Chee Swee Lee

Chee Swee Lee

BORN 1955 INDUCTED 2014 CATEGORY Sports THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME First Singaporean woman to win an athletics gold at the Asian Games Her promise was apparent when she was in primary school. She started running when she was 10, and...
Patricia Chan Li-Yin

Patricia Chan Li-Yin

BORN 1954 INDUCTED 2014 CATEGORY Sports THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Patricia Chan Li-Yin Trailblazing swimmer and Singapore’s first Golden Girl She is known as Singapore’s first Golden Girl, and for good reason. Swimmer Patricia Chan...
Tang Pui Wah

Tang Pui Wah

BORN 1933 INDUCTED 2014 CATEGORY Sports THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Hurdler and Singapore’s first female Olympian Tang Pui Wah was a sporting legend in Singapore and Malaya in the 1950s, dominating sprints and hurdles. The athlete who...
Jackie Yi-Ru Ying

Jackie Yi-Ru Ying

BORN 1966 INDUCTED 2014 CATEGORY Science / Technology THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Award-winning researcher in nanotechnology Having made her mark as one of the university’s youngest full Professors at 35, Jackie Ying could have...
Lam Lay Yong

Lam Lay Yong

BORN 1936 INDUCTED 2014 CATEGORY Science / Technology THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Award-winning authority on the history of Chinese mathematics Internationally renowned for her research into the history of Chinese mathematics, Lam Lay...