Sir Sykes and Mr Wachem Honored
Tuesday, 12th October 2004
Sir Richard B Sykes (Rector of Imperial College London, UK) and Mr LC van Wachem (Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Royal Philips Electronics, Netherlands) was presented with the Honorary Citizen Award for their invaluable contributions to Singapore in the biomedical and business field. The Honorary Citizen Award ceremony was held at the Istana on 12 October 2004, marks the second year Singapore is conferring this honour on global talent. President SR Nathan conferred the Honorary Citizen Award.