Portrait of Dr Wee Kim Wee

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Dr Wee Kim Wee
Fourth President of Singapore from 1985 - 1993
Wee Kim Wee Centre
Singapore Management University
17 August 2022

The late Dr. Wee Kim Wee, hailed as the "People's President", was a man who could command the respect of, and also be at ease with, people from diverse backgrounds. Imbued with a spirit of generosity, Dr. Wee demonstrated a desire to give back to society what he had received from it, his heart for service being rooted in his empathy for his fellow humans.

The Wee Kim Wee Centre of SMU was initially named the Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies. The Centre was later renamed after Dr. Wee Kim Wee—a man who demonstrated a cross-cultural sensitivity in both his private and professional life that is reflected in the Centre's mission to promote a "multi-cultural consciousness".