BORN 1951 INDUCTED 2018 CATEGORY Business & Enterprise THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Champion of Corporate Social Responsibility A meeting in the 1980s with a pioneering feminist activist planted a seed in Claire Chiang’s mind that...
BORN 1948 INDUCTED 2018 CATEGORY Science / Technology THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Pioneer of biomedical sciences in Singapore Miranda Yap played a pivotal role in the development of biomedical sciences in Singapore. As the founding...
BORN 1938 INDUCTED 2017 CATEGORY Media & Entertainment THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Wong-Lee Siok Tin Standard setter for Singapore’s broadcast journalists Wong-Lee Siok Tin devoted her life to broadcasting. Joining the Ministry of...
BORN 1943 INDUCTED 2017 CATEGORY Education THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME The Helen Keller of Southeast Asia Theresa Chan Poh Lin was 12 when meningitis took her hearing. Two years later she lost her sight. The daughter of a hawker and a...
BORN 1917 INDUCTED 2017 CATEGORY Business & Enterprise THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Pioneering bridal gown designer and entrepreneur It started as a hobby, then it became a small home-based enterprise, and by the 1970s Sylvia Kho...
