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Source:
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The City to Pulse with a New
Heartbeat as SMU arrives! ¨C Bukit Timah Campus vacated after a
solemn flag lowering ceremony |
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In a solemn and emotional flag lowering
ceremony, Singapore Management University (SMU) marked the end of its
tenure at the historical Bukit Timah Campus which it had occupied since
2001, while its City Campus was being built. |
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Earlier last month, SMU was officially 'handed' its new 4.5 hectare, state-of-the-art City Campus, giving it
the unique status of being Singapore's only university campus in the
civic centre. |
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Following a final farewell which SMU's
Chairman, Mr Ho Kwon Ping, President, Professor Howard Hunter and
Provost, Professor Tan Chin Tiong together with SMU faculty, staff and
students bade to the Bukit Timah Campus, the entourage left for a
totally contrasting celebratory parade. |
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The parade wound its way down Orchard,
through Bras Basah and Stamford Roads to finally end at SMU's spanking
new City Campus, where SMU's Chairman, carrying the SMU flag high, led
the SMU community onto the campus. |
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Said Mr Ho Kwon Ping, Chairman, Singapore
Management University, "It has been a long wait for this moment but the
moment is worth the wait. Today marks a new chapter in this journey of
success that SMU has enjoyed since it opened its doors to its very first
undergraduates. While the university's physical façade has changed, from
humble beginnings in Evans Road, to the colonial inspired Bukit Timah
Campus, the essence of our university beliefs, our pedagogy and approach
to teaching and research have remained consistent. We have seen two
batches of proud graduates walk into the world, armed with the
knowledge, skills sets and a world view and winning attitude that
today's global economy demands. |
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"Today, our current students step into a new
campus, knowing that while the principles and hallmarks of an SMU
education remain unchanged, they are being given a unique opportunity
that no other local graduate has ever had before ¨C that of enjoying a
university campus in the heart of Singapore 's most important historical
district. This is a different kind of campus for a different kind of
university ¨C a place which will produce a new generation of graduates
with the passion to make a difference and to shape the global business
landscape." |
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To mark the occasion, the SMU University
flag was raised to a stirring rendition by the SMU Symphonia of Those
First Steps, a piece specially composed by Assistant Professor Saw Cheng
Lim of the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, for SMU's convocation
ceremony in 2001. For this morning's celebration, it was given a new
arrangement by SMU student and President of the Symphonia, Sebastian Sim. |
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Said Professor Howard Hunter, President,
Singapore Management University, "This morning is also an historic
occasion for the civic district. With SMU and other educational
institutions coming back into the city, new life is being injected into
the area. It will only be a matter of time before the manifestations of
youth will be evidenced here, in the type of commerce and retail space,
in the myriad of events, many of which will involve the public, and in
the simple hum of activity that will be felt as students, faculty,
staff, immerse themselves into city living. |
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"The landscape of the city is set to undergo
a metamorphosis, of sobriety to colour and stateliness to excitement.
SMU is proud to set our home here and honoured to be an integral part
henceforth of this very special district." |
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The sprawling urban campus, carefully
integrated into the cityscape, took five years of planning and
construction. SMU's current students commence their new academic term in
the City Campus in August. A year-long celebration with an official
grand opening in January 2006 is set to follow in the coming months.
SMU's faculty, staff and administration personnel are already operating
from the new campus. |
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Source:
www.smu.edu.sg Press Release 31 Jul 2005 |
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