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The large YLCO (Yeoh, Lim, Chew and Oh) family also has a Museum
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Millie Chan (photo inset) is a lawyer from Ipoh who also lectures on Family Business. She is the daughter
of the late Ipoh industrialist Dato’ Chan Swee Ho and grand daughter of Chan
Chee Keong. She has since relocated to Canada also practising law and lectures
on Family Business for the Asia School of Business a University, Kuala Lumpur established
by Bank Negara.
A lot of her
businesses she works with are family owned hence she dropped by YLCO (Yeoh,
Lim, Chew and Oh) museum and met its curator Ignatius Chew. Ignatius explained
the benefits of a museum where families gathered especially during festive seasons,
share old memories and bond with relatives and catch up with the latest family
news.
Millie's lecture
will emphasize on how families governed and guided and will touch on the soft
issues ie personality and the various ways to make families to cohere and bond together.
She is planning to introduce the family museum and mention of its cohesive
power.
"It does not
have to be big place just a place where you linger and share the past during
their grandparents’ time, reminiscence and whilst sharing their differences
recognise that problems arise but in a different context. I will teach the
students about the benefits of having a museum".
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Ignatius Chew showing Millie the exhibits at the Museum
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According to
a 2017 report by Credit Suisse Family 1000, 11 of the top 25 countries with the
largest number of family owned businesses are located in Asia. China is ranked
#1, India (#3) and Malaysia (#7) while Singapore (#17). The spectrum of family
business is enormous from multinational giants to corner grocery store to those
that have been passed onto succeeding generations but they share one defining
characteristic ‘they are connected to a family’.
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Oscar winning actress Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh is part of the YLCO family
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Eight months
ago Taylors University – IFEC (International Family Enterprise Centre) and Raffles
Institution, Singapore visited for a similar purpose. It’s good to know YLCO
museum can contribute positively towards a community family system.
JAG
