BORN 1936 INDUCTED 2016 CATEGORY Sports THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Pioneering athlete Janet Jesudason was a pioneer athlete who represented Singapore at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, one of just two women in the Singapore...
BORN 1929 INDUCTED 2016 CATEGORY Sports THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Singapore’s first lady of netball When Tan Yoon Yin went to the Registry of Societies in 1962 to set up the Singapore Women’s Netball Association, the man who handled...
BORN 1951 INDUCTED 2016 CATEGORY Law THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Key Figure In Singapore’s Growth As A Global Arbitration Hub When Singapore set out in 2003 to become an international arbitration hub, Judith Prakash was the first judge...
BORN 1949 INDUCTED 2016 CATEGORY Arts & Culture THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Violet Oon Singapore’s food ambassador Violet Oon has been just about everything there is to be in the food business – critic, author, publisher, speaker,...
BORN 1948 INDUCTED 2016 CATEGORY Law THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME First woman on the Supreme Court Bench In 1991 a glass ceiling in the Singapore Judiciary was shattered when Lai Siu Chiu was appointed Judicial Commissioner. This led to...
