About the Financial Award
Established in 2021, the Hiew Yoon Khong and Lee Su Chin Scholarship 2 aims to encourage and provide a pathway for bright full-time undergraduate students Singaporeans who are enrolled at the University to aspire to greater heights of excellence in spite of adversity and financial hardship, with the hope of encouraging the Scholars to contribute back to their community and society in the future.
Eligibility Criteria
- Full-time undergraduates enrolled in any degree programme and in any year of study (including incoming freshmen)
- Singapore Citizens
- Good academic results (minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00)
- Demonstrated financial hardship in the family (with gross monthly household per capita income in accordance with prevailing guidelines to qualify for government bursaries).
Benefits
- $11,800 per annum (towards subsidised tuition fees and study-related expenses)
- Each scholarship, depending on the recipient's level of study in the year of award, is tenable for up to four years (five years for double degree in Law) of academic studies, subject to the recipient’s continued observance of the eligibility criteria and the terms and conditions of award.
- May be in concurrent receipt of a bursary for cash allowance, subject to fulfilment of its eligibility criteria.
Application Information
Prospective Students
If you would like to be considered for this scholarship, please indicate your interest in the Scholarship section of the online application form for admission. There is no separate scholarship application form.
Special consideration for this scholarship will be given to applicants with demonstrated financial needs. Applicants must also submit a separate financial aid application. This can be done via Applicant’s Self Service, after submitting the online application for admission. Prospective applicants may submit their financial aid application when it opens for its annual exercise from 1 January to 31 May.
Current Students
Apply annually from 1 to 31 January via OASIS >Self-service App - Financial Aid Application
About the Donor
Mr Hiew Yoon Khong is currently the Group CEO of Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd and has been in this role since 2003. Under Mr Hiew, the Mapletree Group has grown its’ Assets Under Management from less than $3billion in 2003 to about $60 billion currently and has achieved an average annual return of more than 10% over this same period. Prior to his role at Mapletree, Mr Hiew was the CFO of CapitaLand Ltd and has various senior positions in management consulting, investment banking and corporate finance. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Economics and Master of Arts Economics from University of Portsmouth and University of Warwick respectively.
Madam Lee Su Chin graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Civil Engineering from University of South London. She worked a while in Hertfordshire County Council as Highway Engineer in the UK and returned to work in an Engineering Consulting firm in Malaysia. She stopped work to get married to Mr Hiew and moved to Singapore and raised two sons, Wen Ji and Wen Li.
