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Jennie Chua named Woman of the Year 1999
Singer Kit Chan and 100-year-old social worker Teresa Hsu also honoured
By Tan Su Yen
[SINGAPORE]
Capping a year during which she acquired a new
figure and wardrobe, found a "soul mate" and was
honoured as "Hotelier of the Year", Raffles
International's Jennie Chua, 55, was last night
named Her World's Woman of the Year 1999.
Departing from tradition, Her World's awards,
now in its ninth year, also honoured singer Kit
Chan with the Young Woman Achiever Award. Ms Chan,
who has carved out a successful singing career in
Hongkong and Taiwan, is credited with paving the
way for budding Singapore singers to make their
mark in the regional Mandarin pop scene.
Singapore's oldest and most widely circulated women's magazine also
paid tribute to 100-year-old nurse and social worker Teresa Hsu with
a one-off Special Award for her lifetime's work of administering to
the poor, the aged and the sick.
Looking back over her 30-year career in the hotel and travel industry,
Ms Chua, president and chief operating officer, Raffles International
Limited, part of the newly-listed Raffles Holdings, said: "My generation
tended to take things as they came -- we went along with the changes
and let things fall into place. If they didn't (fall into place), you
tried to make them -- by your tenacity, if necessary."
At 19, Ms Chua, now one of the highest-ranking woman executives in the
global hotel industry, disrupted her tertiary education at the
University of Singapore to help support her family -- she is the
eldest among 12 children. She went back to university at 24, obtaining
her degree from Cornell University at 26.
Readily admitting that she is not a perfectionist, Ms Chua says her
strongest point is her ability to make decisions quickly. "When you
make fast decisions, the critical factor is that you are right 90 per
cent of the time. You must have the ability to get rid of the white
noise, and say 'what is the problem?', 'what is the opportunity?',
and then move on very fast so you are ahead of the crowd."
Despite her very public career, Ms Chua feels that her greatest
achievement is in raising her two sons, Ken-Yi, 27, and Yang Peng,
22.
"I take great pride in literally looking at the two boys and being
able to say to the world that they are fine young men."
At yesterday's press conference, it was the steadfast values of the
ascetic Ms Hsu, who founded one of Singapore's first nursing homes,
Home for the Aged Sick, that were inspiring for many, award-winners
Ms Chua and Ms Chan included.
When asked about her proudest achievement, the silver-haired Ms Hsu,
who still visits the aged poor, said: "I don't think I have achieved
anything. What I am doing now and what I have done for the last 66
years is to help less privileged people. For me, I am just doing a
normal thing.
"We are all fellow travellers on the road to eternity. If the person
next to us is thirsty and needs water, I say: 'Have a drink'. "
Her World magazine's Woman of the Year award honours women who make
an outstanding contribution to society, in the process serving as a
role model for other women.
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作者: klar (想入飛飛) 看板: KITCHAN
標題: 海峽時報 Three women of substance
時間: Fri Mar 3 19:40:21 2000
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin1_0303.html
MAR 3, 2000
Three women of substance
IT IS safe to say that singer Kit Chan has not often shared a stage
with women like humanitarian Teresa Hsu and hotelier Jennie Chua.
All three were in the spotlight at last night's Woman of the Year
1999 awards, organised by Her World magazine.
Ms Chua, 55, president and chief operating officer of Raffles
International Limited and general manager of the Raffles Hotel,
was named Woman of the Year 1999 for achievements in the hotel and
tourism industry that have done Singapore proud.
Miss Teresa Hsu, 100, took the Special Award for her humanitarian
work for the poor and aged sick.
A nurse before, she has worked in London and helped to set up homes
for the aged sick in Paraguay and Singapore.
Homegrown star Kit Chan, 28, well-known not just here but also in
Hongkong and Taiwan, was named the first Young Woman Achiever,
a new award to be given out annually.
It was started because Her World thought it was time younger women,
the under-35s, got due recognition, said the chairman of the judging
panel, Mr Robert Iau.
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作者: klar (想入飛飛) 看板: KITCHAN
標題: 聯合早報
時間: Fri Mar 3 19:42:18 2000
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百歲義工獲頒
杰出女性特別獎
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如果按照一般國人的標准，退休后一定要有几十萬元才能“安享
晚年”，高齡100歲的義工許哲肯定是一個過得不開心的“不合格”
退休人士。
因為如今，這位“國產特麗莎修女”（許哲的洋名是特麗莎）的
銀行戶頭里只剩下不超過39新元。她的錢、資產，全都已拿出來，幫
助貧病了。
為向這位心靈富有的“窮人”致敬，時報期刊屬下雜志《她的世
界》（Her World）昨晚于萊佛士酒店頒發了一項“特別獎”給她。
除了許哲，55歲的萊佛士大酒店總經理蔡瓊瑩也獲頒2000年“杰
出女性獎”，而本地歌手陳潔儀則獲得“年輕女性成就獎”。
昨晚，3人從雅詩蘭黛（Estee Lauder）公司高級副總裁伊芙蓮
﹒蘭黛手中各接獲所屬獎座。