The SG "Personalities" who make a + Impact Internationally
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I use Personalities, but maybe in some cases, it is a company. It must be internationally known works and outstanding, not limited to local market. It must be when we speak about that industry, they are definitely the icons and hard to dethrone.
Companies
1. SIA
2. Creative Technologies (Sim Wong Hoo)
3. Hyflux (Olivia Lum)
4. Da Vinci (Tony Phua and Dr Doris Phua)
5. 美珍香 (Teo Swee Ee)
6. BreadTalk (George Quek)
7. OSIM (Ron Sim)
8. Sakae Sushi (Douglas Foo)
9. Popular (Chou Sing Chu, father of current chairman)
10. Banyan Tree Resort (Ho Kwon Ping)
11. Tiger Balm (immigrant from China, Aw Chu Kin)
12. Kwanpen (immigrant from China, Kwanpen)
13. Eu Yang Sen (immigrant from China to Malaysia, brand brought to SG)
14. Yeos (immigrant from China)
People by industry(usually the founder):
Electronics
1.Sim Wong Hoo (Born in SG)
Industrial
1. Olivia Lum (Born in MY, based in SG)
Properties
1. Ng Teng Fong? (Born in PRC)
Banking
1. Wee Cho Yaw (Born near Taiwan)
Entertainment(Singing)
1. Stephanie Sun (Born in SG)
2. JJ - JunJie (Born in SG)
Entertainment (Acting)
Fann Wong (Born in SG)
Entertainment (Song-writer cum Singer)
1. Dick Lee?? (Born in SG)
2. Eric Moo??? (Born in MY, based in TW)
3. Liang Wen Fu (Born in SG)
4. Tanya Chua ?? (Born in SG)
5. Corinne May?? (Born in SG)
Entertainment (Movie)
Jack Neo (Born in SG)
Entertainment (Lyricist)
XiaoHan
Leadership
1. Lee Kuan Yew (Born in SG)
2. Prof. Tommy Koh (Born in SG)
3. Prof. Chan Heng Chee (Place of birth??,based in US as SG Ambassador)
Author
1. Catherine Lim (Born in MY, based in SG)
2. 蔡澜 (Born in SG, linguist, based in HK)
Fashion
Ashley Isham (Born in SG, based in London)
Investment guru
Dr YC Chan (Born in SG, based in HK)
Hairstylist
Position Open
Plastic/Cosmetic Surgeon
Woffles Wu
Photography
Russel Wong?? (Born in SG, based in US)
John Clang?? (Born in SG, based in US)
Music (Violin)
Seow Lee Chin (Born in SG, based in US)
Scientist
Prof Chua Nam-Hai (Born in SG, based in US, Plant Molecular Biology)
Tourism Icon
Ah Meng
Soccer
Fandi Ahmad (Born in SG, known as national legend)
Swimming
Ang Peng Siong (Born in SG, named world fastest swimmer in 1982)
Any more? There should not be too many and also not many in each field as they are supposed to be representative of that industry.
Our Famous Food
1. Hainanese Chicken Rice
2. Chilli Crab
3. Yu Sheng
Our Famous Lingua Franca
Singlish -
what about 蔡澜?
we have one fashion designer whose collections are worn by international stars and has his own shop in london......he is malay but cant remember his name............kekeke his collections too expensive.
what about mr chee soon juan? lots of foreign support he claimed....
also this singaporean now living in hk who is well known to the common folks in hk and spore. invited to many talks (finance) in spore.
a).http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9B%BE%E6%B7%B5%E6%BB%84
b) http://www.cb.cityu.edu.hk/staff/msycchan
c) http://www.ycchan.net/Bio.aspx -
Entertainment
1) Olivia Lum
2) Kit Chan -
Eh… Can food be considered ?
I can think of
1) Hainanese Chicken rice
2) CNY Lo Hei -
da vinci - the furniture company.
美珍香 - in hk and maybe china
breadtalk has shops in the region including india.
sakae sushi as well…
popular bookstore
and oh yes, our one and only PAGE ONE. -
LOLMum:
He is Ashley Isham.
we have one fashion designer whose collections are worn by international stars and has his own shop in london......he is malay but cant remember his name............kekeke his collections too expensive.
http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1592_2009-10-28.html -
fightingmom:
:rotflmao:Eh... Can food be considered ?
I can think of
1) Hainanese Chicken rice
2) CNY Lo Hei -
Ya kun? Old town white coffee?
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LOLMum:
Googled 蔡澜's profile is recorded in some as born in SG and some as born in HK. He spent his life largely in HK and common people like me have never known he is linked to Singapore in any way though I have watched his programmes before... :slapshead: He is well-known for being a linguist??what about 蔡澜?
we have one fashion designer whose collections are worn by international stars and has his own shop in london......he is malay but cant remember his name............kekeke his collections too expensive.
what about mr chee soon juan? lots of foreign support he claimed....
also this singaporean now living in hk who is well known to the common folks in hk and spore. invited to many talks (finance) in spore.
a).http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9B%BE%E6%B7%B5%E6%BB%84
b) http://www.cb.cityu.edu.hk/staff/msycchan
c) http://www.ycchan.net/Bio.aspx
Think someone pointed out the name for the fashion designer already, is he the one?
Dr Chee unfortunately has a lot of negative history on his shoulders due to his political activities.
Wah... you never say I really do not know such a Dr Chan exists. He is a well-known investment consultant or author of investment books?? -
I thought white town coffee is from Malaysia. :scratchhead: