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Tan Tarn How
Tan Tarn How ()) is a Singaporean playwright and senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore). His plays have been staged in Singapore and Hong Kong, and have won numerous awards. In 2011, Epigram Books published a collection of six of his plays.
Education and career.
Tan Tarn How graduated from Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1982 with Bachelor of Arts Honours, Natural Sciences Tripos. He then obtained a Diploma in Education from the Institute of Education, Singapore,
in 1984. Tan was also a recipient of a three-month Fulbright Scholarship to Boston University in 1993.
Tan Tarn How is currently working for Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore. Prior to this, he worked at "The Straits Times", Singapore's main local newspaper, from 1987–1996 and 1999 to 2005. Posts he held at "The Straits Times" include Science and Technology editor, Sunday Review editor, Life! deputy editor, senior political correspondent and also a foreign correspondent based in Beijing and Hong Kong