[July - August 2003]

• Life's Lessons
  A brief announcement of the "Lien Fung's Colloquium"
  the arts magazine

• Next phase in business education
  Professor David B Montgomery talks on the evolution of Asian education and his new appointment as Dean of the School of Business at SMU.
  Asia Inc

• From lab to literature
  A profile on Mrs Ho Lien Fung and her donation of S$500,000 to SMU to establish the "Lien Fung's Colloquium".
  PRESTIGE

• Prestige Mosaic
  A photo shot of Mr Tan Chin Tiong, SMU Provost and Mrs Ho Lien Fung at her 80th birthday celebration held at the university.
  PRESTIGE

• Breaking free from red tape
  In the third part of this series, SMU Assoc Prof of Accounting Leong Kwong Sin comments on the essential – but often misunderstood – part of paperwork in a business organisation
  The Business Times

• Techniques to remove excessive paperwork
  To reduce paperwork and improve productivity, SMU Assoc Prof of Accounting Leong Kwong Sin suggests several techniques for organizations
  The Business Times

• Entrepreneurship is not about selling vegetables or stationery
  SMU’s first-year student Goh Beng Yeow and winner of the Singapore Computer Society’s “IT Youth Award” shares his business experiences and insights to Friday Weekly.
  Friday Weekly

• A PhD by age 23? Make this possible at local varsities
  Two readers wrote in to voice their opinions about SMU’s faculty member Dr Chua Choong Tze on obtaining his PhD at such a young age.
  The Straits Times

• Weathering economic storms
  A continuation from last week's Cost Management series, SMU Assoc Prof Leong Kwong Sin points out that it is not costs alone that need to be managed, but costs in relation to productivity and revenue generation.
  The Business Times

• Art of cutting and keeping costs down
  As opposed to traditional ways to reducing costs, there are other less drastic ways that companies can follow in order to remain competitive and keep costs low.
  The Business Times

• Flying start to young professor's career
  23-year-old Chua Choong Tze, who finished his studies in May, will start teaching at SMU next month – the youngest assistant professor in Singapore.
  The Straits Times

• Youngest Prof
  Dr Chua Choong Tze, 23, who will start teaching finance at the Singapore Management University next month, will be the youngest assistant professor in Singapore.
  The New Paper

• Getting lean and mean
  SMU Assoc Prof Leong Kwong Sin talks about cost management as one side of the coin in managing a company’s overall profitability
  The Business Times

• Look out for the pitfalls
  As opposed to quick cost-cutting measures, SMU Assoc Prof Leong Kwong Sin explains the need to inculcate a corporate philosophy of continuous improvement
  The Business Times

• Singapore hosts conference
  Singapore Management University will this autumn host the first annual conference on world-class practices in management education, designed to showcase business school's innovative practices, international alliances and continuous improvement strategies.
  Financial Times

• Weak muscles, but not low spiritedness to study
  It’s determination that encourages incoming SMU Accountancy student and wheelchair-bound Nurulasyiqah.
  Berita Harian

• S'poreans to smile their way into Guinness Book of World Records
  Student volunteers from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and Singapore Management University (SMU) under the Heartware Network will help take photographs of 16,800 donors and attach them to the world's largest collage
  Today

• Holidays? We spent them teaching in Timor Letse
  SMU Accountancy student Ng Chieh Kwong was among 11 others who volunteered with the Singapore Red Cross Society on a two-week mission to Timor Leste.
  The New Paper

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