Retirees, housewives less satisfied with taxis, private-hire cars in 2022
The 2022 Customer Satisfaction Index of Singapore published by the SMU Institute of Service Excellence (ISE) found that students, housewives,…
S'pore talent: Flying the flag high overseas
SMU alumna Farzana Hairudin, who joined American consumer goods giant Proctor and Gamble (P&G) in 2016, said she had aspired to work overseas…
Biography of late senior civil servant, Sim Kee Boon told subordinate "I can pay $40m for you not to pocket $1"
The late Pioneer Generation leader Sim Kee Boon passed away in 2007. Work on the biography finally began in December 2018 when SMU Professor of…
New book tells story of late pioneer leader Sim Kee Boon
The late Pioneer Generation leader Sim Kee Boon passed away in 2007. Work on the biography finally began in December 2018 when SMU Professor of…
Room to be optimistic amid global fragility, says Tharman
In a speech spanning global and domestic affairs at the Ho Rih Hwa Leadership Lecture Series held at SMU on Thursday (Sep 22), Senior Minister and…
Cheers for hangover help
SMU alumnus Ryan Foo was on holiday in South Korea in 2018 when he found hangover cures in convenience stores there. He figured there are others like…
Is Fed policy in the eye of the beholder?
In this commentary, Leo Krippner and Thomas Lam, Research Fellows at the SMU Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics, underscore that although…
Social cohesion is more than about race or religion: SMU president
Speaking at the International Conference on Cohesive Societies (ICCS) at the Raffles City Convention Centre on Tuesday (Sep 6), SMU President…
From ballerino to fund manager
SMU alumnus Raphael Ng, the co-founder of the Salzworth Global Currency Fund, was a dancer until he was in his late 20s. He took contemporary dance…
University incubators key to propelling Singapore start-ups in region
SMU alumni Benjamin Wong, Hafiz Kasman and Joshua Pua launched an edtech start-up, named Kinobi, in 2020. They learnt plenty of know-how on how to be…