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.