Hani Abu Asfar knows a little something about cultural adaptability. After all, not many people can lay claim to starting a company from scratch in a foreign land and building it into a multi-million venture before its fourth birthday. In this issue, Top 10 of Asia speaks withthe energetic and intelligent Jordanian, who is the […]
For decades, the women of Saudi Arabia have been side-lined by the nation’s working community and they faced a gargantuan task in their attempts to enter the job market.However, this scenario began to transform drastically when a young Saudi visionary rose to the occasion and started a paradigm shift in the work culture and tradition […]
Xi Jinping, who hails from Beijing, is the son of the revered leader and revolutionary hero, Xi Zhongzun of the Communist Party propaganda department and later Vice-Chairman of the National People’s Congress who helped build its base in Shaanxi province. He was 15 when his father was jailed in 1968 during the Cultural Revolution forcing […]
Over the years, Tan Sri A.K. Nathan has spearheaded his company, Eversendai Corporation Bhd (Eversendai), into becoming Asia’s leading integrated structural steel turnkey contractor with a strong design, engineering division and modern fabrication facilities in Malaysia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar. In a recent interview with the extremely enterprising founder as well as the Executive […]
From things cemetery to tourist attraction, Founder and Group Managing Director of Nirvana Asia Ltd, Tan Sri Kong Hon Kong has completely transformed the company beyond the imagination of many. At a time when it was a taboo to promote funeral services and when even the National Land Code had no provisions for private cemeteries, […]
“As a captain mandated by the people, I’m asking the entire nation to board this ship that is the Republic of Indonesia and to sail together toward a Great Indonesia. We will stretch sturdy sails. We will face storms and ocean waves using our own power.” The stirring essence of Joko Widodo’s inaugural presidential speech […]
From humble beginnings to business tycoon, with an astonishingly successful career spanning 31 years as an entrepreneur, Tan Sri Datuk (Dr) Haji Mustapha Kamal Haji Abu Bakar, or fondly known as MK, is a genuine model for success in the competitive, modern business world of Malaysia. His track record surpasses any young entrepreneur’s wildest dreams, having completed over RM2 […]
