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Oral History Interview With Tony Tan Keng Yam: Conceptualising Smu, Tony Keng Yam Tan
Oral History Interview With Tony Tan Keng Yam: Conceptualising Smu, Tony Keng Yam Tan
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The interview covered: higher education landscape, setting up SMU, naming a new university, different university, admission criteria, student interaction, first graduation ceremony, future of university education.
Biography:
Patron, SMU, 2011–present
Visionary and architect of SMU
Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam steered the development of university education in Singapore and was instrumental in the creation of Singapore Management University. Involved in higher education in Singapore for over three decades, he served as education minister (1980–1981 and 1985–1991), vice-chancellor of the National University of Singapore (1980–1981), and was appointed deputy prime minister of Singapore (1995–2005). He is credited with restructuring Singapore’s educational …
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 …