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Developing SMU into an Internationally recognized…

Developing SMU into an Internationally recognized University

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I 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…

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Maintaining SMU's Competitive Edge

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When 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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SMU Research and its impact on Society in…

SMU Research and its impact on Society in Singapore

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I 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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Renovating Campus Green

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The 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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Renovating Prinsep Street Residences

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The 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…

SMU-X Building 6 of 16

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SMU-X Building

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And 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…

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Designing SMU-X Building

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Design - 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…

Goals as President 8 of 16

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Goals as President

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First 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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Building a Culture of Sustainbility

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So 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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Support from the Government

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Frankly 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…

Grasping Opportunities 11 of 16

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Grasping Opportunities

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Advice, 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,…

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Cherished memory of a conversation with professor

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I remember it was in Year Three; I was having a casual conversation with Professor David Smith after we discussed the outline of my research paper. He was just asking me…

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Interaction between LLB and JD students

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So I think they appeared in our third year. At that point in time, after two years in law school, we were quite comfortable with each other. Some students were more…

Advice for students 14 of 16

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Advice for students

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I recall my days at SMU to be…I remember the students around me were very competitive and it was stressful four years. But I would say to prospective law…

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First job of a SMU law graduate

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Actually the first job I had was at Rajah & Tann Shipping. I met my employers there through a shipping course that I did during my 4th year. So SMU actually engaged…

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Challenges of pioneer students

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I guess some of the challenges would be not having seniors above us. We didn’t know who to go to when we had difficulty understanding the subject. We only had each…

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