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SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Tina Wee OUR PROFILE of Myanmar tycoon h ein Tun
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-CONTENT Justin Doebele (“We Have to Worry,” July/August, p. 22) sparked
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Eugene Wong, Aarin Chan,
Janelle Kuah, James Sundram this quote/comment from @TMclaughlin3: “ ‘In
SALES DIRECTORS Lindsay Williams, Michelle Ong 2014 I did a stupid thing—I bought the Myanmar
DIRECTOR, CIRCULATION Eunice Soo Times.’ A ringing endorsement of the newsroom
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, EVENTS & COMMUNICATIONS from the boss.” Regarding the business climate
Audra Ruyters
that Tun is facing in Myanmar, the International
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CONFERENCES Jolynn Chua
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CIRCULATION Pavan Kumar Campaign for the Rohingya posted this on Face-
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MARKETING & RESEARCH Joan Low book: “Further proof that genocide is bad for busi-
SENIOR MANAGER, CONFERENCES Quek Xue Wei ness. International condemnation of the Burmese
SENIOR MANAGER, EVENTS & COMMUNICATIONS Melissa Ng
government’s genocide of the Rohingya has led
SENIOR MANAGER, MARKETING & RESEARCH Chow Sin Yee
SENIOR MANAGER, AD SERVICES-DIGITAL Keiko Wong to widespread cancellations by Western tourists.

OFFICE MANAGER/ASSISTANT TO THE CEO/ASIA More ominously, foreign direct investment also remains well of its 2015 highs and
Jennifer Chung property values are down.” Regarding our story about four generations of women in
AD SERVICES MANAGER Fiona Carvalho hailand running a business (“Riverboat Queens,” p. 30), this from “Out & About

CONFERENCE MANAGERS Clarabelle Chaw, Cherie Wong
in Southeast Asia” on Facebook: “It’s really interesting to read about the hard-nosed
ASSISTANT MANAGER, MARKETING & RESEARCH
Gwynneth Chan businesspeople in charge of such a venerable tourist institution—and the fact that
ADVERTISING EXECUTIVES women have led this company for four generations now is an arresting hook.”
Angelia Ang, Sharon Joseph, Sabrina Cheung
CIRCULATION SERVICES CORRECTIONS: In “Riverboat Queens” we incorrectly calculated the number of
Taynmoli Karuppiah Sannassy, Jennifer Yim

passengers carried by Supatra & Chao Phraya Express: he correct number is 1
million a month, not 100,000. Our blurb about John Lim (“Singapore’s 50 richest,”
p. 83) stated that he owns a third of ARA Asset Management; he owns 19.85%.
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CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER Mark Howard
EDITOR-AT-LARGE/GLOBAL FUTURIST Rich Karlgaard Our list of Singapore’s wealthiest ran away with the most Web hits from last issue:
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