[December 2007]

• Tata Crucible Quiz
  Interview with winners of the recent Tata Crucible Quiz, SMU undergrads Anirban Datta Gupta and Bhavya Khanna.
  Teenage

• Say Cheese!
  SMU undergraduates who are good-lookers and well-dressers are featured in a photo shoot spread.
  Choices

• AL Wealth Partners
  Ms Anthonia Hui, Chairman and Chief Executive of AL Wealth Partners, incorporates her real-life experiences on private banking into the courses and workshops which she conducts at the Singapore Management University.
  Wealth Management

[31 December 2007]

• Consistent returns key to investment
  Jeremy Ching [ Lee Kong Chian School of Business] discusses his foray into the stock market – pitfalls and all.
  The Business Times

• Community legal clinic broadens law students' perspectives
  There are 60 SMU law undergraduates who applied to be volunteers at the Community Legal Clinic.  
  Lianhe Zaobao

[29 December 2007]

• Bangsawan builds character
  SMU worked with 35 Malay youths to stage an opera as part of a character-building programme with Mendaki.
  Berita Harian

[28 December 2007]

• Malay opera taught me I'm no failure
  SMU students Nadiah Mis'ari and Ahmad Firdaus Daud are part of a theatre group working with students from Jamiyah Business School under the Mendaki Max programme who will perform a traditional Malay opera, Sultan Temasek Sultan Melayu, at the Lee Foundation Theatre, NAFA, on Saturday and Sunday evenings.
  The New Paper

• When Innovation Is King
  Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) won the recent Innovate IT Challenge, organized by the students of the School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, on 08 December 2007 as part of the National Infocomm Competition.  
  Omy.sg

• Taiwanese student in Singapore works hard to overcome the English language barrier
  When Tsao Lin Chung, first migrated to Singapore with her parents 10 years ago, she could hardly follow lessons here. Today she is a third year economics student at SMU and helped research on Little India for Not the Stuffy Guide handbook for international students in SMU.
  Xin.sg

• No retirement age for Asia's billionaires
  Indeed, it's often the employees and customers who don't want to see a successor. "It takes two hands to clap," says Annie Koh, associate dean of Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University.
  BusinessWeek.com

[27 December 2007]

• Course of Love
  Singapore Management University graduates Joshua Chua and Chan Bijun chose the SMU campus in Bras Basah as the venue for their wedding solemnisation on Christmas Day.
  The Straits Times

• 2007 Round-up of Key Southeast Asia Political Events
  SMU Practice Assistant Professor of Political Science Tobias Rettig comments on the effectiveness if an impeachment was imposed on Philippines President Arroyo given the rising spate of opposition towards her reign as president.
  Channel 8, Focus

[26 December 2007]

• Back to campus for Christmas day wedding
  SMU alumni Joshua Chua and Bijun Chan, who met and studied at SMU, returned to the SMU campus at Bras Basah Road for their Christmas Day wedding.
  Shin Min Daily News

• Bride and Bridegroom fulfill their wish to marry on Christmas Day
  SMU alumni Joshua Chua and Bijun Chan met while studying at SMU. Yesterday, they celebrated their solemnisation ceremony with about 70 relatives and friends at the SMU campus.  
  Lianhe Wanbao

[25 December 2007]

• Couple get married at SMU campus on Christmas Day
  Joshua Chua and Bijun Chan began their friendship as schoolmates at SMU six years ago and decided it would be meaningful to wed at SMU where they first met. .
  Channel NewsAsia
  Channel 8

• Riz Khan panel discussion
  SMU undergraduates Ms Ilinadiah Bte Mohamed Ismail, Ms Amal Sarah Binte Mohamed Salim and Mr Chan Jingzhong took part in a student panel discussion with prominent Al Jazeera anchor Riz Khan on challenges and issues facing young Singaporeans.
  Al Jazeera

[24 December 2007]

• Giving future leaders a leg up
  The American Chamber of Commerce's fund-raising drive in 2004 generated $1.6 million - matched three to one by the Singapore Government - to fund an annual scholarship at SMU.
  The Straits Times

• The toughest challenge: Making great people decisions
  Article, extracted from Knowledge@SMU by The Edge, on how the right person put into a position of leadership can take an organisation to greater heights 
  The Edge, Management @ Work

[23 December 2007]

