PM Lee opens SMU's S$165m School of Law building
The 23,000 square metre building stands at the site where the old National Library used to be
Singapore
PRIME MINISTER Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday officially opened a S$165 million new building for SMU law students which includes a state-of-the-art library dedicated to his mother.
Apart from the pearl-shaped dome 500-seater Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, which focuses on electronic resources rather than print, the Singapore Management University's School of Law building also houses a moot court where students can practise arguing their cases.
The David Marshall Moot Court is named after Singapore's first chief minister, who was al…
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