Highlights from the Honorary Secretary

Ng Chew Lip

MASEAN Meeting 2022

The Medical Association of South East Asian Nations (MASEAN) had a successful meeting in Jakarta from 3 December 2022 to 4 December 2022, with the Indonesian Medical Association (Ikatan Dokter Indonesia) serving as a most gracious host. The theme for the meeting was "Health Sector Recovery after COVID-19 Pandemic". Each participant country shared their pandemic experiences, the roles of their National Medical Associations in the pandemic and how each country planned to emerge stronger from the pandemic.

Singapore has the honour of serving as the Secretariat for MASEAN and chaired the session on Country Reports and the Business Meeting. SMA President Dr Tan Yia Swam, SMA 1st Vice-President Dr Ng Chee Kwan and SMA Honorary Secretary Dr Ng Chew Lip were SMA's representatives for the meeting. Dr Ng CL also serves as the Secretary General for MASEAN. The event was graced by the Indonesian Minister of Health, Mr Budi Gunadi Sadikin, who shared the plans and challenges facing the Indonesian healthcare system with the delegates. The next meeting will be the Midterm Meeting and will be held in Singapore in July 2023, hosted by the SMA.

2023 SMA Annual General Meeting

Please see below for details of SMA's upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM). Members can attend in person or via Zoom.

  • Date: 30 April 2023, Sunday
  • Time: 2 pm to 4 pm
  • Venue: SMF Auditorium or Zoom

    Level 2, 2985 Jalan Bukit Merah, SMF Building, Singapore 159457

Please send an email to szeyong@sma.org.sg if you wish to:

  1. Confirm your attendance (please indicate if you are attending in person or via Zoom, and provide your MCR number and full name as it appears in the Singapore Medical Council register);
  2. Submit resolutions and/or proposed constitution amendments; or
  3. Submit nominations to fill the ten vacancies in the SMA Council.

Members who wish to move any resolution or raise amendments to the Constitution and Rules at the AGM are to give notice in writing to the Honorary Secretary by 12 pm on 31 March 2023, in accordance with SMA Constitution Article XI, Section 1, Sub-Section (iii) and Article XII, Section 2, respectively.

Members are invited to submit nominations of candidates to fill the ten vacancies in the Council, in accordance with Article VIII, Section 3a of the SMA Constitution.

Nominations must be signed by two Ordinary/Life/Spouse Members and contain a consent to act, if elected, signed by the person nominated.

All completed forms should reach us by 12 pm on 31 March 2023.


Ng Chew Lip is an ENT consultant in public service. After a day of doctoring and cajoling the kids at home to finish their food, his idea of relaxation is watching a drama serial with his lovely wife and occasionally throwing some paint on a canvas.

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