73-786: Shaw Organisation is a film distribution company and cinema chain founded by brothers Runme Shaw and Run Run Shaw who went to Singapore in the 1920s to expand their family business founded by Runje Shaw . The company originally operated as a distributor for the Shaw brothers' Tianyi Film Company (also called Unique) in Shanghai. Run Run Shaw later moved to Hong Kong in the 1950s to run Shaw Brothers Studio , whilst Runme Shaw stayed in Singapore to continue Shaw Organisation's operations. Unlike Tianyi, Shaw Organisation does not produce films but distribute them in their theatre's. Shaw Organisation has
146-655: A Meritorious Service Medal from the Singapore Government and a Doctor of Letters awarded by the National University of Singapore . On 1 September 1982, in Singapore, Runme Shaw fell accidentally. Although he was able to walk home, he soon thereafter collapsed and went into a coma for two and a half years. On 2 March 1985, Runme Shaw died at the age of 84. Portrayed by Reuben Kang in P. Ramlee The Musical . National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore ( NUS )
219-501: A cartel that boycotted Shaw films. Undaunted by the opposition and prejudice , Runme and Run Run persevered to carve out a market share for themselves. By 1927, they began operating their own cinema in Tanjong Pagar so as to show their films. The makeshift timber cinema, known as The Empire , was leased to the Shaw brothers at a monthly rent of S$ 2,000, a large amount by today's value. The first film shown at The Empire
292-575: A 'golden tap' in his private office suite. Durai dropped NKF's claims against the Singapore Press Holdings on 13 July 2005 after making several confessions during the trial and the entire board of NKF resigned on 14 July 2005. Since the incident, there has been a said irreversible effect on trust issues for donations to charitable organisations in Singapore, including Shaw Foundation. For NKF itself, donations plummeted from $ 73 million in 2004 to $ 21 million in 2013 – signifying
365-786: A depth of experience about science and the way it is carried out." The NUS Faculty of Law was first established as a Department of Law in the University of Malaya in 1956. The first law students were admitted to the Bukit Timah campus of the university the following year. In 1980, the faculty shifted to the Kent Ridge campus, but in 2006 it relocated back to the Bukit Timah site. The faculty offers LLB, LLM, JD, and PhD programmes, alongside continuing education and graduate certificate programmes. The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at NUS
438-545: A four-year term and was reappointed in 1979, but resigned after one year to allow Koh Lip Lin to continue his post. In 1980, University of Singapore merged with Nanyang University to form NUS, resulting in overlapping posts. The NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering (NGS) was established in 2003. The principal purpose of NGS is "to promote integrative PhD research encompassing both laboratory work and coursework programmes which not only transcend traditional subject boundaries but also provides students with
511-547: A group of representatives of the Chinese and other non-European communities to petition the governor of the Straits Settlements , Sir John Anderson , to establish a medical school in Singapore. It was noted by Anderson that there were other petitions prior which were not successful due to concerns over having a sufficient number of students and support from the local community. Tan, who was the first president of
584-549: A long history in Singapore since its founding in 1928. They bought the land which the Shaw House now stands in the year 1952. The plot of land was originally granted to William Scott in 1845. About 500,000 square feet of land was levelled original Shaw House and the adjacent Lido Theatre. The company managed single-screen cinemas until the late 1980s, when it decided to build cineplexes to give more flexibility in offering different types of films. The first cineplexes built were
657-521: A separate institution from the medical school, was established to promote education in arts and social sciences. On 8 October 1949, Raffles College was merged with King Edward VII College of Medicine to form the University of Malaya . The two institutions were merged to provide for the higher education needs of the Federation of Malaya . The growth of University of Malaya was very rapid during
730-435: A tiger instead of a lion), and the emblem of the former Nanyang University, three interlocking rings but without the star used since 1955. It is blazoned : Argent a lion passant guardant proper; on a chief azure dexter an open book also proper, bound, edged and clasped Or and sinister three annulets interlaced one and two Argent. The lion represents NUS as a Singaporean university, the open book represents knowledge and
