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April 16, 2009
DBS exec is Aware's head
Josie Lau appointed despite employer's advice not to run
By Tan Dawn Wei, Wong Kim Hoh & Yen Feng
Aware's new team inlcude (clockwise from left) Catherine Tan (exco member), Maureen Ong (honorary treasurer), Peggy Leong (exco member), Jenica Chua (honorary secretary), Charlotte Wong (vice-president), Lois Ng (exco member), Sally Ang (assistant honorary secretary), Chew I-Jin (assistant honorary treasurer), Irene Yee (exco member) and Josie Lau (president). -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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BANK executive Josie Lau, 48, was appointed the new president of the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) on Wednesday night at a meeting of the new team in charge.
Who's on the exec committee
# PRESIDENT: Josie Lau Meng-Lee
# VICE-PRESIDENT: Charlotte Wong Hock Soon
... more
DBS to Lau: Don't run for top post
A STATEMENT issued by a DBS spokesman:
'The bank requires all employees to obtain approval before running for or taking on an external appointment, and many DBS employees are involved in community work and/or support various charity organisations in their own personal capacity.
... more
New team pledges to work for full equality of the sexes
THIS is the statement issued by the new team at Aware shortly after midnight. It included an updated list of the executive committee, but did not provide any details about the women in charge:
'Aware, Singapore's leading women's advocacy organisation, is delighted to announce that its new president is Ms Josie Lau. She is joined by a dynamic, fresh and committed group of women forming the executive committee, who hail from diverse professional backgrounds drawn from the business, banking, finance, legal, education, management, human resource and social service sectors.
... more
She is vice-president of consumer banking group cards and unsecured loans for DBS Bank.
But shortly after she announced that she was president, posed for pictures and made brief comments to reporters, her employer expressed unhappiness that she had taken the top post at Singapore's best-known women's group.
DBS Bank said it had told her just before last night's Aware exco meeting that it did not support her running for president. The bank said it supported employees' participation in community work, but they needed approval before taking on external appointments.
And Ms Lau did not have the green light to be Aware president.
'We believe that as a vice-president in DBS, she already has a challenging job with many responsibilities, and the role of president would demand too much of her time and energy,' a spokesman said last night.
Ms Lau could not be reached to comment as the new team wanted media queries to be channelled via the Aware office.
Checks by The Straits Times revealed that she is married to Dr Alan Chin Yew Liang, who owns several clinics under the Lifeline Medical Group. They have two teenage daughters, and Ms Lau is also listed as director and shareholder in some of her husband's clinics.
A beaming Ms Lau refused to take questions from reporters when she emerged from last night's exco meeting which lasted nearly four hours. But she said she was pleased and delighted to be president.
'Together with the new exco which was duly elected under the Constitution, I will build on the good work of the past Aware members who advanced the causes for women in all areas of society through advocacy, research and community work,' she said
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April 16, 2009
DBS exec is Aware's head
Josie Lau appointed despite employer's advice not to run
By Tan Dawn Wei, Wong Kim Hoh & Yen Feng
Aware's new team inlcude (clockwise from left) Catherine Tan (exco member), Maureen Ong (honorary treasurer), Peggy Leong (exco member), Jenica Chua (honorary secretary), Charlotte Wong (vice-president), Lois Ng (exco member), Sally Ang (assistant honorary secretary), Chew I-Jin (assistant honorary treasurer), Irene Yee (exco member) and Josie Lau (president). -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
View more photos
BANK executive Josie Lau, 48, was appointed the new president of the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) on Wednesday night at a meeting of the new team in charge.
Who's on the exec committee
# PRESIDENT: Josie Lau Meng-Lee
# VICE-PRESIDENT: Charlotte Wong Hock Soon
... more
DBS to Lau: Don't run for top post
A STATEMENT issued by a DBS spokesman:
'The bank requires all employees to obtain approval before running for or taking on an external appointment, and many DBS employees are involved in community work and/or support various charity organisations in their own personal capacity.
... more
New team pledges to work for full equality of the sexes
THIS is the statement issued by the new team at Aware shortly after midnight. It included an updated list of the executive committee, but did not provide any details about the women in charge:
'Aware, Singapore's leading women's advocacy organisation, is delighted to announce that its new president is Ms Josie Lau. She is joined by a dynamic, fresh and committed group of women forming the executive committee, who hail from diverse professional backgrounds drawn from the business, banking, finance, legal, education, management, human resource and social service sectors.
... more
She is vice-president of consumer banking group cards and unsecured loans for DBS Bank.
But shortly after she announced that she was president, posed for pictures and made brief comments to reporters, her employer expressed unhappiness that she had taken the top post at Singapore's best-known women's group.
DBS Bank said it had told her just before last night's Aware exco meeting that it did not support her running for president. The bank said it supported employees' participation in community work, but they needed approval before taking on external appointments.
And Ms Lau did not have the green light to be Aware president.
'We believe that as a vice-president in DBS, she already has a challenging job with many responsibilities, and the role of president would demand too much of her time and energy,' a spokesman said last night.
Ms Lau could not be reached to comment as the new team wanted media queries to be channelled via the Aware office.
Checks by The Straits Times revealed that she is married to Dr Alan Chin Yew Liang, who owns several clinics under the Lifeline Medical Group. They have two teenage daughters, and Ms Lau is also listed as director and shareholder in some of her husband's clinics.
A beaming Ms Lau refused to take questions from reporters when she emerged from last night's exco meeting which lasted nearly four hours. But she said she was pleased and delighted to be president.
'Together with the new exco which was duly elected under the Constitution, I will build on the good work of the past Aware members who advanced the causes for women in all areas of society through advocacy, research and community work,' she said
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