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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - U believe this shit from Ms Josie Lau?</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right>
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</TD></TR><TR><TD><!-- headline one : end --></TD></TR><TR><TD><!-- Author --></TD></TR><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Nur Dianah Suhaimi
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->Former Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) president Josie Lau has quit her job at DBS.
She started work last Thursday at property group Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) as vice-president for centre management at Mandarin Gallery. Slated to reopen in December, it is undergoing a $200 million facelift to transform it into a high-end shopping mall.
In an e-mail reply to The Sunday Times, the 48-year-old skirted questions on whether a public rebuke in April by DBS - for taking on the top post at the women's advocacy group despite being told not to - was linked to her decision to leave the bank.
She was vice-president for consumer banking group, cards and unsecured loans at DBS.
She made headlines earlier this year when she led a group - comprising mostly Christian women from the Church of Our Saviour - to take over Aware.
They were accused of dragging religion into civil society and were voted out two months later in a stormy extraordinary general meeting. In her e-mail, Ms Lau said she had been looking for new career opportunities for the past two years.
'I'd been working with DBS for almost six years. By credit card industry standards, this is a long stint,' she said.
She added that the offer by OUE was 'simply too attractive to decline' and the decision to take up the new job was made easier because she knows the group's chief executive, Mr Thio Gim Hock.
He is married to Dr Thio Su Mien, a senior lawyer and 'feminist mentor' who had encouraged Ms Lau, and several other women, to take over Aware earlier this year.
Ms Lau is married to Dr Thio's nephew, Dr Alan Chin.
(kojakbt: So, Mr Thio Gim Hock is Ms Lau's Uncle-in-Law)
Said Ms Lau: 'I've always been interested in fashion. Hence, this appointment, which allows a greater direct or indirect involvement in the fashion industry, is a God-sent opportunity for me to indulge in my passion as part of the job.'
'The decision to accept the appointment was made easier by being acquainted with Mr Thio, for I know what kind of person I will be working with,' she added.
Before joining DBS in 2004, she had built her career at the Singapore Tourism Board, where she helped develop events like the Singapore Food Festival and Singapore Fashion Festival.
'With my appointment, I have received only congratulatory messages from business partners, friends and ex-colleagues, with comments like 'the job fits you to a T', 'a place that spells Josie, so apt, so wonderful,'' she said.
Since losing her presidential post at Aware, she said she has chosen to put the episode behind her and has moved on.
'As far as Aware is concerned, it is water under the bridge. The chapter is closed. Life goes on and I have moved on. From here on, there is only one way for me - UP,' she said, ending her e-mail with a winking smiley face.
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</TD></TR><TR><TD><!-- headline one : end --></TD></TR><TR><TD><!-- Author --></TD></TR><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Nur Dianah Suhaimi
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->Former Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) president Josie Lau has quit her job at DBS.
She started work last Thursday at property group Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) as vice-president for centre management at Mandarin Gallery. Slated to reopen in December, it is undergoing a $200 million facelift to transform it into a high-end shopping mall.
In an e-mail reply to The Sunday Times, the 48-year-old skirted questions on whether a public rebuke in April by DBS - for taking on the top post at the women's advocacy group despite being told not to - was linked to her decision to leave the bank.
She was vice-president for consumer banking group, cards and unsecured loans at DBS.
She made headlines earlier this year when she led a group - comprising mostly Christian women from the Church of Our Saviour - to take over Aware.
They were accused of dragging religion into civil society and were voted out two months later in a stormy extraordinary general meeting. In her e-mail, Ms Lau said she had been looking for new career opportunities for the past two years.
'I'd been working with DBS for almost six years. By credit card industry standards, this is a long stint,' she said.
She added that the offer by OUE was 'simply too attractive to decline' and the decision to take up the new job was made easier because she knows the group's chief executive, Mr Thio Gim Hock.
He is married to Dr Thio Su Mien, a senior lawyer and 'feminist mentor' who had encouraged Ms Lau, and several other women, to take over Aware earlier this year.
Ms Lau is married to Dr Thio's nephew, Dr Alan Chin.
(kojakbt: So, Mr Thio Gim Hock is Ms Lau's Uncle-in-Law)
Said Ms Lau: 'I've always been interested in fashion. Hence, this appointment, which allows a greater direct or indirect involvement in the fashion industry, is a God-sent opportunity for me to indulge in my passion as part of the job.'
'The decision to accept the appointment was made easier by being acquainted with Mr Thio, for I know what kind of person I will be working with,' she added.
Before joining DBS in 2004, she had built her career at the Singapore Tourism Board, where she helped develop events like the Singapore Food Festival and Singapore Fashion Festival.
'With my appointment, I have received only congratulatory messages from business partners, friends and ex-colleagues, with comments like 'the job fits you to a T', 'a place that spells Josie, so apt, so wonderful,'' she said.
Since losing her presidential post at Aware, she said she has chosen to put the episode behind her and has moved on.
'As far as Aware is concerned, it is water under the bridge. The chapter is closed. Life goes on and I have moved on. From here on, there is only one way for me - UP,' she said, ending her e-mail with a winking smiley face.
[email protected]
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