803-499: A total of 10 children, three of whom died at an early age. He had his own import-export company, and was also the owner of an opera hall in which Runme Shaw's brother, Runje Shaw , was its principal playwright and director. However, the opera business failed. Runme was educated in traditional Shanghainese schools, learning Confucian classics and classical Chinese literature . With the Chinese movie industry still in its infancy in
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#1732780144364876-641: A wide range of disciplines. In the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject, NUS ranked among the global top 10 for 19 subjects. In the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject, NUS achieved high global ranks in several subjects, being ranked 11th in Computer Science, 9th in Engineering, 11th in Law, and 15th in Business & Economics. In all subjects, NUS held
949-572: Is a liberal arts college in Singapore established in August 2013 as a joint project of Yale University and the National University of Singapore. It is an autonomous college within NUS, allowing it greater freedom to develop its own policies while tapping on the existing facilities and resources of the main university. Students who graduate receive a degree awarded by NUS. Pericles Lewis ,
1022-506: Is a national public research university in Singapore . It was officially established in 1980 by the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University . The university offers degree programmes in disciplines at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including in the sciences, medicine and dentistry, design and environment, law, arts and social sciences, engineering, business, computing, and music. NUS's main campus
1095-647: Is a collaboration between NUS and the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University . Singapore's first conservatory of music, YSTCM was founded as the Singapore Conservatory of Music in 2001. The School was renamed Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music after a gift was made by the family of the late Dr Yong Loo Lin in memory of his daughter. The Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health is Singapore's first and only tertiary education institution for public health. The school traces its origins to
1168-783: Is a graduate medical school in Singapore. The school was set up in April 2005 as the Duke–NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore's second medical school, after the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine , and before the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine . The Duke–NUS Medical School is a collaboration between Duke University in North Carolina, United States and the National University of Singapore. The Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YSTCM)
1241-627: Is located adjacent to the Kent Ridge subzone of Queenstown . The Duke–NUS Medical School is located at the Outram campus. The Bukit Timah campus houses the Faculty of Law and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy . NUS's affiliated faculty members and researchers include one Nobel Prize laureate, one Tang Prize laureate, and one Vautrin Lud laureate. In September 1904, Tan Jiak Kim led
1314-812: Is the Shaw House located at 350 Orchard Road with Isetan as its anchor tenant. The Shaw House is actually the organisation's largest project to date in Singapore. It took three years to construct and was finally completed in 1993. Other than the Shaw House, the Shaw Organisation also owns other commercial properties including the Shaw Plaza, Shaw Centre , Shaw Corner, Oriental Plaza, Balestier Warehouse, North Bridge Road Shophouse and Mackenzie Road Shophouse. Shaw Organisation also owns residential properties in Singapore. The two notable ones are Twin Heights and Hullet Rise. The others are single houses (With
1387-510: The Tianyi Film Company (aka Unique). Not satisfied with the domestic market, the Shaw brothers sought business opportunities elsewhere, especially South-East Asia. Runme, as distribution manager was tasked to search for a suitable investment city. Runme's original destination was Indochina where he hoped to meet with the film distributors. However, he was denied permission to land there and instead, he ended up in Singapore, creating
1460-882: The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2024, #26 in the USNWR 2022–2023 Best Global Universities Rankings, #71 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2023, #29 in the SCImago Institutions Rankings 2020, and #26 in the Informatics Institute/ METU 's University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) 2022–2023. NUS was the 27th best-ranked university worldwide in terms of aggregate performance across THE, QS, and ARWU, as reported by ARTU 2023. QS has ranked NUS among
