Professors George and Low, who are both based in universities in Hong Kong, had originally been scheduled as the speakers for the webinar but a new line-up of speakers was abruptly announced by Raffles Hall Association, without explanation.
Prof Henson also brought up the point of RHA denying that it has any links with the National University of Singapore — and vice-versa, adding, “Raffles Hall, the residential college itself, also said it has no links to the alumni. The operative word is ‘autonomous’. So it seems that the decision was RHA’s alone, or it has been made to carry the can.”
“It’s just ironic that no one seems to want to take responsibility and give reasons for the change in speaker line-up,” Prof Henson wrote, further noting that one of the speakers in the replacement line-up, the Institute of Policy Studies, Mr Arun Mahizhnan, had withdrawn from the webinar after going on record that he had not received a “full briefing’’ regarding the event.
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