SPH wins Most Transparent Company Award at 15th SIAS Investors' Choice Awards 2014

SPH wins Most Transparent Company Award at 15th SIAS Investors' Choice Awards 2014
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SINGAPORE - Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) received the Most Transparent Company Award in the Services category at the 15th SIAS Investors' Choice Awards 2014, held at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre on Friday evening (Oct 31).
With this latest accolade, SPH has now won this award eleven times.
This is also the third consecutive year it has bagged this award under the Services category (from 2012 to 2014). SPH won the award eight times when it was previously grouped under the Non-Electronics Manufacturing category.
Mr Lawrence Wong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Communications and Information, was the event's Guest-of-Honour.
Mr Alan Chan, Chief Executive Officer of SPH, said: "This latest achievement is a testament to the rigorous standards of corporate governance and transparency that we uphold throughout the years. This is made possible with the guidance of our board and the strong support from our management and staff.
"I am also very proud of our award-winning journalists whose achievements continue to reflect their dedication and professionalism, as well as the high editorial standards set in our newsrooms."
The three SPH journalists who received awards for their editorial excellence were:
1) Ms Michelle Quah (Senior Correspondent, The Business Times) - Financial Journalist of the Year
2) Ms Lee Meixian (Journalist, The Business Times) - Most Promising Journalist of the Year
3) Mr Goh Eng Yeow (Senior Correspondent, The Straits Times) - Best Commentary Award
This was the third time Ms Quah was honoured at the SIAS Investors' Choice Awards. She was a joint-winner for the Financial Journalist of the Year award in 2007 and won the Financial Story of the Year award in 2010.
It was also the third accolade for Mr Goh Eng Yeow at the SIAS Investors' Choice Awards. He was named Financial Journalist of the Year in 2006 and last year, he won the Outstanding Commentaries award.
This is the first award for Ms Lee Meixian at the SIAS Investors' Choice Awards.
Mr Wong Wei Kong, Executive Editor and News Editor, The Business Times, said: "Michelle is without peer as an authority on corporate governance issues in Singapore. She combines her knowledge base with her years of experience covering corporate Singapore to put corporate governance, or the lack of it, under sharp scrutiny.
"She pulls no punches, regardless of who are involved, and her commentaries and stories have touched on a wide range of issues that have investor protection at their heart."
Reflecting on Ms Lee's achievements, he further added: "In just her first full year in reporting, Meixian has gone beyond the headlines to explore issues in depth. Her tenacity in chasing down the news, and refusal to give up until she is satisfied she has found the answers, make her a promising financial journalist."
On Mr Goh's latest accolade, Ms Jeanette Lee Su Shyan, Money Editor, The Straits Times, said: "Eng Yeow consistently delivers insightful commentaries. His knowledge of the stock market is unparalleled in the newsroom."
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Re: SPH wins Most Transparent Company Award at 15th SIAS Investors' Choice Awards 201

We are doomed...
If SPH was selected for best transparency award, then the all other MNCs and SMEs work ethics would be in question.

Re: SPH wins Most Transparent Company Award at 15th SIAS Investors' Choice Awards 201

Wow. This is news! talk about transparency when their shitty journalism is ranked below their neigbours in press freedom.

Re: SPH wins Most Transparent Company Award at 15th SIAS Investors' Choice Awards 201

Wait.... I recalled Gay Loong said recently that they don't care about Press Freedom ranking, Self award? Hahahaha

Re: SPH wins Most Transparent Company Award at 15th SIAS Investors' Choice Awards 201

sarcasm at its best

Re: SPH wins Most Transparent Company Award at 15th SIAS Investors' Choice Awards 201

I'm surprised GIC didn't clinch this award.

Re: SPH wins Most Transparent Company Award at 15th SIAS Investors' Choice Awards 201

Kelong kelong :kma:

Guess Which Company Won the "Most Transparent" Company Award?

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Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) has been awarded the Most Transparent Company Award at this year’s SIAS Investors’ Choice Awards.

At a ceremony at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre on Friday, SPH was recognised for the third consecutive year as the top of the Services category.
Before that, SPH also won the same award 8 times in the non-electronics Manufacturing category.

The CEO of SPH, Mr Alan Chan, explained that the award was a “testament to the rigorous standards of corporate governance and transparency that we uphold throughout the years. This is made possible with the guidance of our board and the strong support from our management and staff.”

Three journalists from SPH were also awarded for their editorial excellence.

The award of Financial Journalist of the Year went to Ms Michelle Quah who is the Senior Correspondent for The Business Times.

The Most Promising Journalist of the Year went to Ms Lee Meixian who is a journalist with The Business Times.

Mr Goh Eng Yeow was also recognised with the Best Commentary Award in his role as a Senior Correspondent at The Straits Times.

All three are journalists who concentrate on corporate governance or financial issues which also reflects the Award to SPH on good corporate governance and transparency.



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While SPH might have good transparency in terms of its finances and business aspects making it a good company for investors to back, this award does not reflect in anyway the company’s impartiality or balance in journalism.

For financial reporters, their journalists may be getting awards but there doesn’t seem to be any awards being given to SPH’s political journalists.

Reporters without Borders had ranked Singapore as 150[SUP]th[/SUP] in press freedom and on many political issues the bias in the media is very obvious.
There is also very little transparency on how the government has influence over SPH.

Despite this, it seems that SPH is able to thrive as a business thanks to the near monopoly that they hold over the print media and the fact that the government prevents others from starting new competitive newspaper companies.

What do you think of SPH getting the “most transparent” award?

Re: Guess Which Company Won the "Most Transparent" Company Award?

OK lah...I thought it was Temasek Holdings!

To me, it is so transparent that we can see the hand of govt in it, and the hands of those at SPH carrying the PAP balls.

Re: Guess Which Company Won the "Most Transparent" Company Award?

Only hear the good things, bad things cannot say one. LOL