1533-399: The sound effect . Only two evening shows were screened per day. Despite this, the theatre attracted crowds with its offering of Chinese movies. As profits grew, Runme ventured into Malaya in the 1920s and 1930s, with Run Run taking charge of business in Singapore. He travelled to small towns and major cities, including Kuala Lumpur , Penang, and Ipoh , to distribute and show his films. Ipoh
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#17327801443641606-725: The 1980s, with the setting up of the Centre for Management of Innovation and Technopreneurship in 1988. In 2001, this was renamed the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre (NEC), and became a division of NUS Enterprise. NEC is currently headed by Wong Poh Kam and its activities are organised into four areas, including a business incubator, experiential education, entrepreneurship development and entrepreneurship research. NUS has 17 faculties and schools across three campus locations in Singapore – Kent Ridge, Bukit Timah and Outram. NUS also collaborates with many other Universities around
1679-635: The 80s, Shaw operated two popular fairgrounds – the Great World Amusement Park and the New World Amusement Park . At its height, the company owned multiple cinemas and amusement parks throughout Singapore, Malaysia and Borneo , and spawned Shaw Brothers Studio in Hong Kong to feed its then-burgeoning operation. By August 2000, a computerised ticketing system developed jointly with Singapore Computer Systems
1752-751: The Board around prompted an offer for Runme to run as chairman for the Singapore Turf Club which he accepted. He was also a director at the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation , Fraser and Neave , presidents of St. John Ambulance Brigade and Alliance Francaise , and served at the Bank of Singapore , Bukit Timah Saddle Club, National St. John Council and the Shangri-La Hotel Singapore . Runme
1825-587: The Built Environment; and the Division of Industrial Design. The Faculty of Engineering was established in 1968. It is the largest faculty in the university, and consists of several departments spanning diverse engineering fields. The interdisciplinary College of Humanities and Sciences (CHS) was established in 2020. It comprises the two largest faculties, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and
1898-484: The Faculty of Science, though both faculties are still branded independently, unlike CDE. The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has roots in Raffles College. Initially offering just four subjects: English, History, Geography and Economics, the Faculty now offers majors, minors and special programmes across 16 Departments. This includes the Centre for Language Studies, which teaches 13 different languages, and
1971-499: The Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2022. NUS also offers MBA double degrees in collaboration with overseas universities such as Peking University , HEC Paris , and Yale University . The School of Computing established in 1998, has two departments: Computer Science; and Information Systems and Analytics. The Faculty of Dentistry traces its origins in 1929 as a Department of Dentistry within
2044-536: The King Edward VII College of Medicine. The faculty conducts a four-year dental course leading to a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree. The interdisciplinary College of Design and Engineering (CDE) was established in 2021, bringing together two pre-existing faculties, the School of Design and Environment (SDE) and the Faculty of Engineering (FoE). The School of Design and Environment has three departments: Department of Architecture; Department of
2117-457: The Office of Programmes, which houses multidisciplinary fields and minor programmes. The South Asian Studies Programme is not officially classified as a department, but as a departmental entity. The Faculty of Science comprises multiple departments, spanning across natural and applied sciences. The first female Dean of the Faculty of Science was Gloria Lim , who was appointed in 1973. She served
2190-606: The Prince and Jade cineplexes in Shaw Towers, opened in February 1988. Cineplexes have now become the standard for cinemas offering varied shows for smaller crowds. The Shaw Organisation was founded in 1928 when Tan Runme Shaw (1901–1985) arrived in Singapore from Shanghai. He was the third of seven children of a Shanghai textile merchant, Shaw Yuh Hsuen (1867–1920). In Shanghai, Runme's eldest brother Runje Shaw had founded