• SMU Malay Language Cultural Club's Bangsawan production with Malay youths-at-risk
  Interviews with the SMU Malay Language & Cultural Club who are working with Malay youths from Mendaki's Max Out Continuing Education Programme in Sultan Temasek Sultan Melayu. The production will be performed at NAFA on 29 and 30 December.
  Suria

[22 December 2007]

• How best to donate? Rich are banking on experts
  Asia's well-heeled individuals are increasingly turning to private banks to also to find out how best to spend on charity. One of them is Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, who donated $19.5 million to the Singapore Management University.
  The Straits Times

• An early start in the business of giving
  Madam Mah Jia Lan and her husband Wong Kwok Leong made their biggest single donation of $1million last August to SMU for a scholarship to fund three needy undergraduates annually.
  The Straits Times

• Giving a gift of blood this Christmas
  The SMU chapter of the Red Cross Humanitarian Network spearheaded A Truly Magical Christmas annual public blood donation drive andhoped to get 600 donors in the three-day blood donation drive.
  The Straits Times

• Donating blood during Christmas especially meaningful
  If you would like to give a very meaningful present this Christmas, why not consider donating your blood to save someone? Each bag of blood will help three patients.
  Lianhe Zaobao

[21 December 2007]

• A Truly Magical Christmas
  The SMU chapter of the Red Cross Humanitarian Network hosts a blood drive at Dhoby Ghaut MRT station from today to Sunday, 21 to 23 December, 11am to 5pm.
  The Straits Times

• Here's where you can donate blood
  SMU students hold a three-day blood donation drive from today at Dhoby Ghaut MRT station.
  TODAY

[20 December 2007]

• SMU students hold blood donation drive
  Students from the Singapore Management University (SMU) will hold a three-day blood donation drive from tomorrow at Dhoby Ghaut MRT station.
  TODAY

• 29 youths helping school in Punjab
  SMU first-year business student Stella Ng is in Punjab, India, on a 17-day volunteer trip organised by the Young Sikh Association to work on the first-ever library at Bhaloor High School.
  The Straits Times

• Round up of East Asian Affairs
  SMU Assistant Professor of Sociology Chung Wai Keung talks to Focus about the impact of political leadership change and socio-economic development in Taiwan, China, Korea and Japan in the past year.
  Channel 8, Focus

[19 December 2007]

• Installation art as exams for students
  Article by SMU social science undergraduate Ephraim Loy on the use of installation art as a teaching method for Creative Thinking at SMU.
  Omy.sg

[18 December 2007]

• A cross-cultural Christmas
  A look at how some first-year SMU undergraduates from China are learning about Christmas and Singaporean family lifestyles through the SMU Host Family Programme.
  Xin.sg

[17 December 2007]

• Local think tanks becoming a trend
  Article speaks to experts, including SMU Assistant Professor of Law Eugene Tan, on the range of local think tanks and their impact on public policy making in Singapore, the region and globally.
  Lianhe Zaobao

• SMU Singaporean Host Families celebrate Christmas with SMU students from China
  The unique SMU Host Family Programme assists exchange students understand Singapore and its people through gatherings such as the recent Christmas celebration held for SMU students from China.
  Xin.sg
  Channel NewsAsia
  Channel 8
  Capita 95.8FM

[16 December 2007]

• Are all Beauty Pageants equal?
  SMU accountancy and business management undergrad Elle Yeow, 21, impressed the judge panel with her poise and confidence and beat 11 finalists from other local universities to win the Seventeen magazine's Queen of Queens inter-varsity pageant.  
  The New Paper

• Do we have pro-active ahtletes and mindsets?
  SMU undergraduate and national high-jump record holder Michelle Sng is singled out for being pro-active about her own sports excellence path, and securing her own educational sponsorship from local electronics firm Akira.
  The New Paper

• Singapore less-threatening sovereign funds source: analysts
  Assoc Prof Annie Koh said that a small country with a small fund is less threatening.
  AFP

[15 December 2007]

• Give blood at the MRT
  The Singapore Management University chapter of the Red Cross Humanitarian Network is organising a blood drive at Dhoby Ghaut MRT station from Friday to Sunday, 21 to 23 December, 11am to 5pm.
  The Straits Times

• SMU Malay Language Cultural Club perform with Malay youths-at-risk Bangsawan production
  The SMU Malay Language & Cultural Club are working with Malay youths from Mendaki's  Max Out Continuing Education Programme in a Bangsawan production – “Sutan Temasek Sultan Melayu." The major theatre production will be performed at NAFA on 29 and 30 December.
  Suria

