Preserving Trees at City Campus
Mature trees were removed from Singapore Management University’s city campus construction site and then replanted on campus after the construction was completed. Among them was a 70-year-old rain tree weighing more than 37 tonnes. The tree was 21-metres in height with a crown 25 metres in diameter. Picture taken at Bras Basah Park on 20 May 2003.


    Preserving Trees at City Campus
    When possible, Singapore Management University preserved the mature trees at the city campus construction site. Several trees were removed and re-planted after construction was completed, while others were conserved in their original location. In this photo taken on 28 July 2002, a crane lifts a tree from Bras Basah Park before construction begins.


      Preserving Trees at City Campus
      Crane lifting tree to be preserved during the construction of Singapore Management University’s city campus. Picture taken at Bras Basah Park on 20 May 2003.


        Preserving Trees at City Campus
        Preparations to conserve and remove a tree from Singapore Management University’s city campus construction site. Several mature trees growing in Bras Basah Park were removed and re-planted, while other trees were conserved in their original location. Singapore’s National Museum can be seen in the background. Photo taken on 28 July 2002.


          Preserving Trees at City Campus
          Mature trees were removed from Singapore Management University’s city campus construction site and then replanted on campus after the construction was completed. Picture taken at Bras Basah Park on 20 May 2003.


            DPM Tony Tan with SMU and SIM Representatives
            Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan examining a three-dimensional model of the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) campus on 5 December 1998. Left to Right: Professor Tan Teck Meng, Deputy President and Provost; DPM Tony Tan; Ho Kwon Ping, Executive Committee chairman and Campus Development Committee chairman; and four members of SIM. Photo taken at SIM. In the early days before Singapore Management University had a campus, some major activities were held at the Singapore Institute of Management campus.


              Archaeological Survey at Bras Basah Park
              Singapore Management University and the Singapore History Museum conducted an archaeological survey of Bras Basah Park in August 2001 before construction of the university’s city campus began. A backhoe was used to dig fourteen 2m x 2m test pits. Photo shows view from the park looking towards Plaza by the Park and the Singapore Art Museum on Bras Basah Road.


                Storing Trees During City Campus Construction
                Trees from Singapore Management University’s city campus site were stored offsite until the construction was completed. Picture taken on 20 May 2003.


                  Topping Out Ceremony for City Campus
                  Trustee Loo Choon Yong, Chancellor Richard Hu, Minister for Education Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Chairman Ho Kwon Ping, and President Howard Hunter viewing the three-dimensional model of Singapore Management University’s new city campus. Picture taken on 18 October 2004 at the city campus topping out ceremony.


                    Start-Up Team with Maps and Model of SMU's Campus
                    Members of the planning team for the new Singapore Management University posing with maps and a three-dimensional model of the planned city campus. Left to right: Associate Professor Leong Kwong Sin, Wang Wai Yee, Associate Professor Toh Tian Ser, Associate Professor Low Aik Meng, Professor Tan Teck Meng, Professor Tan Chin Tiong, Eddie Wee, and Grace Cheng. Photo taken at SIM on 5 December 1998.


                      Groundbreaking for the Evans Road Building
                      Examining a three-dimensional model of Singapore Management University’s city campus, left to right, Provost Tan Chin Tiong, architect Ted Cullinan, President Ronald Frank, Chairman Ho Kwon Ping and Minister of Education Teo Chee Hean. Photo taken at the groundbreaking ceremony in Bras Basah on 27 March 2002.


                        Model of Proposed City Campus
                        Three-dimensional model of the proposed Singapore Management University city campus to be built in the Bras Basah area of Singapore. Fort Canning Park is on the right and Mount Sophia is in the lower left. Photo taken in 1998.


                          Model of Proposed City Campus
                          Mr Ho Kwon Ping (left), Executive Committee chairman and Campus Development Committee chairman, with Professor Tan Teck Meng, Deputy President and Provost, examining a three-dimensional model of Singapore Management University's proposed city campus. Photo taken in 1998.