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First row from left: Best World International’s Dora Hoan; badminton player Loh Kean Yew; Jumbo Group’s Ang Kiam Meng. Second row from left: DC Frontiers’ Daryl Neo; Pine Garden’s Cake’s Wei Chan; Jk Technology’s Eugene Ang. PHOTOS: SPH, HANDSHAKES, BEST WORLD INTERNATIONAL
Paige Lim
paigelim@sph.com.sg
@PaigeLimBT
FIVE business leaders in Singapore have come together to set up a fund of S$50,000 for badminton player Loh Kean Yew, after the 24-year-old became the first Singaporean to win the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships last Sunday (Dec 19).
The 5 business leaders are: Ang Kiam Meng, executive director and group chief executive officer (CEO) of Jumbo Group; Daryl Neo, co-founder and CEO of DC Frontiers; Dora Hoan, group CEO and co-chairman of Best World International; Eugene Ang, managing director of JK Technology; and Wei Chan, managing director of Pine Garden’s Cake. They were mentioned in The Business Times article “Smash hits from the court: 6 business leaders serve up lessons from badminton” (Dec 22).
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After learning about Loh’s win, Chan of Pine Garden’s Cake was spurred to set up the fund to motivate the national shuttler in his sporting pursuits. It also came to his attention that Loh did not receive any prize money from his win at the BWF World Championships – an individual championship where the winner is conferred the title of world champion and awarded a gold medal.
The longstanding badminton enthusiast reached out to others with a keen interest in the sport, and they collectively raised S$50,000, which they hope will be an encouragement to Loh.
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