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COVER STORY ASIA'S 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN HO CHING Citizenship/Residence Singapore Ho Ching is married to the current honourable prime minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong who is the son of Singapore’s first P.M. Lee Kuan Yew. She is also the chief executive officer of Temasek Holding, Singapore. She has been with the company for more than a decade now; initially she joined as the executive director and was appointed to CEO in 2004. HETTY KOES ENDANG Citizenship/Residence Indonesia Hetty Koes Endang is an Indonesian kroncong singer. She holds proficiency in more than one genre of music- Pop Festival, Pop Mellow, Pop Kreatif, alto Indonesian Traditional Song, Sundanese, Keroncong, even Dangdut, and Soft Rock. Winning many festivals in the 1970’s, she is the singer who produced hundreds of albums, and it is a legend in Indonesia. Her amazingly powerful and sharp highnotes makes her one of the most sought after singers of Indonesia. Her 1977 duet with Ajie Bandi, “Damai Tapi Gersang” (“Peaceful Yet Arid”) was selected by Rolling Stone Indonesia in 2009 as one of the best Indonesian songs of all time.