[August 2005]

• A university built amidst challenges
  Existing underground service pipes and lines, a canal, existing MRT tunnels, future MRT tunnels and heritage buildings -- these are some of the challenges that the project team of the newly completed SMU Bras Basah Campus had to overcome to finish the project.
  Southeast Asia Construction

• Will CIOs abandon the Internet?
  Professor David Farber, who spoke at SMU, said that CIOs may not have a choice when it comes to use of the Internet as it is part of the business fabric.
  MIS

• Student data helps Blush tweak offerings
  Lingerie retailer Blush has tweaked the ambience of its outlets and introduced a new range of sleepwear following the findings of a study by SMU students.
  Marketing Magazine

[31 August 2005]

• Vivian: No lowering of economic forecast for now
  Dr Vivian Balakrishnan awarded a certificate to Tyler Projects, the first business venture supported by SMU Business Innovations Generator to be awarded funding from SPRING Singapore. SMU undergraduate Leonard Lin is a founding partner.
  Lianhe Zaobao

• Undergraduate fashion styles
  Reporter’s verdict is that SMU students are more dressy that their counterparts in NUS and NTU.
  Lianhe Zaobao Fukan

[29 August 2005]

• Rise of the soccer Divas
  3rd year SMU Business student Murniyati Nordin writes: Don't ever let the women's soccer team from Singapore Management University (SMU) hear you say football is a man's game. 
  The Straits Times

• Nobody wants to break the law - so how about legal way
  SMU-acceptant Teo Chin Ker says a legal platform should be provided for the purchase and downloading  of music.
  The Straits Times

[28 August 2005]

• Older tenants of Bras Basah area feel winds of change
  With Bras Basah and Bugis area fast becoming a lively student enclave, most new businesses are being run by young entrepreneurs - like 23-year-old SMU student Serina Teo, who set up Iggi's fashion at the Bugis market in January this year.
  Channel NewsAsia
  Channel 8

[27 August 2005]

• Holistic education with moral responsibilities
  Singapore’s first university in the city welcomes its largest batch of new students in August 2005. This is SMU’s sixth batch of students and the first to spend their entire university life in the city.
  Epoch Times

• Are online petitions just a lazy way of campaigning?
  SMU's Associate Professor Kirpal Singh, who has signed online petitions before, warns that after some time, people are going to tire of this.
  The New Paper

[26 August 2005]

• Stanchart seeks up to 100 execs for overseas posts
  Mr Mike DeNoma revealed that Stanchart has plans to work with SMU to set up a consumer banking global innovation lab where students will be involved in product innovation and development projects.
  The Straits Times

• Stanchart in novel drive for young, global bankers
  Stanchart is setting up a global innovation lab with SMU where students will get to do research and development in banking in live settings.
  The Business Times

• Stanchart to groom global bankers
  Mr Mike DeNoma revealed that Stanchart intends to partner with SMU to set up an innovation and development lab in Singapore for consumer banking.
  Lianhe Zaobao

[25 August 2005]

• SMU city campus evokes memories of Bras Basah
  The Bras Basah area holds many memories for SMU Provost Prof Tan Chin Tiong who studied in Catholic High. SMU city campus architect Mr Tan Teck Kiam said the new buildings respected the rich heritage of the area.
  Channel 8 Focus
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[24 August 2005]

• Return of students set to breathe new life into Bras Basah area
  Former Catholic High student Professor Tan Chin Tiong, Provost of SMU, said that the brand new cutting-edge infrastructure of the new city campus is a great leap from the old Bras Basah.
  Channel NewsAsia

• Bosses of local SMEs go back to school with SMU
  When SMU launched its first CEO programme tailored for small and medium enterprises, it did not expect to find its first student from among the audience at its launch presentation: Mr Charles Wong, director of Charles & Keith.
  TODAY

[22 August 2005]

• For some, school days also mean hard work
  SMU student Huang Wanwen never compromises her grades despite holding down three part-time jobs while studying to take care of her school fees and living expenses.
  The Straits Times

[21 August 2005]

• Prime Minister's National Day Rally 2005 speech
  In his National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong remarked how SMU forms an integral part of Singapore 's historical and revitalised Bras Basah - Bugis district.
  Channel 5
  

[20 August 2005]

• Lee Kong Chian scholarship nurtures entrepreneurs with a heart for public welfare
  Lim Wei Ming, Vorapol Supanusonti and Dalena Lee Yi Ying are the first batch of Lee Kong Chian scholars. In addition to being successful in business, their wish is to help the unfortunate in society by using the management skills they learn.
  Lianhe Zaobao