[12 December 2007]

• Charities earned nearly $5b in 2005
  SMU's Endowment Fund earned income of $47 million in 2005 and $116 million last year.
  The Straits Times

[10 December 2007]

• Planning your future career is a tough job
  SMU undergraduate Alicia Ng pondered on career choices, observing that everybody is ordinary with a degree, and employers now want to hire those with street smarts as well as book smarts.  
  The Straits Times

[8 December 2007]

• Law schools cool to three-year course idea
  President Professor Howard Hunter felt that three years would be too short for a law degree because the SMU programme includes internships, workshops and projects which entail experiential learning.  
  The Straits Times

• 'Articulate, syndicate, sell'
  24 year-old final year SMU economics student, Fred Goh, said: “This competition [DBS-SMU quantitative finance challenge] really showed us (the participants) the differences between practical applications and theoretical conclusions.” 
  TODAY

[7 December 2007]

• Carrots for lawyers to stay in S'pore
  SMU law dean Prof Michael Furmston says that a four-year law degree is required to see law in its context and study other subjects.
  TODAY

[6 December 2007]

• Boosting the legal framework
  SMU School of Law Associate Professor Locknie Hsu contributes article on areas in the legal infrastructure and know-how within Asean that need to be strengthened in order for the new Asean Charter to realise its promises, particularly in the area of dispute settlement.
  The Straits Times

• Problem gambling: Prevention's the best bet against addiction
  Professor David Chan, Interim Dean of the School of Social Sciences, co-chairs an international advisory panel with Professor Goh Chee Leok of the National Skin Centre and other experts from the US, Australia, Canada, Britain, New Zealand and Hong Kong.
  The Straits Times

• Focus on the Hong Kong Legislative Council by-election
  Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr Chung Wai Keung comments on the impact of the Hong Kong Legislative Council by-election results.
  Channel 8, Focus

• Focus on the recent Philippines coup detat
  Practice Assistant Professor of Political Science Tobias Rettig shares his views on the implications of the recent military coup detat against rebels in a 5-star hotel on Philippines President Arroyo's style of government.
  Channel 8, Focus

[5 December 2007]

• Shape of 3rd generation team clear in next Cabinet reschuffle?
  On whether there will be a move in both the DPM posts, Singapore Management University law lecturer Eugene Tan said: 'While leadership renewal is always an imperative, PM Lee will not be in any hurry to dive in for a 'fast food' approach to political renewal.'
  The Straits Times

• Advisory panel on problem gambling convenes
  Professor David Chan, Interim Dean of the School of Social Sciences, co-chairs an international advisory panel which will analyse global trends and issues surrounding problem gambling.
  The Business Times

• Gambling and addiction woes? Let the experts help
  Interim Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Prof David Chan, co-chairs an international advisory panel which looks into issues such as how
  to prevent, manage and treat problem gambling behaviours and other addictions in Singapore.
  TODAY

[4 December 2007]

• International panel set up to advise on problem gambling issues
  An International Advisory Panel, co-chaired by Professor David Chan, interim dean of the SMU School of Social Sciences, has been set up to advise Singapore on issues related to problem gambling and addictions.
  Channel NewsAsia
  Channel 8

• Hong Kong Li & Fung Foundation donates S$1.44m to SMU
  SMU announced that it has received a US$1 million (about S$1.44 million) donation from the Li & Fung (1906) Foundation Limited for an overseas exchange scholarship.
  Lianhe Zaobao

[3 December 2007]

• Michael Hwang new Law Society chief
  Top lawyer and arbitration leader Michael Hwang is the new Law Society's president. Oxford-educated, Mr Hwang now practises as a barrister and arbitrator and is a member of the Singapore Management University's law school advisory board.
  The Straits Times

[1 December 2007]

• Do your checks before you fly cheap
  SMU Assistant Professor Terence Fan who studies the low cost carrier (LCC) market, notes that many LCCs are point-to-point carriers who fly at off-peak hours so connectivity to other flights can be a problem.
  The Straits Times

• Morning run with a mission
  Worldvision Singapore's One Life Experience will tour for two months, sharing the life stories of people hit by Aids in Singapore, Africa and Cambodia at various venues including SMU from 5 Jan to 3 Feb 2008.
  The Straits Times

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