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Oral History Interview With Ho Kwon Ping: Conceptualising Smu, Kwon Ping Ho
Oral History Interview With Ho Kwon Ping: Conceptualising Smu, Kwon Ping Ho
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The interview covered: capturing SMU history, view of Singapore education system, Singapore Institute of Management, third university, business schools, business education, faculty recruitment, differentiating SMU, board of trustees, governance, student interaction, job satisfaction, non-profit organisations, inaugural convocation, differentiating SMU, future of SMU.
Biography:
Chairman, Board of Trustees, SMU, 2000–present
Chairman, Governing Council for Singapore Institute of Management, 1997–2000
One of Singapore’s most prominent businessmen, Mr Ho Kwon Ping, was tapped by Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan in 1997 to lead the effort to establish a new national university which would be autonomous and based on an American-style of education. An …
Oral History Interview With Low Aik Meng: Conceptualising Smu, Aik Meng Low
Oral History Interview With Low Aik Meng: Conceptualising Smu, Aik Meng Low
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The interview covered: first involvement with SMU, role and responsibilities, curriculum, student experience, first freshman team building camp, first classes, pioneer class, student activities, student ambassadors, community service, student hostel, student financial assistance.
Biography:
Founding Dean of Students, SMU, 2000–2011
Member of SMU start-up team
An SMU ‘pioneer’, Professor Low Aik Meng was one of the first three faculty to join the start-up team for the new university in 1998. Curriculum development was one his early responsibilities. Professor Low is best known for his next assignment—in 2000 he was appointed as SMU’s founding dean of students, a role in which …