8 December 2003
Work
experience – the busy kind
Breaking tradition once again, the Singapore Management
University is allowing its accountancy students flexibility
in when they do their internships.
Streats
29 October 2003
Hitting
the right note
A handful of staff members at the Singapore Management
University's [SMU] School of Accountancy have been test-driving
Microsoft's newly-launched Office OneNote 2003, a designed-for-Tablet
PC tool which brings note-taking to a different level.
The Straits Times (Computer Times)
27 October
2003
SMU
going wireless
Tablet PCs used in pilot scheme cut class disruption,
make lecture notes available online for students.
Streats
18 August 2003
Under
the guiding influence of … youths
SMU undergraduates, Jean Chen and Tan Say Eng [Accountancy student] are among
the 218 students mentors under the BP mentoring scheme
who received awards at Saturday's ceremony. The scheme
targets primary and secondary school students from low
income or single-parent families.
The Straits Times
13 August 2003
Singapore
Management University modifies Bachelor of Accountancy
internship period
SMU announced that it will be modifying its Bachelor
of Accountancy term with effect from academic year 2003-2004
to accommodate a new internship period.
Lianhe Zaobao
8 August 2003
Hands-on
internships
The School of Accountancy at SMU has decided to push
back its academic term so that students can undergo their
internships during the peak accounting period.
Today
30 July 2003
Breaking
free from red tape
In the third part of this series, SMU Assoc Prof of Accounting
Leong Kwong Sin comments on the essential – but
often misunderstood – part
of paperwork in a business organisation
The Business Times
Techniques
to remove excessive paperwork
To reduce paperwork and improve productivity, SMU Assoc
Prof of Accounting Leong Kwong Sin suggests several techniques
for organizations
The Business Times
23 July 2003
Weathering
economic storms
A continuation from last week's Cost Management series,
SMU Assoc Prof Leong Kwong Sin points out that it is
not costs alone that need to be managed, but costs in
relation to productivity and revenue generation.
The Business Times
Art
of cutting and keeping costs down
As opposed to traditional ways to reducing costs, there
are other less drastic ways that companies can follow
in order to remain competitive and keep costs low.
The Business Times
16 July 2003
Getting
lean and mean
SMU Assoc Prof Leong Kwong Sin talks about cost management
as one side of the coin in managing a company’s
overall profitability.
The Business Times
Look
out for the pitfalls
As opposed to quick cost-cutting measures, SMU Assoc
Prof Leong Kwong Sin explains the need to inculcate a
corporate philosophy of continuous improvement.
The Business Times
2 July 2003
Weak
muscles, but not low spiritedness to study
It’s determination that encourages incoming SMU
Accountancy student and wheelchair-bound Nurulasyiqah.
Berita Harian
1 July 2003
Holidays?
We spent them teaching in Timor Letse
SMU Accountancy student Ng Chieh Kwong was among 11 others
who volunteered with the Singapore Red Cross Society
on a two-week mission to Timor Leste.
The New Paper
25 June 2003
High
dividends a sign of a winning stock: Study
A study by SMU academics Mr Kevin Ow Yong and Mr Roger
Loh shows high-dividend stocks are stable in good times
and bad.
The Straits Times
6 June 2003
SMU
goes the extra mile for two disabled students
The Singapore Management University [SMU] has gone the
extra mile to make its Bukit Timah campus more accessible
for two wheelchair-bound students joining it in August.
The Straits Times
5 June 2003
SMU
makes campus accessible for wheelchair-bound students 
Channel i News
3 June 2003
Confident
students are SMU's living testimony
SMU's latest ad campaign features their students - their
personality and enthusiasm
Lianhe Zaobao
March 2003
Surreal
Estate
CFO teamed up with two accounting professors from Singapore
Management University – Andrew
Lee and Kevin Ow Yong – to look at what sort of
financial returns property investments have yielded.
CFO Asia
17 March 2003
CNBC's
Marketwatch interviews SMU's Andrew Lee on today's
businesses and the property market in Asia
CNBC Cable News Channel
11 March 2003
Property
assets bring nothing but pain: study
SMU Professor Andrew Lee provides revealing insights
on his research with CFO Asia, reporting on today's businesses
and the property market in Asia
The Business Times
10 March 2003
Money
is no obstacle
SMU has in place financial aid for those who need help
while at SMU
Today
6 March 2003
Adding
up to success / Scout's honour
Accountancy students and scholarship recipients Eileen
Lai Peishan and Tan Chee Wee are profiled in this ST
supplement.
The Straits Times
25 February 2003
Read
about SMU undergraduates Teo
Yee Hian, Stephanie Novita Tantri and Kevin Eng Hwee'
experiences
Scholarship Guide 2003
21 February 2003
Singapore
Management University to organise Accountancy seminar
tomorrow
The panelists from the seminar will share their thoughts
on the recent global events on the accounting profession
and on accounting as a career choice
Lianhe Zaobao
