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0 0 likes | 17 17 playsI think when we came into SMU in the year 2000, we emphasised that this university has a difference. We didn't really know what the differences are about; I…
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0 0 likes | 7 7 playsSo in the same way when I built MEC [maritime economics concentration], I need my fix of that first batch. I will continue to launch new things because I want to…
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0 0 likes | 38 38 playsI think a lot of our undergraduate students must recognise that the degree is only the first step to learning. Based on the last World Economic Forum where I spoke at on…
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0 0 likes | 49 49 playsIn the year 2003, I had an email from Ho Ching. She was then Temasek CEO [chief executive officer] and she had the vision that Singapore, because of our economic…
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0 0 likes | 6 6 playsVery good, I was really, you know, glad in some way. I think maybe senior management know that when I get bored, I start looking around about, whether I should be doing…
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0 0 likes | 12 12 playsTotally, I think that's when after we've gone the route of having university partners, we start to get a lot of associations calling us. I think that's…
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0 0 likes | 10 10 playsActually, that was a challenging time. Not only are we trying to brand our undergraduate, but undergraduate programs take three-and-a-half to four years, so you will not…
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0 0 likes | 16 16 playsI actually love the idea of creating new initiatives. So, you know, executive education was a large part of my portfolio, but as you talk with clients, as you work with…
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0 0 likes | 9 9 playsI think even as early as 2001, which is eleven years ago, many corporates have been sending their talent to what is called open-enrolment executive programs. An…
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0 0 likes | 4 4 playsInterestingly, I think the wonderful thing about SMU is we were attracting all the people like the first batch of our students. Even the faculty that joins SMU has…
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0 0 likes | 4 4 playsSo, I had the wonderful opportunity to design a whole new course for SMU. It is called Financial Markets and Institutions. It is very much in the arena of my own…
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0 0 likes | 9 9 playsThe first one is actually with Wharton, so we have a one-week program where we call it the Managing Technology or ìManaging New Business.î I can't even…
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Developing Customised Programmes
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Developing Customised Programmes
0 0 likes | 11 11 playsI am so glad you used the word government. Because even in 2001, 2002, we recognised that corporates will take a longer time to get buy-in, but Singapore Government do… -
0 0 likes | 5 5 playsI graduated from NUS [National University of Singapore] with a bachelor of Social Science. My major is actually economics and sociology. And I was an MAS [Monetary…
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0 0 likes | 7 7 playsThen in the year 2000, Tan Chin Tiong, who was then the provost in SMU, actually, said, Would you like to join me in building a whole new university?î And while…