Official Opening of the Tahir Foundation Building
The Tahir Foundation Building was officially opened on 27 April 2015 in a ceremony graced by the Guestof-Honour, Minister for Education Mr Heng Swee Keat, NUS President Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, NUS Senior
Vice President (Health Affairs) Professor John Eu-Li Wong, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS
Medicine) Dean Associate Professor Yeoh Khay Guan, NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH)
Dean Professor Chia Kee Seng, NUS Faculty of Science Vice-Dean Professor Goh Say Song and staff from NUS
and the National University Health System (NUHS).
The building was named in recognition of Dato Sri’ Dr Tahir, whose generous gift was made in 2012 to
support the advancement of medical education and research at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Part of
the building is shared with the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, as well as Pharmacy and Chemistry
programmes of the NUS Faculty of Science.
The 17-storey mixed-use facility houses research labs, teaching and learning spaces, as well student
activity areas of the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
Dr Tahir’s gift will provide for scholarships and bursaries to support financially needy students. In addition,
it is enabling the development of a novel Virtual Reality Simulation (VRS) system in the School for the training of
medical and nursing students in the first full-scale application of this technology in medical and nursing education.
Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, NUS President, said, “We are deeply grateful to Dr Tahir for his generous
gift to NUS and the opportunities it has created for our students and faculty, and for the benefits it will ultimately
bring to our patients.”
From left to right: Prof Goh Say Song, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Science, NUS Medicine Dean
A/Prof Yeoh Khay Guan, NUS Provost Prof Tan Eng Chye, Dato Sri’ Dr Tahir, Minister for
Education Mr Heng Swee Keat, NUS President Prof Tan Chorh Chuan, NUS Senior Vice President
(Health Affairs) Prof John Eu-Li Wong, and Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH)
Dean Prof Chia Kee Seng
Prof Rajendran K introducing the Medicine Houses to Minister Heng and Dato Sri’ Dr Tahir