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Source:
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Landmark City Campus officially
handed over - SMU to launch year-long celebratory programme |
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The Singapore Management University (SMU) today
took its first steps into its new 4.5-hectare purpose-built city campus in the
heart of the historic and culturally rich landscape of the Bras Basah area. |
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SMU's Chancellor, Dr Richard Hu, Chairman, Mr Ho
Kwon Ping and President, Professor Howard Hunter, took significant ˇ®first
steps' on behalf of the university following the official symbolic handover of
the campus by the building contractor, Obayashi. |
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The night concluded with an appreciation ceremony
for the City Campus Planning Committee, architects, engineers, designers,
consultants and everyone connected with the project, from its planning and
inception stage to the construction and completion phase. |
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The university also unveiled a full-year's
calendar of celebratory activities accompanying its move to the city. The
activities underscore SMU's intention to fully integrate into and engage
actively with the surrounding community, which include businesses, cultural
institutions and government organisations. |
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The calendar of activities, which encompass
seminars and talks on business and management topics as well as events
showcasing the vibrancy of SMU's student body beyond academic rigours, run
from June 2005 right through till May next year. The celebrations will include
the official opening of the city campus in January 2006. |
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Said Professor Howard Hunter, President, Singapore
Management University, ˇ°Great cities like London , New York and Paris have
universities within the city environs and SMU is privileged to be the one for
Singapore . SMU is in the unique position of being the only university here
with a city campus, one that is purpose-built to our pedagogy. Through our
executive education programmes, lectures by world-renowned visiting faculty,
top-notch research capabilities and exceptional students, businesses will be
able to tap into SMU's rich resources and talent. |
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"We will be the focal point of intellectual
discourse and spirited academic exchanges, invigorating and enlivening the
area and attracting the intelligentsia, business leaders and entrepreneurs
into our campus hub and city district. At the same time, we want to reach out
to other tertiary institutions to join us in academic and non-academic
collaborations wherever opportunities present themselves, to turn this
significant district into an area of youthful exuberance and energy. For the
members of the public, SMU will add colour and texture to the city area with
activities and events, exhibitions, and a myriad of activities hosted on our
campus for the enjoyment of all.ˇ± |
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Professor Hunter said, ˇ°For our students, being in
an urban setting in proximity to the business and financial centre will
facilitate interaction beyond the confines of the campus and immersion into
the ˇ®university of life', where they will be able to experience real
situations and witness first hand, the workings of the commercial world. The
surrounding historical and cultural elements will further expand their
out-of-the classroom activities and experiences and give them a holistic and
well-rounded education.ˇ± |
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The city campus project commenced as early as 2000
when the Urban Redevelopment Authority accepted the master plan for the design
and building of the city campus, after intensive consultation with various
stakeholders in the area, architects, the public and the building and planning
authorities. |
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The result of the painstaking process and years of
planning is a modern contextual campus. Designed to be in harmony with the
existing natural landscape and historical cityscape, it responds to the
diversity of the historical, cultural and physical landmarks of the area. With
open courtyards, porous building structures and the backdrop of natural
landscaping, the campus projects the image of ˇ®a campus in the park'. |
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Behind this ˇ®green' campus façade is a
well-equipped, state-of-the art university infrastructure, boasting seminar
rooms, research facilities, art, drama and music studios, learning
laboratories and various support facilities such as a fitness centre, library
and multi-purpose hall, all of which epitomises SMU's pedagogical approach of
active and interactive, broad-based learning. |
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The Campus Centre with its deli, caf¨¦, food courts
and bookshop will be the central arena for public activities and encourage
interaction and exchange between students, staff and members of the public.
The university will be an oasis in the bustle of city life. |
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SMU will be making its move to the city campus
from its present Bukit Timah campus over the next few months. There will be a
symbolic move on July 31, 2005 from the Bukit Timah campus to the new campus. |
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Source:
Singapore Management University
Press Release 1 Jun 2005 |
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