Publication: Berita Harian Date: 2 August 2005 Headline: SMU moves to City Campus

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SMU berpindah ke kampus bandar SELEPAS lebih empat

tahun menanti, Universiti Pengurusan Singapura (SMU) akhirnya mening- galkan kampus Bukit Ti- mah dan berpindah ke kampus bandar di Bras Basah Road.

Kelmarin, sekitar 1,000 pelajar dan kakita- ngan SMU be rjalan bera- mai-ramai di Orchard Road menuju masuk ke Bras Basah Road dan Stamford Road sebelum mengakhiri perarakan mereka di ltampus baru

itu. Sebagai menandakan

hari bersejarah itu, ben- dera SMU telah diturun- kan di kampus Bukit Ti- mah sebelum dikibarkan pula di karnpus bandar.

Dalam satu kenyataan, Pengerusi SMU, Encik Ho Kwon Ping, berkata:

"Hari ini menandakan satu bab baru dalam per- jalanan kejayaan yang te- lah dinikmati SMU sejak membuka pintunya buat pertama kali kepada para mahasiswa.

"Ini sebuah kampus berbeza bagi sebuah uni- versiti yang berbeza - se- buah tempat yang akan melahirkan sebuah gene- rasi siswazah baru dengan minat untuk membuat perubahan dan mengu- bah lanskap perniagaan sejagat."

Kampus itu mempu- nyai enam bangunan yang dilengkapi dengan kemudahan terkini ber- landaskan konsep kampus dalam taman.

Lebih istirnewa, lima

bangunan itu dihubung- kan dengan dataran ba- wah tanah sepanjang 800 meter yang turut menem- patkan kedai-kedai, kafe dan pusat makanan.

Kerja-kerja pembinaan bangunan baru SMU di- mulakan sekitar dua ta- hun lalu dengan kos seki- tar $426 juta.

Kampus SMU yang ditempatkan di kawasan seluas 4.5 hektar itu boleh menampung sekitar 15,000 pelajar.

Publication: Berita Harian Date: 2 August 2005 Headline: SMU moves to City Campus

After waiting for more than 4 years, the Singapore Management University (SMU) finally left the Bukit Timah Campus and moved to the new City Campus at Bras Basah.

On Sunday, about 1,000 SMU students and staff walked together at Orchard Road, moving towards Bras Basah Road and Stamford Road, before ending their procession at the new City Campus.

To mark the historical day, SMU" flag was lowered at the Bukit Timah Campus, and later hoisted high at the City Campus.

In his speech, SMU Chairman, Mr Ho Kwon Ping, said,

"Today marks a new chapter in the successful journey that SMU has experienced since it first opened its doors to the undergraduates.

"This campus is different for a university that is different - a place that will produce a new generation of graduates and change the landscape of the business environment."

The campus consists of six buildings that are equipped with the latest facilities, based on the concept of a campus in the park.

More interestingly, five buildings are linked together by an underground concourse that is 800 metres long, which also houses retail outlets, cafe and food court.

Construction works on the new SMU campus started about two years ago, at a cost of about $426 million.

The SMU campus, which is located in an area of 4.5 hectare, can accommodate about 15,000 students.