Convocation 2009
Enjoying the address by Dato' Sri Tony Fernandes, Group CEO of AirAsia, at Singapore Management University's tenth convocation. Left to right: Deputy President Tan Chin Tiong, Chairman Ho Kwon Ping, Chancellor Richard Hu, President Howard Hunter and Provost Rajendra Srivastava. Convocation 2009 was held at Suntec City Convention Centre on 15 August 2009.
    Collection: Convocation & Academic Year Opening


    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.
      Collection: People


      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.
        Collection: People


        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.
          Collection: People


          Chairman Ho Kwon Ping, SMU President Arnoud De Meyer and incoming SMU Chancellor J.Y Pillay pose together with former Chancellor Yong Pung How at an appreciation dinner to thank him
          Chairman Ho Kwon Ping, SMU President Arnoud De Meyer and incoming SMU Chancellor J.Y Pillay pose together with former Chancellor Yong Pung How at an appreciation dinner to thank him for his contributions to SMU
            Collection: People


            Convocation 2004
            Left to right: President-designate Howard Hunter, Chancellor Richard Hu, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Swee Say, Chairman Ho Kwon Ping and President Ronald Frank. Professor Hunter officially takes office on 1 September 2004. Photo taken at Singapore Management University’s Convocation 2004 held at Suntec City Convention Centre on 18 August 2004.
              Collection: Convocation & Academic Year Opening


              Convocation 2010
              Symbolic handover of leadership to incoming president. Left to right: Chairman Ho Kwon Ping, President-designate Arnoud De Meyer, Pro-Chancellor J Y Pillay and President Howard Hunter at Singapore Management University's eleventh convocation. Professor De Meyer officially takes office on 1 September 2010. Convocation 2010 was held at Resorts World Convention Centre on 11 August 2010.
                Collection: Convocation & Academic Year Opening


                Convocation 2003
                Convocation 2003, left to right, Dean Pang Yang Hoong, Dean Roberto Mariano, President Ronald Frank, Chancellor Richard Hu, Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng, Chairman Ho Kwon Ping and Provost Tan Chin Tiong. The event was held at Suntec City Convention Centre on 16 August 2003.
                  Collection: Convocation & Academic Year Opening


                  Commencement 2006
                  Singapore Management University's faculty at the university's third commencement ceremony. Front row, left to right: President Howard Hunter, Chancellor Richard Hu, CEO of Temasek Holdings Ho Ching, Chairman Ho Kwon Ping, Provost Tan Chin Tiong, Dean Roberto Mariano; Dean Steven Miller and Dean Annie Koh. The event was held at Suntec City Convention Centre on 7 July 2006.
                    Collection: Commencement & Graduation


                    Senior executives in front of the structure of Kwa Geok Choo library during ground inspection of School of Law construction in 2016
                    Members from Board of Trustees posing in front the dome structure of Kwa Geok Choo library with President Arnoud De Meyer during ground inspection of School of Law construction in 2016. From L: Professor Ng Swee Lian Ivy, Mr Edmund Yeng Lin, Mr Lim Boon Wee, Ms Saw Phaik Hwa, Professor Arnoud de Meyer (President), Mr Ho Kwon Ping, Mr Zulkifli bin Baharudin, Mr Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara, BG Lim U Yang Hugh-Reginald, Mr Paul Beh.
                      Collection: People


                      Patron’s Day 2005
                      Recipients of Student Life Awards for outstanding achievements by students and co-curricular activity groups. The students are pictured with, from left to right, SMU President Howard Hunter, SMU Chancellor Lim Kim San, Singapore President and SMU Patron S R Nathan, SMU Chairman Ho Kwon Ping and SMU Provost Tan Chin Tiong. Photo from Patron’s Day 2005 held at Singapore Management University's Bukit Timah campus on 21 January 2005.
                        Collection: Patron's Day


                        At the CNA Perspectives Season 8 Episode 5
                        SMU hosted the fifth episode of CNA Perspectives Season 8 “Decline of Liberal Democracy and the Rise of China: Has ASEAN given in to the temptation?” in 2019 which featured an esteemed panel of thought leaders including SMU Chairman Mr Ho Kwon Ping and Professor John A Donaldson.
                          Collection: Purpose


