The Asian Humanism Conference (AHC) is an annual meeting of humanists across Asia, aimed to strengthen networks across people and humanist organisations in the pan-Asian region, as well as offer training and capacity building.
As part of of AHC 2019, on Saturday, 6 July 2019, Humanist Society (Singapore) had the honour of hosting Anthea Indira Ong as a speaker. Read the event summary here. Her full speech is available here.
Speaker Profile
A former banker, regional Managing Director and Founder/CEO, Anthea left the corporate sector to pursue full time service with several volunteer groups in advisory roles. A published author, she was appointed as a Nominated Member of Parliament in 2018.
Topic of talk: Starting from the Lowest Common Denominator
People of different belief systems follow different rules to different degrees. Should these be the hard rules to demand from other people when we congregate together? There is no better time to work on underlying issues than peace time. Is the Lowest Common Denominator enough to take society to a deeper level, or is something so basic that no compromises can be made?
Other speaker profiles
- Tan Tatt Si, President of the Humanist Society (Singapore)
- Siti Noor Mastura, award winning social activist
- Nazhath Faheema, founder of hash.peace
- Woon Chet Choon, principal consultant, former president of the Screenwriters Association of Singapore
- Jamilah Lim, media professional who engages in advocacy and events management
- Sze Jianyue, former journalist from TODAY
See also
- Event summary: Asian Humanism Conference 2019
- Full text of Anthea Indira Ong’s Opening Address
