PUBLIC SERVICE AND CONSULTANCY

2023 Sharing my views on "chips war" and international trade with Madam Anabel Gonzalez (Deputy Director-General of WTO)  at the 2023 Heckscher-Ohlin Conference, 11 May 2023, Stockholm, on YouTube (starting at 6:35-7:04).

2017 Closed-door dialogue with and invited presentation to Madam Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, on the theme of "The New Economy in Asia", Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Monetary Authority of Singapore.

2016: Expert Consultant for ASEAN Investment Report 2016, For the Division on Investment And Enterprise, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva.

2015: Expert panelist at the 30th Pacific Economic Cooperation Council Seminar on “Improving Supply Chain Connectivity towards a Seamless Regional Community”, Taipei, Taiwan.

2014: Expert panelist at the ASEAN Economic Community Symposium on “Creating Opportunities for Businesses including SMEs in ASEAN”, Yangon-Myanmar, For the ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia.

2014: Expert speaker for Workshops on Trade in Value-Adde,Global Value Chains and Development Strategy in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, For the Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan

2007: Expert Consultant for Work Programme on South-South FDI/TNCs (2008-2010), For the Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva.

2006: Resource Person in the Caribbean Conference on "Best Practices in the Use of Fiscal Incentives in Accordance with WTO Rules", St Lucia, West Indies, 22-26 May 2006, For The Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-Operation (CFTC), The Commonwealth Secretariat.

2005: Consulting Paper on “Country Study: Outward FDI by Firms from Singapore” For the Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva

2004: Research Brief on “Recent Southeast Asian Investment Patterns in Southern China and the Pearl River Delta” For the Central Policy Unit, Hong Kong SAR Government

2003: Consulting Project on “Chinese electronics firms and Chinese business networks in Asia: threats and opportunities” For Samsung Electronics, South Korea.

2001: Brainstorming Session on “Financial Incentives for Internationalisation of Singapore Companies", Trade and Development Board, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore.

2001: Expert Review of World Investment Report 2001: Promoting Linkages, For the Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva

SERVING AS EDITOR OR MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARDS OF JOURNALS

Co-Editor, Economic Geography, (2nd in Geography,5-yr CIF: 5.58, 2014 JCR) Worcester, MA: Clark University and T&F, January 2001 -

Co-Editor, Environment and Planning A, (12th in Geography, 5-yr CIF: 2.49, 2014 JCR) London: Pion/Sage, January 2001 -

Past Co-Editor, Review of International Political Economy, London: Routledge,
September 2004 - 2013; 2002 - 2004; 2013- (International Board Member)

Asia-Pacific Editor, Global Networks: Journal of Transnational Affairs, Oxford: Blackwell, January 2001 -

Business Manager, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, National University of Singapore (publisher: Blackwell), 1992 -

Regional Studies, Regional Science, Taylor & Francis. (Editorial Board, 2014–now)

TRaNS: Trans –Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia, Cambridge University Press. (Editorial Board, 2013–now)

Journal of Comparative Asian Development, Taylor & Francis. (Editorial Board, 2011–now)

Asian Geographer, Taylor & Francis. (Editorial Board, 2011–now)

Journal of Chinese Entrepreneurship, Emerald. (Editorial Board, 2011–now)

European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave. (Editorial Board, 2011–now)

Dialogues in Human Geography, Sage. (Editorial Board, 2011–now)

Chinese Geographical Science, Springer. (Editorial Board, 2009–now)

Editorial Board, Growth and Change: A Journal of Urban and Regional Policy, New York: Wiley-Blackwell, October 2008-now

Editorial Board, East Asia: An International Quarterly, New York: Springer, January 2008 – now

Editorial Board, Eurasian Geography and Economics, Columbia, MD: Bellwether Publishing, January 2007–now

International Advisory Board, Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Oxford: Blackwell, January 2007-now

International Advisory Board, Contemporary Social Science, London: Routledge. January 2006-now

Editorial Advisory Board, Critical Perspectives on International Business, Bradford: Emerald. April 2004-now

Editorial Advisory Board Member, European Urban and Regional Studies, (CIF: 1.128, 2009 JCR) London: Sage,
January 2001-now

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Economic Geography, (4th in Geography, CIF: 3.937, 2009 JCR) Oxford: Oxford University Press, January 2001-now

Editorial Review Board Member, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, National University of Singapore and John Wiley, September 1999-now

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Business in Developing Nations, Lally School of Management & Technology, www.jbdn.org , USA, 1997-now

Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave. (Editorial Board, 2015–2016)

Contributing Editor, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, (4th in Urba Studies, CIF: 1.430, 2009 JCR) Oxford: Blackwell, December 2007 – 2011

Editorial Board, International Interactions: Empirical and Theoretical Research in International Relations, Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis, January 2009-2013

Advisory Committee of the Annals of the Japan Association of Economic Geographers, Tokyo: Japan Association of Economic Geographers, April 2003 -2007

Editorial Advisory Board Member, International Journal of Urban Sciences, University of Seoul, Korea, 1997 - 2007..

SERVING ON EXTERNAL COMMITTEES AND ORGANISATIONS

Board Member (2008-2013) and Vice Chair (2013-2016), Regional Studies Association, UK.

East Asia Director, Asia Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, 2003-2005.

Southeast Asia Representative, Commonwealth Geographical Bureau Management Committee 2001-2016, London: CGB.

Geography Teachers' Association of Singapore: Chairman, Talks and Seminars Committee, 1997-2002; 2003-2005.

NUS STAFF BADMINTON

1st Runner-up in the 16th Inter-Statutory Board Games 2000

2nd Runner-up in the 22nd Inter-Statutory Board Games 2006

3rd Runner-up in the Civil Service Club STAR Games 2015

1st Runner-up in Men's Senior and Men's Open at the Civil Service Club STAR Games 2016

2nd Runner-up in Men's Senior and Men's Open at the Civil Service Club STAR Games 2017

Champion in the Inter-Tertiary Institute Staff (ITIS) Tournament 2017

Champion  in Men's Senior at the Civil Service Club STAR Games 2022! 

ITIS Champion 2005 and Dietmar's Farewell Dinner, 10 May 2007

Visiting Boon Nga, August 2007 and Sew Meng's twins in April 2008

NUS badminton staff team October 2014

NUS badminton staff team March 2016 at the STAR Games (Civil Service Cllub Tournament)

2016 Men's Senior Team - First Runner Up!! We beat MINDEF to enter into the Finals (lost to MHA).