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About the Irish Graduates Association of Singapore
Irish Graduates Association of Singapore (IGAS) is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 1980 with the aim of establishing a network for Irish community in Singapore and other Asian countries.
IGAS is unique among the various Irish societies in that its membership includes a large number of Asians who were educated at Irish universities.
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The IGAS Association seeks to forge links between and among graduates of Irish universities and others interested in Irish affairs.
There has been a long tradition of students from this part of the world going to Ireland for third level education. In recent years, there has been a large influx of people with an interest in Ireland to Singapore & other Asian countries.
How the IGAS Association was Formed:
Prior to the establishment of IGAS, a group of Irish graduates headed
by the late Mr Fergus Healy, Hon. Irish Consul General, representing
the expatriate alumni and Dr Harry Ho representing the local counterparts,
met several times in 1978 to discuss the formation of an association.
They named it the Irish Graduates Association of Singapore (IGAS).
The 27 founder members of IGAS who met on 22 May 1980 at the Singapore
Alumni Centre included the late Mr Fergus Healy, Drs Harry Ho, Khoo Chong
Yew, Jimmy Lim Aik Foo, Lawrence Leong, the late Raymond Perera, Stanley
Quek, Chin Mun Kui, Martin Ng, Lim Hwee Leng, Associate Prof Raja Simiah,
the late Mrs Ellen Khoo, Messrs Theng Chye Yam, Hacharan Singh, Michael
Yeo, Hilary Pereira, Brother Joe McNally and Father F. A. Bata.
The first President of the Association was Dr Harry Ho and the Vice President was the late Mr Fergus Healy.
Objectives of IGAS
IGAS was registered with the Registrar of Societies on 11 January 1980. The objectives of the Association are:
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- to promote a means of keeping members in touch with one another and with the development in Irish tertiary education
- to provide information and assistance to both Singaporean and overseas students who wish to undertake their tertiary or post-graduate studies in Ireland
- to assist in organising lectures, meetings, etc. with distinguished Universities alumni, visiting Singapore
- to assist Singapore educational institutions by providing teachers/lecturers etc. on a long-term, short-term or exchange basis
- to advise on opportunities in Singapore for Irish Graduates.
Distinguished Members from all around South East Asia
Our members include medical practitioners, bankers, educators, business
executives and they are drawn from Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Ireland
and other countries.