U Call This Meritocracy?

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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>Former Aware president Josie Lau in new job
She leaves DBS to join OUE and switches back to retail
By JOYCE HOOI
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FORMER Aware president Josie Lau has moved on from banking to retail.

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She was criticised by her former employer DBS for not heeding its advice against taking up the post of Aware president in March</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>The former DBS Bank executive started her first day of work on Thursday at Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) as the centre manager of the new Mandarin Gallery, slated to open in mid-October.
'She's very well-qualified for the job and we're lucky to have her. She has experience with retail from working at the Singapore Tourism Board, and has dealt with high-end customers at DBS. She is eminently suitable for this job,' said Thio Gim Hock, chief executive officer of OUE.
This marks the start of a new chapter in a saga that involved Ms Lau's controversial presidency of women's rights group Aware.
Mr Thio is the husband of Thio Su Mien who was also embroiled in the Aware issue as Ms Lau's 'feminist mentor'.
A former law dean, Dr Thio is related to Ms Lau's husband, Alan Chin. Mr Chin is Dr Thio's nephew.
All four of them had attended the same church - Anglican Church Of Our Saviour at Margaret Drive - earlier in the year.
Ms Lau became president of Aware after the association's annual general meeting in March.
Upon her assumption of the role of president, she was criticised by her-then employer, DBS, for not heeding its advice against taking up the position.
By May, it was revealed that Ms Lau had been redesignated from her role of vice-president for consumer banking group, cards and unsecured loans to an unknown position within DBS.
In response to a query by BT yesterday, DBS issued a statement saying: 'Ms Lau decided to leave DBS to pursue other opportunities. It was a personal decision, and we wish her the best in her new endeavours.'
She was later ousted by Aware's previous leadership along with her executive committee through an extraordinary general meeting in May.

Ms Lau and her supporters had opposed the group's activities, including its Comprehensive Sexuality Education programme in schools, which they had claimed promoted homosexuality.
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[scroobal]

Bloody disgrace. Nepotism. The Patriach of OUB must be turning in his grave. As as public listed company, I wonder what the indepedent directors and shareholders have to say. Please don't tell me that indepedent directors also attend mass in Thio's basement.

 

[hairylee]

Christian Brotherhood

 

[kaipoh]

oh gosh! such a bad apple and Thio chin cock said "eminently suitable for the job". Let see how she rocks your boat.

 

[JinGanKor]

Thio Su Mien Runs a Creepy Basement Church in her House!
http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?t=27295

big lawyer said...

Erm actually if you think TSM's antic during ehr time as head boss of law firm was bad than you know only half the story.

Some time last year, I got a mail through a fren to attend a gathering at a big shot's place at coronation road. Curious, I attended, and lo and behold the hosts were none other than TSM and her hubby. Surpisingly, some of the other guests were like high fliers type in Sg. (erm yeah I am dat type)

Dinner was decent enough, some mindless banter and passable local fare. So after dinner, suddenly all the guests were ushered to the basement. SHOCK number two. The entire basement of their house is rigged up like a freaking mini Church!!!! Started to feel the chill in the back of my spine. Suddenly the food is sitting uncomfortably in my stomach. Than spontaneously, some sermonising started led by Thio's husband. She's standing there looking like a horror movie high priestess and acting possessed. Than the "slaying" started ... this is like excorcism. Some of the what I think "regulars" starting touching people on the head and chanting and people are falling. There is wailing and tongues.

For the unbeliever group like myself staring agape and shocked suddenly someone comes to us and sermonises, telling us to convert to the Lord. the rst of night was hazy and I remember leaving the place nauseated and exhausted.

Till this day, I have avoided the "fren" who invited me. This may be THE secret cult group coz some of the people are really powerful types.

Thio Gim Hock, chief executive officer of OUE.???