A former offender who set up a call centre to give others like him a second chance; twin brothers who set up a boutique PC builder company that has expanded overseas.
These are the latest nominees for The Straits Times Singaporean of the Year award, presented by investment bank UBS Singapore.
Three other nominees were announced last month: retired factory worker Lim Ee Chin, 81, who helped put out a fire in her neighbour's flat; social entrepreneur Cai Yinzhou, 30, who helped migrant workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic; and retired cleaner Zulkifli Atnawi, 60, and the Project Hills initiative that helps rental flat residents.
Other partners for the award include Singapore Airlines and Millennium & Copthorne Hotels.
The judges
- Mr Warren Fernandez, The Straits Times editor and editor-in-chief of Singapore Press Holdings' English/ Malay/Tamil Media Group
- Mr Edmund Koh, president of UBS Asia-Pacific at UBS Group and UBS
- Mr August Hatecke, country head for Singapore and co-head of wealth management Asia-Pacific at UBS
- Ms Low Khah Gek, chief executive of the Institute of Technical Education
- Ms Saleemah Ismail, executive director of New Life Stories
- Ms Lee Wen Fen, senior vice-president of corporate planning at Singapore Airlines
Also from ST
- Ms Sumiko Tan, executive editor
- Ms Helen Chia, associate editor
- Mr Rahul Pathak, associate editor
- Mr Zakir Hussain, Singapore editor
- Ms Susan Long, Life editor
- Mr Wong Kim Hoh, deputy Life editor
- Ms Karamjit Kaur, news editor