2263-627: The QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022. NUS has a semester-based modular system for conducting undergraduate courses. It adopts features of the British system, such as small group teaching ( tutorials ) on top of regular two-hour lectures, and the American system ( course credits ). NUS has 17 faculties and schools across three campuses, including a music conservatory. The University Scholars Programme (USP)
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2336-530: The Shaw Organisation. He was joined by his younger brother Sir Run Run Shaw two years later. After the Great Depression , the Shaws decided to diversify their risk by branching out from their entertainment business into areas like amusement parks. They brought in ideas from abroad and modelled the parks after those in Shanghai, which proved to be popular amongst the local population. From the mid 30s to
2409-569: The Shaw brothers interrogated. Runme was paid $ 350 each month to run the films during World War II , and he continued to supervise the operation of theatres in Singapore and Malaysia. The Shaw brothers were also allowed to reopen their amusement parks to the public. After the Japanese occupation, the Shaw brothers returned to their movie business. With the impending invasion of Singapore, the Shaw brothers converted their assets into gold, jewellery and cash, and buried them in their back garden. After
2482-426: The Shaw brothers split their duties, with Runme eventually taking charge of northern Malaya while Run Run the southern half, which included Singapore. Although the Great Depression of the late 1920s affected their business, it recovered sufficiently for the Shaw brothers to buy over more cinemas. By 1939, the Shaws operated a chain of 139 cinemas across Singapore, Malaysia , Thailand , Indonesia and Indochina. All
2555-544: The Shaw brothers wanted to seek business opportunities elsewhere. Runme, who was the distribution manager, was given this task. Originally, Runme's destination was Indochina where he hoped to meet with the film distributors, but he was denied permission to land there. When the Shaw brothers saw great distribution potential in the Southeast Asian market where many Chinese immigrants lived, Runme chose Singapore as his base. Runme Shaw arrived in Singapore in 1925 to test
2628-486: The Shaw brothers would build a permanent theatre. In more rural areas, mobile cinemas were operated. In setting up cinemas throughout Malaya, the Shaw brothers usually bought more land than was needed around the theatres. These were Runme's first real estate ventures, as he reasoned correctly that a successful cinema would benefit surrounding businesses thereby raising land value. With the growing chain of cinemas in Malaya,
2701-464: The Shaw brothers' cinema and amusement park shows. Runme and Run Run had planned to leave for Australia with their families, but their plans were dashed when a quota based on age was enforced on young men leaving the country which Run Run did not qualify. Leaving their respective homes, the families of Runme and Run Run moved into the newly built Shaw villa at Queen Astrid Park in December 1941. With
2774-664: The Straits Chinese British Association, managed to raise 87,077 Straits dollars from the community, including a personal donation of $ 12,000. On 3 July 1905, the medical school was founded and was known as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School . At Anderson's directions, the school was hosted temporarily at a recently emptied block at a Government-run asylum in Pasir Panjang while providing
2847-420: The University of Malaya's Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, formed in 1948. The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy was established in 2004 as an autonomous graduate school of NUS. Although the School was formally launched in 2004, it inherited NUS's Public Policy Programme, which was established in 1992 in partnership with Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. The Yale-NUS College
2920-595: The beneficiaries were schools, such as Maris Stella High School , Anglo-Chinese School and St. Patrick's School , where a part of its buildings are now named after the Shaw Foundation. As the chairman of the Singapore Turf Club for 19 years, Runme instituted the club's charitable use of funds for medical research and charitable purposes. He was also involved in the St. John Ambulance . Runme Shaw
2993-582: The boards of several government bodies and corporations, besides his own Shaw Organisation group of companies. Runme was the chairman of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board from 1969 to 1976. During his tenure, Runme revamped the running of the board, added more staff and capital input, and opened tourist offices abroad in countries such as Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom and United States. His success in turning
