<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Clinician & engineer hailed <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Tania Tan & Shobana Kesava
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->BETWEEN this clinician and engineer, billions have been generated for Singapore.
For their contributions, Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, deputy chairman of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, and Mr Say Kwee Teck, senior vice-president of engineering R&D at Seagate Technology International, received the National Science and Technology Medal on Thursday - the country's highest scientific honour.
Despite hailing from different sectors, both have had 'lasting impact' on Singapore's social and economic sectors, said selection committee member Professor Lui Pao Chuen.
'How do you compare the two?' said Prof Lui, a former medal winner himself. 'It's not just about dollars and cents, but how much they've changed Singapore's scientific landscape as well.'
Prof Tan, 49, was instrumental in building Singapore's biomedical sciences initiative from its beginning in 2000.
He helped establish programmes that have drawn a star-studded cast of researchers, such as cancer expert David Lane and breast cancer expert Edison Liu.
He also groomed hundreds of budding doctors during his three-year service as dean of the National University of Singapore's medicine faculty. The avid traveller credits going off the beaten track on vacations for bringing new dimensions to his work. Travelling to places such as Antarctica and Peru helps hone 'independence, resourcefulness, and some degree of risk taking' - key ingredients in science research, said Prof Tan.
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Tania Tan & Shobana Kesava
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->BETWEEN this clinician and engineer, billions have been generated for Singapore.
For their contributions, Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, deputy chairman of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, and Mr Say Kwee Teck, senior vice-president of engineering R&D at Seagate Technology International, received the National Science and Technology Medal on Thursday - the country's highest scientific honour.
Despite hailing from different sectors, both have had 'lasting impact' on Singapore's social and economic sectors, said selection committee member Professor Lui Pao Chuen.
'How do you compare the two?' said Prof Lui, a former medal winner himself. 'It's not just about dollars and cents, but how much they've changed Singapore's scientific landscape as well.'
Prof Tan, 49, was instrumental in building Singapore's biomedical sciences initiative from its beginning in 2000.
He helped establish programmes that have drawn a star-studded cast of researchers, such as cancer expert David Lane and breast cancer expert Edison Liu.
He also groomed hundreds of budding doctors during his three-year service as dean of the National University of Singapore's medicine faculty. The avid traveller credits going off the beaten track on vacations for bringing new dimensions to his work. Travelling to places such as Antarctica and Peru helps hone 'independence, resourcefulness, and some degree of risk taking' - key ingredients in science research, said Prof Tan.
