All those in FORBE'S 2005 list of 100 most powerful women are
remarkable in their own personal capacity.
Everyone - except for the THIRTIETH Position - had got to their
position through their own efforts working through the rank and
file, and won their present positions on merit by personal
achievements and qualifiction.
For those in Public Office - ( Presidents, Prime Ministers,
Ministers, and Senators ) - these 99 women had gained the trust and
confidence of the PUBLIC - (citizens and share holders ) , who
voted them into public office.
Unfortunately, does Singapore's Ho Ching deserve to be in
this list of 100 most powerful women in the World ?
Who is this Ho Ching if she did not marry to the scion of the most
powerful politician in Singapore ?
Could someone spot her ability or talent, if she did not marry to
LHL, and gave her the opportunity of leading Temasek Inc ?
If she had been the CEO of any US Company, the shareholders would
have sacked her, for making a stupendous loss of US$500Million in a
poor investment in MICROPOLIS - a hard-disk drive factory.
Fortunately for her marriage to LHL, the Finance Minister was
mobilized to appease Singaporeans, and explained that this sum of
US$500Million is a good tuition fee well spent, as it allowed THEM
to learn.
The public wound had hardly healed, when a few years later, she was
asked by a News Reporter concerning her failed investment in
Micropolis, she had the audacity of replying that if the situation
were to return, she will make the same decision despite the fact
that her earlier decision had resulted in such a major loss.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/11/OO5O.html
