Simon Tay (Simon Seong Chee Tay or Simon S.C. Tay), is a Singaporean professor, author, and former nominated member of Parliament.[1]
Career
editFrom 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
editTay 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
editFiction
- 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=