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3066-567: The cinemas were managed under Malayan Theatres Limited, a subsidiary of Shaw Brothers Limited. In Singapore, the Shaw brothers expanded The Empire and moved to a brick building, the Alhambra, on Beach Road . The Alhambra was the first Singapore cinema to have air conditioning and played films like Errol Flynn 's The Adventures of Robin Hood . The Shaw brothers not only made their own movies, but also imported foreign ones which Runme brought in
3139-421: The divisions into that of a national university. Legislation was passed in 1961, establishing the former Kuala Lumpur division as the University of Malaya, while the Singapore division was renamed the University of Singapore on 1 January 1962. The National University of Singapore (NUS) was formed with the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University on 6 August 1980. This was done in part due to
3212-443: The dominant dialect factions – Cantonese , Hokkien and Teochew – who controlled the local film business. The film distributors believed that these businessmen imported films from China directly and showed them in their cinemas, and so very few wanted to release the Shaw's silent films. There was also an alliance between a major exhibition circuit run by Malayan cinema king Wang Yu Ting and Shanghai's Liuhe Film Company,
3285-406: The early 1930s. Runme attributed the success of the Shaw brothers' film business to hard work and consumer foresight, knowing intuitively the public's taste in films and what appealed to them. Besides the film industry, the Shaw brothers also expanded into the business of amusement parks , first in Singapore, then in Malaya. These were modelled after the ones in Shanghai where they were popular with
3358-451: The early 20th century, Runje Shaw saw the potential in producing and distributing films in China. In 1925 he established Tianyi Film Company (also known as Unique) in Shanghai, and started off with producing silent movies . Run Run and Runme (who was then working as a sales manager in his father's trading company) soon joined Runje in the venture. Not satisfied with their domestic market,
3431-608: The eldest son of Run Run Shaw . The major recipient of Shaw Foundation's donations, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) of Singapore was caught in a scandal mainly involving the misuse of donation funds of NKF. The incident circled around then chief executive officer, T.T Durai understating NKF's reserves and exaggerating the number of patients to encourage more donations, using the funds for personal reasons such as maintaining his personal car, travelling frequently on first class flights and an installation of
3504-477: The exception of Jalan Sampurna which is a plot of land with two houses). Shaw Organisation Pte Ltd owns the Shaw Properties Pte Ltd and Shaw Theatres Pte Ltd. Shaw Properties Pte Ltd oversees the operations in property development, acquisition and leasing whilst Shaw Theatres Pte Ltd oversees the operations in film purchase, distribution and the cinema's food and beverages. The Shaw Foundation
3577-471: The first decade of its establishment and resulted in the setting up of two autonomous divisions in 1959, one located in Singapore and the other in Kuala Lumpur . In 1955, Nanyang University (abbreviated Nan-tah, 南大) was established on the backdrop of the Chinese community in Singapore. In 1960, the governments of then Federation of Malaya and Singapore indicated their desire to change the status of
3650-497: The government's desire to pool the two institutions' resources into a single, stronger entity and promote English as Singapore's main language of education. The original crest of Nanyang University with three intertwined rings was incorporated into the new coat-of-arms of NUS. Most departments of the university were situated at the Bukit Timah campus, with the gradual shift to the Kent Ridge site starting in 1969 and completed in 1986. NUS began its entrepreneurial education endeavours in
3723-484: The lasting impact of the incident. On 30 August 2020 at about 4.45pm, a piece of ventilation duct was dislodged on a cinema hall in the nex outlet while screening Tenet , resulting in two injuries. A spokesperson informed that the outlet would be temporarily closed until further notice. The theatre later resumed operations on March 18, 2021. Runme Shaw Runme Shaw , K.St.J ( Chinese : 邵仁枚 ; pinyin : Shào Rénméi ; 1 January 1901 – 2 March 1985)
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#17327801443643796-483: The locals. They acquired and operated two of the three amusement parks in Singapore – New World Amusement Park at Jalan Besar and Great World Amusement Park at River Valley – from the mid-1930s to the 1980s. The Shaw brothers also started amusement parks in major cities in Malaya like Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh. In 1942, the beginning of the Japanese Occupation of Singapore put an immediate stop to all
