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Ong Keng Yong
Director
Research Interests: International Relations, Governance in Singapore, ASEAN
DID: (65) 6516 1279
Fax: (65) 6762 6216
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Mr ONG Keng Yong is Director of the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He is concurrently Ambassador-At-Large in the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Iran. He was Secretary-General of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) from January 2003 to January 2008. He started his diplomatic career in the MFA from June 1979 and was posted to the Singapore Embassies in Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and the United States of America. He was Singapore's Ambassador to India and Nepal from 1996 to 1998. From September 1998 to December 2002, he was Press Secretary to the then Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Goh Chok Tong. At the same time, Mr Ong held senior appointments in the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, and the People's Association in Singapore.
Mr Ong was educated at the Anglo-Chinese School and St Andrew's School in Singapore. He graduated from the then University of Singapore with a LLB (Hons) and the Georgetown University (Washington DC, USA) with a MA in Arab Studies. In 2008, he was Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre on Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus in the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
Mr Ong was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1997, the Long Service Medal in 2002 and the Meritorious Service Medal in 2008 by the Singapore Government. He also received the Medal of Friendship of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in 2007, and the Medal of Sahametrei of the Kingdom of Cambodia in 2007. |
| Major Publications |
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Speeches and Articles:
Energy Security in Singapore 
Reference Paper for Ambassador Ong’s Address at FES-RSIS Energy Security Workshop, Singapore, 20 October 2009
Cultures and perspectives
Opening Panelary Address by Ong Keng Yong at 1st Asian Mediation Association Conference, 4 June 2009
New Imperatives for ASEAN
Speech delivered by Ong Keng Yong at Dunman High ASEAN Plus Summit 2009, 2 June 2009
Impetus grows as ties flourish
Article by Ong Keng Yong & Lee Yoong Yoong, The Straits Times, 30 May 2009
Bridging Policy and Knowledge
Speech delivered by Ong Keng Yong at RSIS – Macarthur Asia Security Initiative Inaugural Grantees’ Meeting 29 May 2009
An Open World – Antidote of The Crisis
Keynote Remarks by Ong Keng Yong at the12th Fulbright Annual Dinner, 23 April 2009
What’s The Difference: Asean’s Past And Present
Keynote Remarks by Ong Keng Yong at the SIIA - 2nd ASEAN & Asia Forum, Meritus Mandarin, Singapore, 17 April 2009
Opening of the Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) in Singapore
Speech delivered by Ong Keng Yong at the opening of the Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) , Peranakan Museum, 23 March 2009
Future of ASEAN Community Building in the Midst of the Current Economic Turmoil
Dinner Address at the ASEAN Mid-Year Fulbright Enrichment Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 12 March 2009
Social Service, Good Governance And Graciousness – The Triangle Of Virtue
Keynote Address, NCSS Annual Conference 2008, 13 November 2008
Ignore climate change? S'pore has much to lose
Moderator, Singapore Energy Conference, 4 November 2008
EU's lessons for Asean
Article by Ong Keng Yong, The Straits Times, 11 June 2008 |
| Current Positions |
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- Director, Institute of Policy Studies
- Ambassador-At-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Non-resident Ambassador to Iran
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