• SMU picks 50 for new scholarship
  Lee Kong Chian scholar Wee Tze Yi, who also teaches salsa, turn down offers from American universities to study in SMU.
  The Straits Times

• Campus in the city
  At the beginning of a new academic year - and a new location for the university - SMU students say that their new campus has made the area more vibrant, with spillover effects for students and businesses alike.
  Channel NewsAsia
  Channel 5
  Channel 8

[15 August 2005]

• No publisher? No problem
  SMU undergraduates Mint Kang and Johnny Tay are examples of young Singaporeans who are getting their books published in a non-traditional fashion.
  The Straits Times

[13 August 2005]

• Government should help SMEs the right way
  The Singapore government’s drive to encourage entrepreneurship may be erring on the side of overkill, according to Apex-Pal International CEO Douglas Foo, speaking at a panel discussion at SMU as a prelude to SMU’s Executive Management Programme for CEOs and senior executives of SMEs.
  The Business Times

[9 August 2005]

• So far so good, but where do we go from here?
  For Singapore, the halcyon days of depending largely on the MNCs of the world to generate rapid growth are over, writes SMU Practice Prof Augustine H H Tan in this article.
  TODAY

• Their vision for Singapore
  SMU Assoc Prof Hoon Hian Teck and SMU Chairman Ho Kwon Ping lend their views on Singapore’s future, as the nation reaches its big 40 amid a volatile external environment.  
  TODAY

• Keeping the transport hub edge
  SMU’s assistant professor of management Terence Fan said that Singapore needs to look beyond its shores to maintain its edge instead of just focusing on improving hub operations.
  The Business Times

• Singapore, turning 40, seeks to beat mid-life crisis
  SMU’s assoc prof Winston Koh said that Singapore still needs to broaden its economy as the nation undergoes a transition right now with the next few years being very critical.
  Bloomberg

• The Economic Prospects of Singapore
  Professor Roberto S Mariano and Associate Professor Hoon Hian Teck talk about their new book, The Economic Prospects of Singapore, on Prime Time Morning.
  Channel NewsAsia

[8 August 2005]

• The Economic Prospects of Singapore
  Prof Roberto Mariano and Assoc Prof Winston Koh launched their book, The Economic Prospects of Singapore, to commemorate Singapore’s 40th anniversary.
  The Edge

• Talk by Tony Fernandes of AirAsia
  Founder-CEO of AirAsia spoke at the SMU city campus in a talk series jointly organized by SIIA and SMU.
  The Edge

• Where the economy should go from here
  In a new book, The Economic Prospects of Singapore, SMU academics offer suggestions on what a much re-engineered Singapore need to do to keep its economy growing.
  The Edge

[5 August 2005]

• Singapore’s first city campus is born
  Hundreds of SMU faculty, staff and students formed a contingent and carried out their symbolic move from the old Bukit Timah campus to the new city campus on Stamford Road.
  The Epoch Times

[4 August 2005]

• Budget carrier AirAsia secures US$1b loan to buy 30 Airbus jets
  Budget airline AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes (seen sporting an SMU cap) said, at a seminar organized by SMU and SIIA, that he has secured a US$1 billion loan to pay for 30 new aircrafts to be delivered in two years. 
  Channel NewsAsia

[2 August 2005]

• SMU moves to City Campus
  After waiting for more than 4 years, the Singapore Management University (SMU) finally left the Bukit Timah Campus and moved to the new City Campus at Bras Basah.
  Berita Harian

[1 August 2005]

• SMU moves into new City Campus at Bras Basah
  After spending five years at Bukit Timah , Singapore 's third university marked its move yesterday with a colourful, symbolic march to its City Campus.
  Channel NewsAsia

• SMU has moved into its new home at Bras Basah
  After five years at the Bukit Timah campus, Singapore 's third university marked its migration with a colourful march into the city.
  Channel 5 News

• A housewarming party five years in the making
  SMU students, staff and administration made their way to Campus Green to mark the school's move from its Bukit Timah campus it its city campus.
  TODAY

• SMU bids farewell to Bukit Timah
  In a symbolic move led by SMU chairman Ho Kwon Ping, an entourage of 1,000 undergraduates and academics set off from Bukit Timah and wound its way down Nassim and Orchard roads to the university's new city campus in Bras Basah.
  The Straits Times

• Can too much cheap foreign labour crimp wages
  At a conference to mark the launch of NTU's Economic Growth Centre, Professor Augustine Tan of Singapore Management University also made the call for Singapore to "tighten the screws on immigration" to help its workers.
  The Straits Times

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