3869-488: The market for the Shaw brothers' films. He was later joined by Run Run and they together founded the Hai Seng Co (later Shaw Brothers Pte Ltd , the precursor of Shaw Organisation ) in Singapore in 1927. However, for new arrivals like Runme, finding distributors and exhibitors for their brand of silent movies proved a hurdle. As Shanghainese, Runme and Run Run found themselves locked out of the highly protected market by
3942-599: The region, and had a chain of more than 150 cinemas and 6 amusement parks in both Malaya and Singapore. From the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, Runme became famous for bringing kung-fu films to cinemas in Singapore. By 1988, the company was reorganised under the umbrella of The Shaw Organisation Pte Ltd. Besides movies, the Shaw brothers had also diversified into various commercial and residential property developments, and have more than 15 subsidiaries operating office blocks, apartment buildings, shopping arcades, hotels, amusement centres and multiplexes. Runme Shaw also served on
4015-508: The staff required to run the school. In 1912, the medical school received an endowment of $ 120,000 from the King Edward VII Memorial Fund, started by physician Lim Boon Keng . Subsequently, on 18 November 1913, the name of the school was changed to King Edward VII Medical School . In 1921, it was again changed to King Edward VII College of Medicine to reflect its academic status. In 1928, Raffles College,
4088-533: The surrender of the British forces to the Japanese in 1942, the Shaw brothers and their families fled from their home at Queen Astrid. The Imperial Japanese Army wanted Runme to produce and distribute propaganda films. Despite his attempts to hide, Runme was eventually captured by the Japanese. All Shaw cinemas were immediately seized by the Japanese propaganda body known as the Bunka Eiga Gekijio and
4161-587: The three rings represents the university's role in creating, imparting and applying knowledge, as well as creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. The National University of Singapore is one of two public universities in Singapore to adopt its coat of arms, alongside the Nanyang Technological University , with which it has relations. Globally, NUS was #8 in the QS World University Rankings 2025, #19 in
4234-638: The top spot nationally. In the 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, NUS exhibited strong global standing, being ranked among the global top 30 in 22 subjects. In most subjects, NUS achieved a national rank of 1. NUS's performance in the Business School Rankings by Financial Times: NUS graduates ranked 8th worldwide in the Times Higher Education's Global University Employability Ranking 2022, and 17th worldwide in
4307-575: The university's honors college, with a more rigorous application and a focus on global citizenship. The NUS College program notably involves foreign, service-based exchange around South-East Asia, guided by their core ideal that "Learning is a contact sport." The NUS Business School was founded as the Department of Business Administration in 1965. The NUS Business School ranks 6th in the Forbes "The Best International MBAs: Two-Year Programs" and 21st in
4380-450: The war, Runme dug these up, and rebuilt his theatres and restarted his movie business. The movie industry thrived after the end of World War II, and Runme saw his company's profits multiply. By 1965, the Shaw brothers owned 19 cinema halls in Singapore. There were also 30 independent halls in Singapore contracted to play only Shaw's distributed films. The Shaw brothers had the widest cinema network in Singapore. They also expanded rapidly into
4453-559: The world's top 15 since 2016. THE has ranked NUS among the world's top 30 since 2013. The joint THE–QS World University Rankings from 2004 to 2009 ranked NUS globally 18th (2004), 22nd (2005), 19th (2006), 33rd (2007), 30th (2008 and 2009). NUS was 19th in the THE World Reputation Rankings 2022, and was named the world's 10th most international university by THE in 2023. The World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University features numerous NUS researchers from
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#17327801443644526-420: The world, such as the Georgia Institute of Technology . The coat of arms of the National University of Singapore was adopted in 1980 and modernised in 2001. It is the combination of the coat of arms of the former University of Singapore used since 1962 (consisting of an open book and a lion, which itself was derived from the former coat of arms of the University of Malaya used from 1949 until 1962, which featured
