Oxbridge Circular

  1. Sat 10 Mar 2007 – British Alumni 20th Anniversary Gala Dinner
  2. Sat 31 Mar 2007 – Ewan McKendrick, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Oxford
  3. Thur 5 April 2007 – Robert Mair, Master of Jesus College, Cambridge
  4. Membership Matters – Registration Required


1. British Alumni 20th Anniversary Gala Dinner

Time/Date: 7 p.m. Sat 10 Mar 2007
Venue:      Pines Ballroom, The Pines, 30 Stevens Rd
Cost:         $60 for Oxbridge Alumni, $70 for guests, $600 for table of 10

Dress Code: Formal
Guests of Honour & VIPs:

  • RAdm Lui Tuck Yew – MOS for Education,
  • HE Paul Madden – High Commissioner,
  • Eunice Crook – British Council Director

Features: Games, Prizes (Wine and Beer included)

To register, email to: anthony@…

2. Ewan McKendrick, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Oxford

Prof Ewan McKendrick, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, Academic Services and University Collections at Oxford will be available to meet Oxford alumni in Singapore at a Dinner Event to be held at 8 p.m. on Sat 31 Mar 2007. This event is graciously hosted and sponsored by Chelva Rajah, a former President of this society and a distinguished member of the legal profession in Singapore .

To register your interest, email by 10th MARCH 2007 to Events@… . Please include your Name, College and Matriculation Year and type “MCKENDRICK” in the subject header to facilitate collation of your response. The format, cost and venue for the event will be planned with regard to the responses received and announced later.

Prof McKendrick has held a number of major administrative roles within the University – including Chair of the Law Board (since 2004) and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Faculty of Law. He is a practising barrister and currently the Law Delegate for Oxford University Press.

3. Robert Mair, Master of Jesus College, Cambridge

Prof Robert Mair, Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, will be available to meet Cambridge alumni in Singapore at a Dinner Event to be held on Thur 5th April 2007 at the home of Stanley Lai, Vice-President For Cambridge of this society and an alumnus of Jesus College.

To register your interest, email by 15th MARCH 2007 to Events@… . Please include your Name, College and Matriculation Year and type “MAIR” in the subject header to facilitate collation of your response. The format and cost for the event will be planned with regard to the responses received and announced later.

Prof Mair is Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cambridge . He is also one of the founding Directors of the Geotechnical Consulting Group, an international consulting company with offices in London and Hong Kong. He has advised on numerous civil engineering projects worldwide, specializing in underground construction. He currently advises the Singapore Government on design and construction aspects of all their underground metro and road tunnels. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1992 and awarded the Gold Medal of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 2004.

4. Membership Matters – Registration Required

Subscribers to the society’s Email Circulation List who have not already done so are kindly requested to formally register their email addresses with the society by downloading, saving, completing and submitting the appropriate form.

Ordinary or Life Members who had submitted application forms prior to 2004, or whose particulars have changed, should submit a Member Update Form.

Non-Members eligible to join as members who wish to do so can consider whether to submit a Membership Application Form (For Life Membership) or a Membership Application Form (For Ordinary Membership).

Non-Members who are not eligible to join as members or who do not wish to do so may submit a Request For Subscription Form.

Forms can be downloaded from the home page of the society’s website at http://www.oxbridgesg.org. If submitting via email, please remember to type your name in the Signature field of the form. If you have difficulty accessing the website, please email to the Hon Secretary for assistance.

All Subscribers are encouraged to register early to avoid disruption to their email subscription. Email addresses that are not matched with duly completed forms may be removed from this Email Circulation List without notice.

Your kind understanding and co-operation to help the society to maintain updated and accurate records will facilitate the organization of events for alumni and the provision of benefits to members.


Newsletter originally issued on 1st March 2007 and now reissued with amendments on 5th March 2007 by Jacqueline Chong, The Honorary Secretary, The Oxford and Cambridge Society of Singapore