The scent of an aromatic brew, the buttery crunch of toast set against a feature wall of old-school biscuit tins. Wang Café, one of Singapore’s beloved coffee and toast joints has had a colourful past, given its half a century-old history. Founded in 1953, its original owners, like many Hainanese in Singapore, started up local […]
As the CEO of the National Trade Union Cooperation (NTUC)’s supermarket and retail chain, FairPrice, Seah Kian Peng helms a brand that is just about the byword for “supermarket” among locals. Since its inception in 1973, the social enterprise has quickly and firmly become an integral part of Singapore’s national identity, stemming from its foundational mission to moderate the day-to-day […]
“When I was ill and had to undergo chemotherapy, I still worked from 7:30am to 10pm,” says the sprightly, bespectacled founder and CEO of Success Resources. “My vein even collapsed, but I had to turn things around and fill up the seats for our seminar in Hong Kong.” Although that incident occurred many years ago, […]