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Articles by Alan Choo
Prestige 40 Under 40 2024
Bai Jiawei is proving age is just a number. Before founding White Shades, a new concept bar designed to encourage imbibers to explore the different facets of spirits – from gelatos to cocktails and beers – he achieved the remarkable feat of becoming, at the age of 25, the youngest and fastest person to be named principal bartender at the renowned Employees Only bar. At age 28, he partnered fellow bartender Jerrold Khoo to open Stay Gold Flamingo, a modern classic cocktail and coffee bar.
Prestige 40 Under 40 2024
Jane Wang helms Singapore’s premier soft robotics company, Roceso Technologies. Its flagship product, the mechanical glove EsoGlove, helps those suffering from neurological damage to their hands to regain basic motor function. The technology is a boon for stroke victims or cerebral palsy patients. In her youth, Wang considered attending medical school but pivoted to engineering when she got a scholarship. She combines both her passions at Roceso.
Prestige 40 Under 40 2024
When This is What Inequality Looks Like by Tan You Yenn was published in 2018, it kickstarted uncomfortable conversations. Is Singapore truly meritocratic? What perpetuates inequality in a prosperous country? The book resonated with Clarence Ching, a former Normal (Academic) student who understood the stark differences in access to social capital and career resources between elite and neighbourhood schools.
Faezah Shaharuddin
Singapore born Faezah Shaharuddin is a multi-disciplinary designer whose works, primarily furniture and object conceptions, explore nostalgia and cultural nuances. Offering a peek into her design philosophy, Shaharuddin says, “Objects like furniture have a lot of influence on how people think and feel, so my process usually begins with that in mind. I also try to incorporate poetry and humour into the work to keep things light.
Nurul Jihadah Hussain
Believing that tech is key to giving women an equal chance at success, community leader Nurul Jihadah Hussain founded The Codette Project in 2015 to provide Muslim and other minority women and girls the chance to participate in the tech industry through workshops and interactive digital content. Powered by volunteers, the project is anchored on developing tech skills, building a collaborative community and reclaiming narratives of success to include underrepresented women.
Prestige 40 Under 40 2024
Annette Lee is a woman of many talents. While she is widely known in Singapore for her comedy work that she shares with her 470,000 followers on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, Lee is also a singer and a filmmaker. Her second EP “Song For The Underdog”, which was produced with Grammy-winning producers, took home the National Youth Music Award in 2020. In 2023, Lee was recognised by Spotify for being among the top five streamed artists on the “Rising 65” playlist.
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