LKY School Beijing Alumni Discuss Future Sino-Sing Collaboration During Beijing Work Conference

Key Points:

• Dane Lim, Director, External Affairs & Marketing of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy together with two other school representatives, went to Beijing for a meeting with representatives from the Beijing Alumni Chapter to kickstart student recruitment in various ministries.
• New executive committee for Lee Kuan Yew School Beijing Alumni Chapter is formed.
• Alumnus Wang Ke Jian is officially appointed as the latest Beijing Alumni Chapter President by school dean Professor Kishore.

Correspondent: Ye Yun

July 28, 2016 

The work conference co-organised by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) and the LKYSPP Beijing Alumni Chapter was successfully held on July 28, 2016. 

The representatives from the Beijing Alumni Chapter extended a warm welcome to Mr. Dane Lim, Director of External Affairs & Marketing and the two other representatives that joined him in Beijing to support the teachers’ student recruitment effort carried out in different ministries.

During their visit to Beijing, Director Dane Lim, Ms. Tracy Lee, Associate Director of Marketing & Communications and Ms. Mia Lu, Assistant Head of Region, Admissions, had a packed itinerary where they visited the human resource departments of different ministries. During these visits, both parties engaged in in-depth exchanges and discussions where they shared similar views with regard to the career prospects of future graduates. The new executive committee members of the Beijing Alumni Chapter also had a friendly exchange with the new alumni representatives. 

During the work conference, Director Dane Lim was the first to address the crowd. He, on the behalf of school dean Professor Kishore Mahbubani, thanked the alumni for their warm reception and updated them about the school’s latest developments. This included the newly established Master in International Affairs programme that is going to open applications for admissions in August 2016, as well as an annual meeting for the International Affairs Programme Union that the school will organise in 2017. Director Lim also mentioned that Professor Kishore will visit Beijing next year and hoped that the Beijing Alumni Chapter would give him support. 

The Beijing Alumni Chapter is acknowledged by the Lee Kuan Yew School as one of the most active one with a “golden reputation” out of all the alumni groups in different countries. As such, Director Dane Lim, on behalf of the school, said he hopes to strengthen ties with the Beijing Alumni Chapter to enhance both parties’ cooperation on a strategic level, so as to contribute more to the school’s future development. 

After his speech, Ms Mia Lu used a PowerPoint presentation to showcase the admission and graduation details of the LKYSPP students in China this year. She also made explicit requests pertaining to both parties’ strategic cooperation, including establishing a permanent institution for alumni in Beijing to offer sustainable support and help for their student recruitment efforts. The alumni listened to Mia Lu’s speech attentively and gave valuable feedback with regard to their alma mater’s recruitment efforts. 

Beijing Alumni Chapter President Wang Ke Jian said that the Alumni Chapter has always strongly supported all sorts of activities organised by LKYSPP in Beijing, including the Sino-Sing development forum, and maintained strong relations with all the teachers. Mr Wang said that the Beijing Alumni Chapter was very honoured to be able to extend help during the school’s initial stage of student recruitment by facilitating exchanges and communication, such as providing more information about the training needs of Beijing’s ministries, state-owned enterprises and other organisations in their support of their alma mater’s work. 

Director Dane Lim also brought along a letter of appointment from school dean Professor Kishore. Since the establishment of the Beijing Alumni Chapter, the number of alumni members has grown to 660 people through the hard work of the previous two batches of Alumni Chapter committees, with an additional 69 newly graduated students joining the big family this year. President Wang Ke Jian, in the presence of the former Chapter President, other executive members and newly graduated students, accepted and signed off the letter of appointment from Professor Kishore. 

 

The new batch of the Lee Kuan Yew school Beijing Alumni Chapter committee members: (From the left) Vice-President Man Chao Yang (MPA 2009), President Wang Ke Jian (MPAM 2013), Vice Secretary-General Liu Yu Jing (MPP2013), and Secretary-General Ye Yun (MPA 2010).

The work conference ended on a high note with Director Dane Lim and President Wang Ke Jian exchanging gifts at the end of the event.

2016年8月新加坡国立大学李光耀学院校友工作座谈会在京举行，探讨未来中新发展合作

摘要：

• 新加坡国立大学李光耀公共政策学院对外事务与市场总监Dane Lim一行三人莅临北京，与北京校友会代表交流，并在各部委开展招生工作。
• 新加坡国立大学李光耀公共政策学院北京校友会新一届秘书处成立。
• 王克剑校友正式获得马凯硕院长任命为新一届北京校友会会长。

通讯员：叶蕴   

2016年7月28日 

本月28日，由新加坡国立大学李光耀公共政策学院，及李光耀学院北京校友会共同主办的校友工作座谈会成功举行。北京校友会代表热烈欢迎学院对外事务与市场总监Dane Lim一行三人莅临北京，大力支持学院老师在北京各部委开展招生工作。本次来京，Dane Lim总监与学院对外事务与市场助理总监 Tracy Lee，地区事务招生经理Mia Mu展开了密集的行程，拜访了财政部、外交部等部委的人事部门。期间，双方进行了深入的交流和探讨，并就未来的校友工作达成了一致的意见。新一届北京校友会秘书处也和新毕业的校友代表进行了友好亲切的交流。

在交流会上，Dane Lim 总监首先致辞，林总监首先代表马凯硕院长感谢各位校友的热情接待，并介绍了学校的发展近况。包括，最新推出的学位项目“国际关系硕士”将于近期开始招生，以及学院将主办2017年国际关系学院联盟的年会。马凯硕院长将于明年访问北京，希望校友会给予大力支持。

北京校友会是被母校认定公认各地校友会中最活跃团结的一员，是学校在全球建立的众多校友会中的 “金字招牌”。因此，Dane Lim总监也代表学校，希望与北京校友会加强联系，把双方的合作提升到战略层面，为学校未来的发展做出更大的贡献。

 随后，Mia Lu用详尽的PPT向各位校友展示了今年李光耀学院在中国的招生与毕业状况，并向校友会提出了建立双方战略合作的具体要求，包括在北京建立校友会的常驻机构，为母校的招生提供可持续的支持和帮助。校友们认真聆听了Mia的演讲，并就母校招生工作提出了许多宝贵的意见。

王克剑会长表示，北京校友会一向大力支持母校在北京的各种工作，并且和学校的各位老师保持密切的联络，包括合作中新发展论坛等。王会长建议，北京校友会非常荣幸能够为母校的招生工作提供前期的铺垫、交流和沟通支持，为母校提出更多在京部委、国有企业及其他机构外派培训信息和需求，支持母校的工作。

Dane Lim总监也带来了李光耀学院院长马凯硕的任命书。李光耀学院北京校友会自建立以来，历经两届校友会的辛勤耕耘，已经发展了660名在京校友，今年也有69名新毕业校友加入北京校友会大家庭。王克剑会长在北京校友会秘书处、前任校友会会长和新毕业校友的陪同下，接受和签署了马凯硕院长的任命书。

新一届李光耀学院北京校友会秘书处成员（部分）：（左起）满朝阳 副会长 MPA2009；王克剑 会长MPAM2013 ；刘雨菁 副秘书长 MPP2013；叶蕴 秘书长 MPA 2010

最后，Dane Lim总监和王克剑会长互相交换了礼物，会议在友好和欢乐的气氛中落幕