Navigating Womanhood: The lawyer who faced off with death
'There wasn't a higher place to fall from'
Never-say-die lawyer Wong Kai Yun kicks off this four-part daily series in which The Straits Times documents women from across Asia and the challenges they face and overcome. It caps the Year of Celebrating SG Women and recognises that advancing women's interests in society remains an ongoing endeavour.
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Singaporean family lawyer Wong Kai Yun may be considered among some of the world's most powerful women, but she knows what it is like to feel small and inadequate too.
The co-managing director at Chia Wong Chambers, who has been recognised yearly on the Citywealth International Financial Centre Power Women Top 200 list since 2013, describes her experience at a global conference as a speaker.