4599-401: The year 1999. The largest share of the funding went to the National Kidney Foundation and most of its recipients were in the healthcare sector. In the educational sector, the Shaw Foundation has been a regular donor to the National University of Singapore (NUS) since 1987, awarding around 240 scholarships to date. Dr. Vee Meng Shaw is currently the chairman of the Shaw Foundation. He is also
4672-411: Was a Chinese theatre play, called "Romance of the Opera", produced by Runme's own company. White cloth hung from the ceiling served as the projection screen for the cinema, where the audience sat on hard wooden benches and chairs. During screening , musicians, usually pianists, were hired to accompany the action, and this was meant more to mask the noise from projectors and the audience than to provide
4745-516: Was a patron of the National Kidney Foundation , Metropolitan YMCA, Singapore Association for Mental Health, Singapore National Heart Association, St. John's Council, Society for Aid to the Paralysed, Diabetic Society of Singapore and the Singapore Academy of Medicine. Runme Shaw set up the philanthropic Shaw Foundation in 1958. The foundation's main purpose was to "return" his company's profits to society. The Shaw Foundation donated millions of dollars to many charitable organisations and causes. Many of
4818-408: Was an undergraduate academic programme established in 2001 in NUS, which comprised a compulsory general education programme. USP admitted 240 undergraduates annually. USP students resided in Cinnamon College at the NUS University Town. This programme has since merged with Yale-NUS to become the NUS College. A modernized version of the University Scholars Programme, the NUS College today serves as
4891-437: Was chosen as his base in Malaya, from where smaller towns could be explored for business potential. Many of the small towns in Malaya did not have cinemas. One of the ways the Shaw brothers would test the market was to set their own temporary cinemas in open fields. Another means was to retrofit local Malay opera houses into cinemas, by entering into joint ventures with the local owners. Wherever their films proved very popular,
4964-530: Was first established as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School in 1905. The School uses the British undergraduate medical system, offering a full-time undergraduate programme leading to a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). For Nursing, the Bachelor of Science (Nursing) conducted by the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies is offered. The department also offers postgraduate programmes in nursing, medicine, and medical science. The Duke–NUS Medical School (Duke–NUS)
5037-471: Was launched. This system linked all Shaw theatres into a single network for automated telephone credit card purchases. With its extensive infrastructure, Shaw is now the biggest distributor of Asian cinema. Today, it manages and runs 70 screens in 7 locations in Singapore. Shaw Theatres has 8 cinemas and 71 screens in Singapore currently. Besides its involvement in film distribution, Shaw Organisation had investments in properties as well. The most prominent one
5110-410: Was married to Peggy Soo Wei Ping, and had two sons and four daughters. For his contributions to the society, Runme Shaw received numerous awards including the Panglima Mangku Negara by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia in 1965. This award gave him the title Tan Sri , an honorific which is the second most senior in the system of Malay titles . Among his many honours, Runme Shaw also received
5183-401: Was set up in 1957 by the Shaw brothers and is currently one of the largest philanthropic organisations in the world. Most of the money comes from its revenue from the properties under Shaw Properties Pte Ltd. All earnings from the Shaw Centre since the late 70s have been given to charitable organisations. The largest amount that the Shaw Foundation has ever set aside was SGD 17.7 million in
5256-684: Was the chairman and founder of the Shaw Organisation of Singapore. Runme Shaw and his brother, Run Run Shaw , together known as the Shaw Brothers, were pioneers in the film and entertainment industry in Singapore and Malaya , and brought to life the movie industry in Asia, especially the Southeast Asian region. Runme Shaw was also a philanthropist who started the Shaw Foundation , a charitable organisation. In addition, Runme
5329-502: Was the chairman and president of several government boards, and a patron of many organisations. As a result, Runme won many local and foreign awards for his philanthropic work and contribution to the movie industry in Southeast Asia. Runme Shaw was the third of six sons of Ningbo city textile merchant, Shaw Yuh Hsuen (1866–1921). A native of Zhenhai in China, Shaw Yuh Hsuen married Wang Shun Xiang (1871–1939), and had
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