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Fishmonger turned coffee shop tycoon sees joy in giving

Winston Chu has been donating to charities for 15 years or so, hopes to set up foundation

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Mr Winston Chu Chee Keong and his wife, Madam Pamela Leow Poh Hoon, gave $300,000 to Sian Chay Medical Institution and $250,000 to Nanyang Technological University in July. Mr Chu's company operates 14 coffee shops - some under the Fu Chan brand - an

Mr Winston Chu Chee Keong and his wife, Madam Pamela Leow Poh Hoon, gave $300,000 to Sian Chay Medical Institution and $250,000 to Nanyang Technological University in July. Mr Chu's company operates 14 coffee shops - some under the Fu Chan brand - and more than 40 food stalls islandwide.

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Mr Winston Chu Chee Keong, 48, is a secondary school dropout and a fishmonger turned coffee shop tycoon.
And now that the chairman and chief executive of K2 F&B Holdings has made his pot of gold, he is giving at least 10 per cent of his income to charity.
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