BORN 1949 INDUCTED 2016 CATEGORY Arts & Culture THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Violet Oon Singapore’s food ambassador Violet Oon has been just about everything there is to be in the food business – critic, author, publisher, speaker,...
BORN 1929 INDUCTED 2016 CATEGORY Sports THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Singapore’s first lady of netball When Tan Yoon Yin went to the Registry of Societies in 1962 to set up the Singapore Women’s Netball Association, the man who handled...
BORN 1904 INDUCTED 2016 CATEGORY Advocacy & Activism THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Pioneer champion of women’s rights Tan Cheng Hiong, better known after her marriage in 1931 as Mrs George Lee, was the first president of the...
BORN 1899 INDUCTED 2016 CATEGORY Community / Social Work THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Pioneer community worker and tireless fund-raiser May Wong, also known as Mrs S K Wong, was a pioneer community worker and a tireless fund-raiser. She...
BORN 1948 INDUCTED 2016 CATEGORY Law THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME First woman on the Supreme Court Bench In 1991 a glass ceiling in the Singapore Judiciary was shattered when Lai Siu Chiu was appointed Judicial Commissioner. This led to...
