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She lost parents as a teen, founded popular childcare brands, now in Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame
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Ms June Rusdon, who was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame on March 21, started as a childcare entrepreneur in 1989 because she wanted better pre-school services for her children.
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SINGAPORE – When Ms Jummaida Rusdon placed a bid of $3,750 to run a childcare centre in a void deck in Bukit Batok in 1989, she had never visited the area as she lived across the island in Pasir Ris.
She had no experience in childcare, having spent a decade in the stockbroking industry.
