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International Academic Advisory Panel Visit
- Professor Tan Teck Meng, SMU Deputy President and Provost, presenting plans for the new Singapore Management University to the International Academic Advisory Panel on 11 January 1999. The IAAP advises Singapore’s universities on major trends in university education and research. Photo taken at Singapore Institute of Management.
Groundbreaking for the Evans Road Building
- Left to right: Director of Facilities Management Ho Thim Seng, Deputy President Tan Teck Meng and Associate Professor Michael Gan at the Evans Road building groundbreaking ceremony on 12 January 2000. Singapore Management University operated out of the Evans Road building for the first academic year.
Cross-Cultural Studies
- On the occasion of his 90th birthday, Mr Choor Singh, a retired judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore, made a donation to launch Singapore Management University's Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies (now known as the Wee Kim Wee Centre). The centre is to be a platform for research, discussion and teaching across political, geographical and cultural boundaries. Left to right: Deputy President Tan Teck Meng, Mrs Choor Singh, Mr Choor Singh and President Janice Bellace. Photo taken on 18 January 2001. Mr Choor Singh passed away in 2009, aged 98.
First Board of Trustees
- Singapore President S R Nathan hosts a reception for Singapore Management University’s first board of trustees and senior management on 15 March 2000. Pictured on the steps of the Istana, front row, left to right: Trustee Kuok Khoon Ean, Trustee Victor Fung; Chairman Ho Kwon Ping; Singapore President S R Nathan; SMU President Janice Bellace and Trustee Han Cheng Fong. Middle row: Dean Tsui Kai Chong; Provost Tan Chin Tiong, Trustee Fang Ai Lian, Trustee Gan See Khem, Trustee Seah Jiak Choo, Deputy President Tan Teck Meng, Deputy Dean Low Kee Yang. Back row: Trustee Latiff Bin Ibrahim, Trustee Loo Choon Yon, Trustee John Niland, Trustee Jaspal Singh, Trustee Ong Keng Yong, Trustee Sunil Sreenivasan.
Inaugural Convocation Dinner
- Gala dinner at the Istana, the official residence of Singapore's president, on 29 July 2000 to celebrate Singapore Management University’s inaugural convocation. Left to right: SMU Chairman Ho Kwon Ping (partial view), Singapore President S R Nathan, SMU Deputy President Tan Teck Meng, SMU President Janice Bellace and Teo Soon Hoe, Group Finance Director, Keppel Corporation.
Education Minister Visits SMU
- Minister for Education Teo Chee Hean makes his first visit to Singapore Management University. He met with SMU faculty and staff at the Evans Road building and toured the renovation work on the Bukit Timah campus. Left to right: Minister for Education Teo Chee Hean, SMU Deputy President Tan Teck Meng and Director of Facilities Management Ho Thim Seng.
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.
Lectures by Professors Sir James Ball and John Quelch
- Singapore Management University hosts public lectures by Professors Sir James Ball and John Quelch of the London Business School on 15 January 1999. Left to right, Deputy President and Provost Tan Teck Meng; Chairman Ho Kwon Ping; Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng; John Yip, CEO and Executive Director SIM.
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.
DPM Tony Tan Visits SMU
- Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan visiting with students in Singapore Management University’s library at the Evans Road building on 8 September 2000. Standing, left to right: Dean Tsui Kai Chong, Chairman Ho Kwon Ping, DPM Tony Tan, Trustee Gan See Khem and Deputy President Tan Teck Meng.
SMU and National Library Board Agreement
- The National Library Board and Singapore Management University sign a memorandum of understanding on 3 September 1999. Under the terms of the agreement, NLB will plan and manage library and information services for the university. Left to right: SMU Deputy President Tan Teck Meng, SMU President Janice Bellace, and NLB Chief Executive Christopher Chia.
Talk by Chairman of the Board of Trustees
- Faculty and the pioneer class of Singapore Management University undergraduates at talk by Ho Kwon Ping, Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He gave students an account of his personal life and corporate experiences. The talk was held at the Singapore Art Museum on 19 July 2000. Front row, left to right: President Janice Bellace, Deputy President Tan Teck Meng, Provost Tan Chin Tiong and Professor Augustine Tan.
Inaugural Convocation
- The inaugural convocation ceremony marking the opening of Singapore Management University and the beginning of the academic year. Ceremonies were held on 29 July 2000 at Bras Basah Park, the site of the university’s future city campus. Front row, left to right: Associate Professor Low Kee Yang, Deputy Dean, School of Business; Associate Professor Tsui Kai Chong, Dean, School of Business; Deputy President Tan Teck Meng; Chancellor Lim Kim San; Education Minister Teo Chee Hean; Mr Ho Kwon Ping, Chairman, Board of Trustees; President Janice Bellace; Professor Patrick Harker, Dean, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; and Provost Tan Chin Tiong.
Pioneers of SMU
- A corporate photograph of the original pioneer team who were involved in the conceptualization and start up of the Singapore Management University.
Start-Up Team
- The team working on the start-up of Singapore Management University. Standing, left to right: Professor Tan Chin Tiong, Associate Professor Low Aik Meng, Associate Professor Tsui Kai Chong, Deputy Director of Human Resources Wang Siew Fu, Associate Professor Leong Kwong Sin, Associate Professor Pang Yang Hoong, Associate Professor Toh Tian Ser, and Associate Professor Low Kee Yang. Seated, left to right: Professor Tan Teck Meng and Ho Kwon Ping, Executive Committee chairman and Campus Development Committee chairman. Picture was taken at Wah Chang House in late 1998.
SMU and Wharton Sign Five-Year Agreement
- Professor Tan Teck Meng, SMU Deputy President and Provost, and Professor Janice Bellace, Deputy Dean, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, sign a five-year collaboration agreement in the areas of curriculum and course design, faculty development, and student exchange. This agreement follows an earlier memorandum of understanding signed in January 1998. Ho Kwon Ping, Chairman SMU Executive Committee, is looking on. Agreement was signed on 2 February 1999 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
Groundbreaking for the Evans Road Building
- Left to right: Director of Facilities Management Ho Thim Seng, Deputy Dean of the School of Business Low Kee Yang, Deputy President Tan Teck Meng, Associate Professor Leong Kwong Sin and Ministry of Education Deputy Director for Higher Education Tan Hang Cheong at the Evans Road building groundbreaking ceremony on 12 January 2000. Singapore Management University operated out of the Evans Road building for the first academic year.
Groundbreaking for the Evans Road Building
- Left to right: Associate Professor Leong Kwong Sin, Deputy President Tan Teck Meng and Associate Professor Low Aik Meng at the Evans Road building groundbreaking ceremony on 12 January 2000. Singapore Management University operated out of the Evans Road building for the first academic year.
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.
SMU's Logo
- Press conference held at library@Orchard on 15 December 1999 to introduce Singapore Management University's new logo. Left to right: Associate Professor Tan Lee Chuan, Deputy President Tan Teck Meng, Chairman Ho Kwon Ping, Provost Tan Chin Tiong and Dean Tsui Kai Chong.