Temasek's Ho Ching on Forbes' list of 100 most powerful wome
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Saturday July 30, 12:17 PM
Temasek's Ho Ching on Forbes' list of 100 most powerful women
Forbes magazine has announced its list of the 100 most powerful women in the world.
Temasek Holdings' executive director and CEO, Ho Ching, is number 30 on the list.
Last year, she was ranked number 24.
Wu Yi, China's Vice Premier, is ranked number two while US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice topped the list.
Forbes says rankings are based on a combination of media visibility and economic impact. - CNA/ir -
All those in FORBE'S 2005 list of 100 most powerful women are remarkable in their own personal capacity.
Everyone - except for the THIRTIETH Position - had got to their position through their own efforts working through the rank and file, and won their present positions on merit by personal achievements and qualifiction.
For those in Public Office - ( Presidents, Prime Ministers, Ministers, and Senators ) - these 99 women had gained the trust and confidence of the PUBLIC - (citizens and share holders ) , who voted them into public office.
Unfortunately, does Singapore's Ho Ching deserve to be in this list of 100 most powerful women in the World ?
Who is this Ho Ching if she did not marry to the scion of the most powerful politician in Singapore ?
Could someone spot her ability or talent, if she did not marry to LHL, and gave her the opportunity of leading Temasek Inc ?
If she had been the CEO of any US Company, the shareholders would have sacked her, for making a stupendous loss of US$500Million in a poor investment in MICROPOLIS - a hard-disk drive factory.
Fortunately for her marriage to LHL, the Finance Minister was mobilized to appease Singaporeans, and explained that this sum of US$500Million is a good tuition fee well spent, as it allowed THEM to learn.
The public wound had hardly healed, when a few years later, she was asked by a News Reporter concerning her failed investment in Micropolis, she had the audacity of replying that if the situation were to return, she will make the same decision despite the fact that her earlier decision had resulted in such a major loss.
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Like I said before -
can you call this a democratic country when
our country's entire wealth is completely controlled by members of one family ? -
I think Ho Ching can go into the Forbes most powerful women is becoz of his husband putting her onto the Temasek's holding director post,not becoz of her real capability.And her husband is back by his father,so u can see the whole corruption cycle.......If i were Ho Ching,i would rather dont want this kind of fame.
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How can you call this a democratic country whenOriginally posted by miong:Like I said before -
can you call this a democratic country when
our country's entire wealth is completely controlled by members of one family ?
our country's entire armed forces are all controlled by friends/relatives of that same family you mentioned? -
nepotism
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Be careful...they like to sue...but I share your sentimentsOriginally posted by coffeeortea:nepotism -
yeah, sue until the pants drop or being locked up for years by the secret agents.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:Be careful...they like to sue...but I share your sentiments
Btw, LKY's son has 100% vote from our ministers when he became PM....and you should guess why. -
Haiz.. She talk she has a supporting beam...
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2005
ASIA'S 25 MOST POWERFUL
Rank: 24
Ho Ching
Company: Temasek Holdings, Singapore
Rank 2004: 18
Ho is half of Singapore's most powerful couple. Her husband, Lee Hsien Loong, is Prime Minister, with responsibility for running the nation's economy. She is CEO of Singapore's secretive state-owned investment house, whose $100 billion portfolio includes controlling stakes in many of the country's leading companies, including Singapore Airlines, SingTel, and defense contractor SingTech. An electrical engineer by training, the 50-year-old Ho is under increasing pressure to ease the government's grip on the city-state's business community. But aside from the recent sale of the Raffles Hotel group for $860 million, neither Ho nor her husband give any hint of letting go.
From the October 17, 2005 Issue -
Most powerful?
I think SG might fall -
how do they justify the appointment?Originally posted by miong:Like I said before -
can you call this a democratic country when
our country's entire wealth is completely controlled by members of one family ? -
Nepotism....
no choice.....
whose more capable now otherwise? -
Please all.
Have you consider the fact that our beloved wife of our greatly enarmoured pm is making an immense personal sacrifice by "making" the US$500 million mis-calculation??
This mis-cal was made so that we average singaporeans can use it as a convincing story to tell our interviewers during job hunting!
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Interviewer: What was the biggest mistake you made?
You: Lost a $5,000 a month client
Interviewer: What?? How can we trust you with our $50,000 a month client??
You: Please sir, I am just learning as like our beloved wife of our greatly enarmoured pm when a slight, tiny mis-calculation of US$500 million was spent a bit off-course.
Interviewer: O yeah! Good response! Good thinking! If _____ can take that, we should hire you too!
You: Yeah! Beaming ! (thank God I surfed Sgforums everyday! thank you Atobe for highlighting the 500 mil thing)
Interviewer: Wait! There was this other guy who lost a $500,000 client. Sorry dude, we are hiring him instead.
You: Shit! Should have admited I have made huge loses in my co-investment with some China gov.... -
Maybe lhl should send her for universal beauty contest!Originally posted by drawer:I think Ho Ching can go into the Forbes most powerful women is becoz of his husband putting her onto the Temasek's holding director post,not becoz of her real capability.And her husband is back by his father,so u can see the whole corruption cycle.......If i were Ho Ching,i would rather dont want this kind of fame.
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This topic, is like talking about why the sky is so blue.
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is Ho Ching a woman?
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the wife of our PM.Originally posted by the Bear:is Ho Ching a woman? -
When I saw "her" photo my first reaction was that someone accidentally put a guy's photo in "her" place.Originally posted by the Bear:is Ho Ching a woman?
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it is bad ,she is ugly
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Yeah...very very ugly.Originally posted by eric shang:it is bad ,she is ugly -
LHL's 1st wife is much better looking.....Originally posted by eric shang:it is bad ,she is ugly
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did they marry because of love?
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lhl is old ,you singapore like tang dynasty of china,next is who? lee what?
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Well, I have no idea but I'm sure he did not marry her for her good looks.Originally posted by sinicker:did they marry because of love?