Ground Breaking Ceremony (20 January 2014)
(From left) 1. Professor Yeo Tiong Min, Dean of SMU School of Law; 2. Mr Ho Kwon Ping, Chairman of SMU’s Board of Trustees; 3. The Honorable Attorney-General Mr Steven Chong, S.C.; Mr Yong Pung How, SMU Chancellor; 5. Professor Arnoud De Meyer, SMU President
Mr Ho Kwon Ping, Mr Steven Chong and Mr Yong Pung How symbolically mark the new start for the SMU School of Law, as Professor Yeo and Professor De Meyer witness.
Professor Yeo Tiong Min, Dean of SMU Law School, breaking the ground to mark the beginning of the construction of the law school building.
(From left): 1. Professor Arnoud De Meyer, SMU President; 2. Professor Yeo Tiong Min, Dean of SMU School of Law; 3. The Honorable Attorney-General Mr Steven Chong, S.C.; 4. Mr Yong Pung How, SMU Chancellor; 5. Dr Jonathan Marshall, Son of Mr David Marshall; 6. Ms Ho Ching, Executive Director and CEO of Temasek Holdings; 7. Mr Ho Kwon Ping, Chairman of SMU’s Board of Trustees – being briefed by the architect at the model of the SMU School of Law building
SMU law undergraduates viewing the model of the SMU School of Law building
Topping Out Ceremony
"It's a real pleasure for me that today we are topping out the building. I want to congratulate everybody who was involved in the construction of this building. And I am very proud for you." — SMU President, Professor Arnoud De Meyer.
"It's been eight and a half years since [the School of Law has] opened. Our SOL students have earned a lot of accolades overseas and won many moot court competitions. They've really made SMU proud and perhaps even more importantly, they have added to the diversity of the student body itself." — SMU Chairman, Mr Ho Kwon Ping
[From left to right are: Professor Arnoud De Meyer, SMU President; Mr Koji Sugimoto, Kajima Overseas Asia Pte Ltd; Mr Ho Kwon Ping, SMU Chairman; Mr Siew Man Kok, Chairman and Founding Director, MKPL Architects Pte Ltd; and Professor Yeo Tiong Min, Dean, SMU School of Law.]
Holding up concrete tiles on which they have just signed their names.
[From left to right are: Professor Arnoud De Meyer, SMU President; Mr Koji Sugimoto, Kajima Overseas Asia Pte Ltd; Mr Ho Kwon Ping, SMU Chairman; Mr Siew Man Kok, Chairman and Founding Director, MKPL Architects Pte Ltd; and Professor Yeo Tiong Min, Dean, SMU School of Law.]
Holding up concrete tiles on which they have just signed their names.
[Photos: Members of the SMU Board of Trustees and SMU Senior Management were taken on a site tour of the building, following the topping-out ceremony.]
