Education
Methodist Girls' School later transferred to St. Andrew’s School
Raffles Institution
LMS (King Edward VII College of Medicine)
Doctor of Medicine
Master of Surgery (Univ of Malaya)
F.R.C.O.G.
F.A.C.S.

Career

Served as Assistant Medical Officer at Sepoy Lines (now Singapore General Hospital. Became the first Singaporean to specialize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
 

Senior Assistant to the Professor of Midwifery, King Edward VII College of Medicine
 

Acting Professor of Midwifery
 

Chair of Midwifery. The first Singaporean to qualify as Member, Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (UK)
 

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Malaya
 

President, Republic of Singapore
Chancellor, University of Singapore
 

Chancellor, National University of Singapore

Offices held

Hon. Consultant, British Military Hospital
Hon. Consultant at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital
Head, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kandang Kerbau Hospital
Medical Superintendent, Kandang Kerbau Hospital
Member, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (UK)

Honours

1940 Awarded the Queen's Fellowship
1970 Hon. Doctor of Letter, (University of Singapore)
1970 Committee on Medical Specialisation
1972 Knight Grand Cross of the Bath GDB (United Kingdom)
1974 Star of the Republic of Indonesia Adipurna (Indonesia)
1975 Hon. Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine
1976 Ancient Order of Sikatuna (Raja) (Republic of the Philippines)
1976 Hon. Fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Hon. Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan
Kedah Order of Chivalry (2^nd Class)
Fellow, American College of Surgeons

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