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Simon Tay (Simon Seong Chee Tay or Simon S.C. Tay), is a Singaporean professor, author, and former nominated member of Parliament.[1]
Career
[edit]From 2002 to 2008, he chaired the National Environment Agency of Singapore.[2] He was a Nominated Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2001.[3] In 1991, Tay started the Singapore Volunteers Overseas, which recruits young volunteers to provide technical assistance in developing countries.[4] He was also named a "global leader of tomorrow" during the 2000 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland[5] in addition to being featured in the Far East Economic Review's 50th Anniversary Issue as one of 'Ten People to Watch in Asia'.[6] In 2009, Tay spent a year in New York as a Bernard Schwartz Fellow. [7]
He is currently Associate Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore, and Chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs.[8]
Tay writes fortnightly commentaries in TODAY, a local newspaper and appears regularly in the American and international media, including BBC, CNN, and Bloomberg.[9]
Apart from his academic and political interests Tay is a published poet and author - his collection of short stories, Stand Alone, was awarded the Highly Commended prize from the National Book Development Council of Singapore Awards.[10]
Education
[edit]Tay received an LL.M. from Harvard University as a Fulbright Scholar, where he won the Laylin Prize for best thesis in international law in 1994. He has an LL.B. (Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore.
Selected Writings
[edit]Fiction
- Simon Tay, City of Small Blessings, Landmark Books, Singapore, 2009, ISBN 9789814189194
- Simon Tay, Stand Alone, Singapore, 1991, IBSN 9813002417
- Simon Tay, 5, National University of Singapore Press, Singapore, 1985
Non-Fiction
- Simon Tay, Yeo Lay Hwee (eds.), Elections in Asia: Making Democracy Work?, Singapore, 2006, ISBN 9789812104489
- Simon Tay, Jesus P. Estanislao & Hadi Soesastro (eds.), Reinventing ASEAN, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2001 ISBN 981-230-147X
References
[edit]- ^ http://law.nus.edu.sg/faculty/staff/profileview.asp?UserID=lawtaysc
- ^ http://www.siiaonline.org/?q=about-siia/profiles/assoc-prof-simon-tay
- ^ "Nine NMPs named," Straits Times, September 26, 1996
- ^ Murray Hiebert, "People -- Nine to Watch -- The Renaissance Man: Writer-lawyer-lecturer encourages Singaporeans to probe", Far Eastern Economic Review, November 7, 1996.
- ^ http://global.factiva.com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/aa/?ref=stimes0020010817dw1s000uj&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=p&sa_from=
- ^ http://www.principalvoices.com/voices/simon-tay-bio.html
- ^ http://www.asiasociety.org/about/people/fellows/schwartz09
- ^ http://law.nus.edu.sg/faculty/staff/profileview.asp?UserID=lawtaysc
- ^ http://www.asiasociety.org/about/people/fellows/schwartz09
- ^ http://global.factiva.com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/aa/?ref=STIMES0020050711do9503b0f&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=p&sa_from=