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Oct 8, 2009
SIAS FINANCIAL JOURNALISM AWARDS
2 ST journalists win awards <!--10 min-->
Compelling reports on Minibonds saga and Oei-Citi tussle pay off <!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Robin Chan </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="330">
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The journalists from Singapore Press Holdings who won awards at the Securities Investors Association of Singapore awards gala dinner last night are (from left) Teh Hooi Ling and Lynette Khoo from Business Times, and Lee Su Shyan and Francis Chan from The Straits Times. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
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ONE used to be a policeman and the other an accountant but both have carved successful careers in journalism. On Wednesday night, they won two coveted awards with their headline-making scoops for The Straits Times.
<table valign="top" align="left" width="200"> <tbody><tr><td class="padr8"> <!-- Vodcast --> <!-- Background Story --> <style type="text/css"> #related .quote {background-color:#E7F7FF; padding:8px;margin:0px 0px 5px 0px;} #related .quote .headline {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:10px;font-weight:bold; border-bottom:3px double #007BFF; color:#036; text-transform:uppercase; padding-bottom:5px;} #related .quote .text {font-size:11px;color:#036;padding:5px 0px;} </style> Winners
FINANCIAL JOURNALIST AWARDS
Financial journalist of the year
MrFrancis Chan, The Straits Times
NO EFFORT SPARED
'Chasing the stories about elderly retirees who lost their savings because of those complicated products was heartrending. That was why I made it a point to meet every investor who wanted to talk so we could report what was really happening on the ground.'
Straits Times Money desk correspondent Francis Chan, on covering the recent financial crisis
</td></tr> </tbody></table> Correspondent Francis Chan was named financial journalist of the year at the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) awards gala dinner - the fifth time the newspaper has won the award in the past six years. Mr Chan, 34, won for a series of gripping stories over the Minibonds saga, and how the collapse of a huge investment product caused distress to thousands of ordinary people and brought embarrassment and censure on some of the nation's most prestigious financial institutions.
Colleague Lee Su Shyan's scoop about the heavyweight legal tussle between tycoon Oei Hong Leong and banking giant Citigroup was named best financial story at the ceremony at Raffles City Convention Centre.
Both journalists displayed the old-fashioned reporter's qualities of persistence and intuition in digging up compelling stories that showed how the financial crisis entangled people rich and poor. Straits Times editor Han Fook Kwang said: 'I'm told that Francis is nicknamed 'Mr Minibond' in investor circles, and that is a moniker well earned.
Oct 8, 2009
SIAS FINANCIAL JOURNALISM AWARDS
2 ST journalists win awards <!--10 min-->
Compelling reports on Minibonds saga and Oei-Citi tussle pay off <!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Robin Chan </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="330">
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The journalists from Singapore Press Holdings who won awards at the Securities Investors Association of Singapore awards gala dinner last night are (from left) Teh Hooi Ling and Lynette Khoo from Business Times, and Lee Su Shyan and Francis Chan from The Straits Times. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
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ONE used to be a policeman and the other an accountant but both have carved successful careers in journalism. On Wednesday night, they won two coveted awards with their headline-making scoops for The Straits Times.
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FINANCIAL JOURNALIST AWARDS
Financial journalist of the year
MrFrancis Chan, The Straits Times
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NO EFFORT SPARED
'Chasing the stories about elderly retirees who lost their savings because of those complicated products was heartrending. That was why I made it a point to meet every investor who wanted to talk so we could report what was really happening on the ground.'
Straits Times Money desk correspondent Francis Chan, on covering the recent financial crisis
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</td></tr> </tbody></table> Correspondent Francis Chan was named financial journalist of the year at the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) awards gala dinner - the fifth time the newspaper has won the award in the past six years. Mr Chan, 34, won for a series of gripping stories over the Minibonds saga, and how the collapse of a huge investment product caused distress to thousands of ordinary people and brought embarrassment and censure on some of the nation's most prestigious financial institutions.
Colleague Lee Su Shyan's scoop about the heavyweight legal tussle between tycoon Oei Hong Leong and banking giant Citigroup was named best financial story at the ceremony at Raffles City Convention Centre.
Both journalists displayed the old-fashioned reporter's qualities of persistence and intuition in digging up compelling stories that showed how the financial crisis entangled people rich and poor. Straits Times editor Han Fook Kwang said: 'I'm told that Francis is nicknamed 'Mr Minibond' in investor circles, and that is a moniker well earned.
