Title: Ms Elim Chew; Founder and President of 77 th Street (S) Pte Ltd

Ms Elim Chew founded 77 th Street in 1988. It was her first foray into the retail industry and has since revolutionized the streetwear scene in Singapore. 77th Street has grown rapidly and currently has 14 outlets in Singapore, with a new concept accessories store at the high traffic Ang Mo Kio Hub. It established a name for itself in the Singapore retail industry with its unique range of street wear fashion and accessories.
In 2004, 77th Street became the first homegrown brand to set up a shopping mall - 77 th Street Plaza , a cutting-edge underground shopping complex strategically located at Xidan Cultural Square , Beijing.

Today, 77 th Street is the trendsetter for hip street wear fashion in Singapore and Beijing and has built a loyal following among the young and trendy, typically aged between 12 and 35.
In addition to expanding her retail businesses, Ms Elim Chew lends her expertise, experience and time to various youth organisations in Singapore . Currently, she chairs or co-chairs over 20 public service, youth and community groups. She also co-founded Singapore Street Festival, a platform for local talents in the performing arts, visual art forms, fashion, entertainment, sports and lifestyle trends; The Young Entrepreneur Mastery (TYEM), an non-profit academy which supports youth entrepreneurship and inculcates an entrepreneurial mindset in out-of-school youths.
As part of Ms Elim Chew’s on-going community campaigns, she launched My Voice in 2004, a book featuring 77 earnest real life experiences written by youths from all walks of life. My Voice is supported by Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports (MCYS), South East Community Development Centre (CDC), UFM 100.3FM and Drama Box. The 2 nd edition, My Voice – Breaking Free was launched on 9 December 2006 . All proceeds from the sale of My Voice is used for funding life skills, entrepreneurial and creative skills workshops run by TYEM, which guides youths to take on life challenges with purpose and confidence.
Ms Elim Chew is also a founding member and director of the Social Innovation Park (SIP), a social enterprise incubator which provides a replicable set of integrated services and resources that help create a platform to support social entrepreneurs' business solutions that advocate societal change. Through this platform, Ms Elim Chew championed PaTH (Pop and Talent Hub) Arts Market, the first social enterprise arts market in Singapore – gathering talents from social homes, institutions and also professional artists – advocating social entrepreneurship.


Title: Sim Wong Hoo; CEO and Chairman of Creative Technology
Sim Wong Hoo is a pioneer of computer sound systems and a designer and manufacturer of products for personal computers and personal digital entertainment devices. He helped guide Creative to success with the landmark Sound Blaster line of audio card products. It was among the first dedicated audio processing card to be made widely available to the general consumer.
Monaural Sound Blaster cards were introduced in 1989, and stereo cards followed in 1992 (Sound Blaster Pro). Over the years, the Sound Blaster line has been greatly enhanced to provide 3D audio and home theater quality sound directly from a PC. It has dominated the PC audio market and remains unchallenged by a major competitor since the late 1990s.
At age of 45, Sim Wong Hoo became the youngest billionaire in Singapore. He was also the first person to be named the Businessman of the Year twice, in 1992 and 1997. In 2002, he was named Person of the Year by the Singapore Computer Society in recognition of his contribution to the IT industry. He is widely considered to be the star entrepreneur of Singapore and he currently chairs Singapore's Technopreneurship 21 Private Sector Committee. In 1999, Sim Wong Hoo released a book entitled "Chaotic Thoughts From The Old Millennium".



Title: Kwek Leng Beng; Executive Chairman of Hong Leong Group Singapore
Kwek Leng Beng is the Chairman of City Developments Limited (CDL), an international property and hotel conglomerate and the leading real estate developer in Singapore. It operates in 17 countries in Asia, Europe, North America and Australasia. The CDL Group has over 200 subsidiaries and associated companies including 8 companies listed on the stock exchanges of Singapore, London, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, New Zealand and Manila. CDL has a market capitalization of US$5.8 billion and ranks just outside Singapore's top 10 listed companies. It is also the second-biggest property developer in Southeast Asia.
Kwek Leng Beng also chairs Millennium & Copthorne (M&C) Hotels, which is a London-listed international hotel group of which 53% share belongs to CDL. M&C is ranked 40th among the world's top international hotel groups and has a portfolio of 88 hotels with close to 25,000 rooms in 16 countries. Kwek Leng Beng’s Hong Leong Group also owns Hong Leong Finance, which is Singapore's largest finance company, with a network of 28 branch offices. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Singapore Management University. He also holds an honorary doctorate (DUniv) from Oxford Brookes University