                          Topping Out Ceremony for City Campus
                          Symbolic topping out of Singapore Management University’s city campus performed by, left to right, Obayashi Corporation Managing Director Ryuichi Irahara, Chairman Ho Kwon Ping, Minister for Education Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President Howard Hunter and Tan Teck Kiam of KNTA Architects. Picture taken on 18 October 2004.
                            Collection: Places


                            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.
                              Collection: Convocation & Academic Year Opening


                              Convocation 2001
                              Left to right: Chairman Ho Kwon Ping, Chancellor Lim Kim San, Minister for Education Teo Chee Hean, President Janice Bellace, Provost Tan Chin Tiong and Deputy President Tan Teck Meng. Photo taken at Singapore Management University’s second convocation, held at Suntec City Convention Centre. The renovated Bukit Timah campus is pictured behind the group.
                                Collection: Convocation & Academic Year Opening


                                Patron's Day 2002
                                Left to right: Singapore Management University Chairman Ho Kwon Ping, SMU Patron and Singapore President S R Nathan, SMU President Ronald Frank and SMU Provost Tan Chin Tiong officially opened SMU's renovated Bukit Timah campus at Patron's Day celebrations on 11 January 2002.
                                  Collection: Places


                                  Farewell Tribute to SMU Chairman Mr. Ho Kwon Ping
                                  On 10 February 2023, SMU paid tribute to its longest-serving Trustee and Chairman, Mr Ho Kwon Ping who had stepped down from the position.
                                    Collection: People


                                    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.
                                      Collection: People


                                      Book launch of “The Art of Leadership: Perspectives from Distinguished Thought Leaders”
                                      SMU Chairman Mr Ho Kwon Ping, Singapore’s 7th President and SMU Honorary Patron Dr Tony Tan, SMU President Professor Arnoud De Meyer at the launch of the book “The Art of Leadership: Perspectives from Distinguished Thought Leaders” on 16 January 2018 at the SMU Hall in the School of Law.
                                        Collection: People


                                        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.
                                          Collection: Purpose


                                          Viewing the model of the new law school building
                                          SMU President Arnoud De Meyer; Professor Yeo Tiong Min, Dean, School of Law; Attorney-General Steven Chong; Chancellor Yong Pung How; Dr Jonathan Marshall, son of David Marshall; Ms Ho Ching, CEO of Temasek Holdings; Mr Ho Kwon Ping, Chairman. Board of Trustees—being briefed by the architect about the new School of Law building.
                                            Collection: Places


                                            Move to the City
                                            After four years at the Bukit Timah campus, a parade of 1,000 undergraduates and academics made their way from Bukit Timah to SMU's new city Campus in Bras Basah
                                              Collection: Places


                                              City Campus Opening Ceremony
                                              Chairman Ho Kwon Ping addressing the crowd at Singapore Management University's city campus opening ceremony on 20 January 2006.
                                                Collection: People


                                                Patron’s Day 2008
                                                Student Life Award recipients with, from left to right, SMU President Howard Hunter, SMU Chancellor Lim Kim San, Singapore President and SMU Patron S R Nathan, SMU Chairman Ho Kwon Ping and SMU Provost Tan Chin Tiong. The awards recognise outstanding achievements and contributions by students and co-curricular activity groups. Photo taken at Patron's Day celebrations at Singapore Management University's city campus on 28 January 2008.
                                                  Collection: People


                                                  A light-hearted moment of candle blowing celebrating the 15th anniversary of SMU in 2015
                                                  A light-hearted moment celebrating the 15th anniversary of SMU in 2015. From L back row: Mr. Jaime Augusto Miranda Zobel de Ayala, Professor Ng Swee Lian Ivy, Mr Lim Tse Ghow Olivier, Mr Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara, Mr Zulkifli bin Baharudin, Mr Robert Michael Tomlin. From L front row: Professor Arnoud de Meyer (President), Mr Lim Boon Wee, Mr Timothy Chia, Mr Anil Thadani, Mr Ho Kwon Ping, Professor Thomas S Robertson, Ms Saw Phaik Hwa, Mr Edmund Yeng Li, Professor Rajendra K. Srivastava (Provost and Deputy President).
                                                    Collection: People


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