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Retour articleLondon School of Economics
- Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Social Anthropology
- Diploma in Social Science and Social Administration
Fulbright Scholar 1969 -1971
State University of New York (Albany Campus). Obtained double Masters simultaneously.
- Master of Arts in Sociology of Medicine and Industry
- Master of Science in Vocational Rehabilitation Counselling and Psychotherapy.
National: Current involvements and positions held in Voluntary Welfare Organisations
1986 - present Founder President, Disabled People's Association (DPA)
1997 - 1998
1998- present President, Singapore Association of Social Workers (SASW)
Ex-co member,(SASW)
1996 - present
Member, Executive Committee, Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC)
1996 - present Honorary Secretary, Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH)
1996 &endash; 1998
1998 &endash; present
Second Deputy Chairman, Board of Trustees, Singapore Professional Centre
Chairman, Singapore Professional Centre
National: Past Involvements and Positions Held in Voluntary Agencies
Past President, Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH)
Past Vice President, Singapore Association of Social Workers (SASW)
Past Vice President, Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH)
Past Vice-President, Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC)
Past Chairman, Advisory Committee for the Rehabilitation of Disabled People of the National Council of Social Service
Past Board Member, National Council of Social Service (NCSS)
Founder Member, Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association (SANA) and First Chairman, SANA's Counselling and Rehabilitation Committee
Past Member, Local Churches' Executive Committee, Tamil Methodist Church
International
First (Founder) Chairperson of the Disabled People's International (DPI)
Chairman, Disabled People's International Peace Committee
Past Chairman, Commonwealth Caucus of People with Disabilities, DPI
Past Vice-President, Rehabilitation International
Immediate Past Vice President of the Asian Blind Union (ABU)
Past Executive Committee Member of the World Blind Union (WBU)
Chairman, National Co-ordination Committee, United Nations International Year of Disabled Persons (IYDP) 1981
Member, United Nations Inter-Agency Meetings
Member, Executive Council, International Round Table for the Advancement of Counselling
Member, Vienna NGO-Committee of the Family, United Nations
Past Member, Specialist Committee on the Stimulation for Organisational Co-operation of the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind (present World Blind Union)
Assignments
1981 - 1985 WHO Study
Appointed by W.H.O. to conduct research and produce documents on "A Survey on the Present Status and Future Priorities of Organisations of People with Disabilities in Developing Countries."
1981 - 1982 Study on Access to United Nations Buildings, Information and Documentation.
April - 1990 Appointed as one of three global evaluators to assist the Community Based programmes carried out by the International Centre for Advancement of Community Based Rehabilitation of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
1995 Invited as Consultant/Resource Person to Meetings of the Executive Committee and General Assembly of the Asian Blind Union, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 22 to 25 June 1995
1995 Attended the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) Region's Meeting as a Resource/Consultant to review the Progress of the Asia Pacific Decade for Disabled Persons, 1993 - 2002 in Bangkok, Thailand
1995 Presented a paper on "Legislation for the Disabled People in Singapore" at the 4th International Abilympics Conference in Perth, Australia
1999 Presented a paper and served as an expert on Issues and strategies for building national capacities to promote and monitor implementation of norms and standards relating to persons with disabilities at Interregional Seminar and Symposium on International Norms and Standards Relating to Disability organised by Equal Opportunities Commission in Hong Kong
- Presented keynote papers and delivered lectures in the field of rehabilitation, counselling and consumer rights both in Singapore and around the world.
- Served on several panels in the capacity of UN expert on the World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons.
- Served as delegate and representative of Disabled People's International at ESCAP, ILO, WHO and the Vienna Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs (Austria).