User talk:F86Sabre

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Thanx for welcome. Wasn't really interested in opening a user account but recently Wikipedia started sending message accusing me of spamming (not what I did) and reverting all work with no explanation or way to respond. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tangverse (talk • contribs) 04:08, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

OK. Still not sure why changes were rejected, the site linked was legit.Tangverse 04:15, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Sabre,

I used "Wall of Fame" loosely. Typically, if you go to schools like Raffles Institution, Anglo-Chinese School, St. Joseph's Institution, etc, you will find a wall that honors all scholars (with year of award), including President's Scholars, SAF Scholars, Rhodes Scholars, among others. I personally know two Rhodes Scholars from ACS.

Dr Andrew Wee, a physicist and swimmer, had a Singapore Government Scholarship to read Physics at Cambridge and used his Rhodes Scholarship to earn his DPhil from Oxford; he is now Dean, Faculty of Science, NUS. http://www.physics.nus.edu.sg/~phyweets/ Dr Eric Yap Peng Huat, a medical doctor in med school with my brother and marathon runner, used his Rhodes Scholarship to earn his DPhil in molecular biology; his medical specialty is pathology. His primary position now is with the Defence Medical Research Institute.http://www.science.edu.sg/ssc/detailed.jsp?artid=4331&type=4&root=142&parent=142&cat=229

You are correct that I misinterpreted the "230 in a term". This is where I got the information about the single annual scholarship for Singapore. http://www.rhodes-caribbean.com/ I believe that Singapore ceased to have an allocation after 2006 but I have no confirmation of that year. According to the Rhodes Trust site, there were originally 52 scholarships per year and at its peak, there were about 92 scholarships per year.

In Singapore, scholarships where selection is "sponsored" by the government like the Rhodes, President's, SAF, etc are overseen by the Public Service Commission. http://www.psc.gov.sg/ While the PSC maintains a web site, it is very secretive about its full membership and activities (even though this information is not "classified"). Only the Commission leadership is known and they are all corporate or civil service leaders who are retired or with other fulltime positions. I don't know for sure why there is this secrecy but I believe it is to reduce the likelihood of parents/students trying to influence (by carrot or by stick) the decision-makers.

BTW, I appreciate this education. You have challenged me to learn something. You remind me of one of my professors I consider my mentor and surrogate father. I also hope I am doing this correctly; please be patient with me. (Cliff63)

Cliff63 (talk) 04:00, 6 January 2008 (UTC).