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0 0 likes | 18 18 playsI remember that I had a conversation with Ho Kwon Ping, fairly late in the process that we were interacting with each other and where I basically said, and I paraphrase…
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0 0 likes | 46 46 playsWhen I go back to 2010-2011, that first academic year, where I had to learn a lot about the university, one of my observations was that probably the undergraduate…
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0 0 likes | 39 39 playsI had after a few months that I was here at a lunch with Tommy Koh, and he may not remember it anymore, but he asked me during that lunch, “Does SMU do any…
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0 0 likes | 13 13 playsThe two other ones that I personally invested a lot in and is that one, I felt that our Campus Green was not very well used. In fact, it was told to me by many other…
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0 0 likes | 9 9 playsThe third infrastructure change was of, course, the renovation of the Prinsep Street Residences. We have these residences with about, in those days about 270 beds. But…
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0 0 likes | 10 10 playsAnd now, we did the ground-breaking a few weeks ago of what will be the SMU-X building which we will call the Tahir Foundation Connexion. Why that building? Well, as you…
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0 0 likes | 39 39 playsDesign - it is going to be very interesting design for three reasons. That first of all, together with BCA, and I should say that the Building and Construction Authority…
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0 0 likes | 7 7 playsFirst of all, I believe that a president is only a first among equals at a university. To some extent, a university is an organization or even an organism I would say,…
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0 0 likes | 17 17 playsSo while at the same time I refer to the building, the Tahir Connexion, the Tahir Foundation Connexion Building that will be zero net energy, we also will put…
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0 0 likes | 2 2 playsFrankly speaking, SMU would not be where it is after 18 years, if it would not have been for the unwavering support by the government. Yes, they are challenging and they…
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0 0 likes | 7 7 playsAdvice, for our alumni, yes, it’s what I always say to the students when they come for the sandwich lunches. Very often, they sort of ask, one way or another, the…
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