Students and faculty at NTU can look forward to a series of distinguished public lectures by eminent professors from Harvard University with the introduction of the Harvard Ezra F. Vogel Malaysia/Singapore Initiative. Sponsored by the Lam Kin-chung Morning Sun Charity Fund, the programme aims to strengthen Harvard University’s links with universities across Southeast and South Asia, starting with Singapore and Malaysia. The Singapore lectures will be hosted by NTU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) twice a year, for a period of five years, opening up new opportunities for students and faculty to interact with internationally acclaimed Harvard academics from various fields. Prof Arthur Kleinman, the Victor and William Fung Director of Harvard University Asia Centre, delivered the inaugural public lecture on “The Global Economic Crisis and Moral Changes” on 26 March 2009. The lecture examined the moral problems and dilemmas in society, economics, politics and professions in face of the global economic crisis.