FASS Community Recognised at the 2021 National Day Awards Ceremony

August 12, 2021

IN BRIEF | 2 min read

Eleven members of the FASS community have received awards, including the Public Administration Bronze, Commendation and Long Service Medals from the Prime Minister's Office.
Mr Mark Teng (Director Administration, Dean's Office) was conferred the Public Administration Bronze Medal and Dr Azhar Ibrahim (Malay Studies) received the Commendation Medal.

NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Dean’s Office, Director of Administration, Mr Teng Mah Kiong, was conferred the Public Administration Bronze Medal at this year’s National Day Awards by the Prime Minister’s Office. Mr Teng is in his fourteenth year of service at the National University of Singapore as the Director (Administration) of NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Dean’s Office. He received the FASS Long Service Award in 2015 for his 10 years of service.

Commendation Medal
Dr Azhar Ibrahim, Lecturer with the Department of Malay Studies, received the Commendation Medal. Dr Ibrahim earned his BA (Hons) in Southeast Asian Studies in 1997, and BA (Merit), MA and PhD from the Department of Malay Studies in 1997, 2001 and 2008. Since 2009, he teaches and supervises both undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the Department of Malay Studies, and his main research interests are in the areas of: religion and society, deviance and social control, and sensory studies. .

Long Service Medal
FASS awardees of the Long Service Medal include:

Associate Professor Daniel Goh Pei Siong, Department of Sociology and NUS Associate Provost (Undergraduate Education)
Associate Professor Su Jui-Lung, Department of Chinese Studies
Associate Professor Wong Sin Kiong, Department of Chinese Studies
Associate Professor Wong Wei Kang, Department of Economics
Professor Henry Yeung Wai Chung, Department of Geography
Mdm Angeline Ang Poh Kim, Associate Director, Department of English Language & Literature
Ms Chee Lee Kuen, Management Assistant Officer, Department of Economics
Mdm Amelia Yuen Fong Pheng, Management Assistant Officer, Dean's Office
Mdm Salinah Binte Zuber, Management Assistant Officer, Department of Economics

The full list of NUS Recipients of National Day Awards 2021 is available here.