Kenneth Paul Tan, PhD (Cambridge)
Professor of Politics, Film, and Cultural Studies
Hong Kong Baptist University

"Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, 47, who has been instrumental in helping set up the Asian Film Archive in 2005, says before the archive was set up, pieces of Singapore cinema 'had been archived outside of Singapore until we finally had a film archive of our own'. As chair of The Necessary Stage board, he also encouraged the theatre group to create their own archive: 'This is not just to preserve a legacy, but to also contribute to future artistic production across disciplines.' He no

Kenneth Paul Tan and Donald Low were invited by Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office (PICO), Hong Kong Government, to talk about policy-making and public engagement in Singapore.

To commemorate the Singapore Bicentennial, 200 runners collectively challenged themselves to clock 2,000 kilometers within 200 hours for Relay Majulah. The runners took on the challenge of raising funds for 67 charities supported by the President's Challenge.