Through Wars And Peace

Samuel Kam was born in the middle of World War I in 1915 and, 96 years later, is still around to comment on where the world should be going. When I was Vice-chancellor of HKU, I had met Samuel, the most senior among the many Malaysian alumni. His was a success story for me to tell the HKU students. He has married his Chinese upbringing at home to the Oxbridge-imperial education at HKU. Through his familiarity with both traditions, plus the dynamic methodologies of Berkeley California, he moves easily from Confucian aphorisms to describing the applications of modern science.

Professor Wang Gungwu Chairman,
 East Asian Institute University Professor,
National University of Singapore