The guy was a minor operative of the Sri Lankan Intelligence, between 1984 - 1994. He was resourceful enough to use the material he collected during his work, and publish books on the Tamil militants. These are material collected by his colleagues, risking their lives. When the going got tough in Sri Lanka, he somehow ended up through a circuitous route, via USA and Scotland, in Australia. In 2001, the 9/11 incident gave him a god given opportunity to rise to the mainstream media. He became the toast of international media for a while, making bombastic claims and predictions. All the while, he was also subtly promoting his personal anti Tamil agenda, under the cover of academic professionalism, making claimns of LTTE links to every terrorist organisation in the world. But it is difficult to survive in the competetive world of Australian academia without having the real substance in you. He was found out and disgraced and went underground, in 2003. The world forgot about him. And with the destruction of the LTTE, he was fast losing his chance to rise to prominence again. The indomitable Gunaratne does not take things lying down. He has started his rise to prominence again, by smearing Tamil refugees with Tiger balm. By doing this, he is killing two birds - coming into world prominence and also giving vent to his anti Tamil bias. Only this time, he has added the title of Professor to his name. And the University: Nanyang.
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Nanyang University
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Nanyang University
Active 1956 1980
Type Defunct
Location Jurong, Singapore
Nanyang University is a defunct university in Singapore. During its existence, it was the only Chinese language post-secondary institution on the island.

The idea of a Chinese university in Singapore to provide higher education to the Chinese community was first mooted by Tan Lark Sye in 1953, then Chairman of the Singapore Hokkien Association. A fund was set up for this purpose, drawing donations from people of all walks of life, and with Mr Tan himself donating $5 million. The Singapore Hokkien Association donated 500 acres (2 km ) of land in the western Jurong area, which was then largely undeveloped rural land.

Nanyang University started classes on March 15, 1956, offering courses in the arts, sciences and commerce. Construction of the entire campus was not completed until two years later. In 1958 the university held its official opening ceremony, officated by Mr Tan and Sir William Goode, then Governor of Singapore.

Nanyang University was merged with University of Singapore in 1980 to form the National University of Singapore (NUS), in part due to the government`s desire to pool the two institutions` resources into a single, stronger entity, and promote the English language as Singapore`s only main language. The merger was met with strong opposition from the university`s alumni in particular, as well as the Chinese community. They consider the university a people`s university due to their financial contributions, and who believe it is a bastion of Chinese education, culture, and social development. They also believed that the merger was a political move by the Singapore Government. The promotion of a single educational system based on the English-medium of instruction in pre-tertiary education, however, severely reduced the student catchment pool of Nantah, thus hastening its demise.

With the merger, the Nanyang University grounds was taken over by a new technical institute, the Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI), in 1981. In 1991, the NTI was upgraded to university status as Singapore`s second English-medium university, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Although technically a distinct institution from the old Nanyang University, NTU has gradually absorbed the rich heritage of the former institution, and there have been calls to rename NTU as Nanyang University to reflect this, particularly with the support of NU`s alumni. The administration of NTU has long resisted this move, however, and the idea receives a lukewarm response from the alumni and current students of the new institution. Most opposition stems from concerns over confusion in the market, and the effect it may have on the goodwill NTU has cultivated over the years in the industry. Some alumni members of NU also object to the move, citing the distinction between the two institutions and the need to preserve the heritage of the old university. [1]

The NTU administration finally relented and announced the decision to rename Nanyang Technological University as Nanyang University in 2005, justifing the move based on the university`s introduction of non-technology related schools and its expansion into a full multi-disciplinary university. A year before this came into effect, however, the administration backtracked and postponed the move [2].

The three circles in the logo represent values long held to be important in Chinese tradition. They represent a trinity of values, People, Progress and Productivity. The linking shows the interdependence between the need for People, to work together in a Productive manner and hence achieve Progress. This symbol can now be seen in the National University of Singapore`s crest. The circle with the yellow star represents `People` signifying the importance placed on human capital in Singapore.