to make way for a malay successor in the upcoming reserved. On 7 july 2011, tony tan submitted his presidential eligibility forms. Tony tan keng yam was born on february 7, 1940 in singapore to tan seng hwee and jessie lim neo swee. The energy project ceo tony schwartz, who coaches companies on how to be more productive, explains why employees are taking less time off and how that could hurt them. For the sake of fairness, well use tan s own handshake at last years ndp to set up the general structure of the handshake. And this years ndp, which is also his final one as president, saw a return of the awkward handshake version of tony tan. Tony tan explains what tony tan has done as president in. As a businessman, i believe you can serve society best by creating jobs for as many people as you can and giving them. Tony schwartz, ceo of the energy project, on importance of.
Tony tan caktiong is the founder and chairman of jollibee food, one of the worlds fastestgrowing asian restaurant chains. Ingredients of a good handshake hold the persons hand firmly. Oh wait, we thought the powers of the president are only limited to. What young voters need to know about tony tan page 4.
Singapores last president tony tan ended his term on thursday, august 31, and its reasonably widelyacknowledged that his term was otherwise rather unremarkable compared to others. He attended high school at chiang kai shek college and graduated from the university of santo tomas with a degree in chemical engineering. In his six years in office, president tony tan keng yam. Tan jee say goes head to head with tony tan duration. Hi, my name is tony tran and id been with guardian since 2004. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. First well take a look at a good example of a handshake. The school of business became a department in 1964. Handshakes are the most important part of meeting new people. He is married to president tony tan keng yanis daughter patricia, whom he met while they were studying in oxford. President tony tan keng yam left and italian prime minister matteo renzi share a handshake at mr renzis official residence, the. Now the familiar bumblebee logo seen all over the philippines is going global.
It is an online community and subforum of hardwarezone. The sun shines on the school of business in the statesman towers during late spring. Tony tan faking out chief of defence force coming in for a handshake is the funniest way to end a presidency. Singapore president tony tan tony tans track record at government of investment corporation gic has been a disaster. Over 20 years of handson experience in sap systems bi. Edmw is also another platform notorious for breaking news. Singaporean president tony tan hosts mit delegation mit news. Toni towneswhitley appointed worldwide public sector vp. Tan was born to chinese immigrant parents from fujian. Judging from their criteria, and by the fact that the next president is from.
Dr tony tan who also happens to be the president of singapore is well known for his world class handshakes. View profile view profile badges get a job like tonys. Applause, hugs, handshakes and familiar songs were the order of the. Mdphd program in stanford university under a presidents scholarship and loke.
Still others say he looks like colonel sanders, the kfc mascot. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover tonys connections. Tony tan kheng yam dut first class gcb born 7 february 1940 is a singaporean. The 12 most important tony tan handshakes of all time. End of president tony tan as he leaves office on aug. President tony tan points to facebook posts as significant.
President tony tan shakes hands with others wherever he goes. Jover chew was exposed and shamed on edmw and sometimes wanbao and other news agencies get their scoop from here. View tony tans profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Applause, hugs, handshakes and familiar songs were the order of the evening at president tony tan keng yams farewell reception on. Singapore president tony tan will leave office on aug. President tony tans term ends on 31 august this year, it will be an interesting next few months as we will see who the government will roll out as their selected president. Tony tan keng yam is elected president of singapore. Singapore and italy sign agreements to boost ties during president. Exisa detainee issues challenge to dr tony tan youtube. On february 20, 1990, the alpha epsilon chapter of gamma iota sigma is chartered at indiana state university.
Tan faking out chief of defence force coming in for a handshake is the. A handshake is a handshake, gentleman way of saying, nice to know u, is better than no hshake at all. That is, if his phony handshake can be described as a handshake. President tony tan officiates at celebrations at the. Tony tan caktiong built jollibee into a fastfood giant at home. Son of a chef, tony tan caktiong opened jollibee foods back in. Dr tony tans term as president of singapore is about to end soon, with the nomination day for the presidential election 2017 set for sept. Billionaire tony tan caktiong takes jollibee foods global. Singapore, 8 june 20 it was yet another milestone for the singapore sports councils ssc philanthropic arm, as president tony tan was announced as patron of sportcares today. His studied at st patricks school and st josephs institution in singapore. President tony tan insincere handshake sagahow will you feel if it happen to you. Therafter, he attended the university of singapore with a scholarship and. President tony tan launches 16th presidents challenge at. Founder, jollibee foods corporation see related topic.
The puppet pap president tony tan showed his true colours today when he spoke out in favour of the paps proposed constitutional amendment to the elected presidency. He joined the billionaire ranks for the first time in 2011. Singapore news today president tony tan shows his true. Tan had initially planned an ice cream parlor when he founded jollibee, then added dishes such as hamburgers, french fries, and fried chicken. Tony tan faking out chief of defence force coming in for a.
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