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George Goh Ching Wah (Chinese: 吴振华; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Chín-hôa; Hokkien pronunciation [ɡɔ˨˦ t͡ɕin˦˨ hua˨˦]; born 25 November 1959) is a Malaysian-born Singaporean businessman, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and former diplomat who is the chairman of Ossia International and the founder of Harvey Norman Ossia.
Harvey Norman is the flagship brand of Harvey Norman Holdings. Harvey Norman is mainly a household goods retailer – with items being sold in their stores including major appliances, small appliances, information technology (such as computers, printers and mobile phones), furniture, bedding, hardware (bathrooms) and flooring among other things ...
Harvey Norman was founded in 1982 by Harvey and his partner, Ian Norman. [4] Page joined the first store in 1983 as an assistant [5] and in 1999 became CEO of the company. [4] Harvey is the executive chairman. [4] [5] Under Page's stewardship, Harvey Norman expanded into New Zealand in 1996, Singapore in 2000, Malaysia, Slovenia in 2003, and ...
In 2015, major retailers such as The Warehouse, Noel Leeming and Harvey Norman offered Black Friday sales, [101] and by 2018 were joined by Farmers, JB Hi-Fi, Briscoes and Rebel Sport. Paymark, which processes around 75% of New Zealand's electronic transactions, recorded $219 million NZD (US$151 million) of transactions on Black Friday 2017, up ...
The Centrepoint is managed by Frasers Property, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fraser & Neave. It was built in 1983. Throughout the decades, the eight-storey complex was home to many different tenants, including Teochew City Seafood Restaurant, Cold Storage, Marks and Spencer, TianPo Jewellery, and Metro.
The school attracts the top 10% of Singapore's national cohort of primary school students. Annually, it receives around 2000 applications from both local and international students for its Year 1 admissions but only enrols up to 170 students, giving an admissions rate of below 8.5%. [6]
The Gifted Education Programme (GEP) is an academic programme in Singapore, initially designed to identify the top 0.25% (later expanded to 0.5%, then 1%) of students from each academic year with outstanding intelligence. The tests are based on verbal, mathematical and spatial abilities (as determined by two rounds of tests).
Direct School Admission. Direct School Admission (DSA) is a scheme in Singapore introduced in 2004 for students who are entering secondary school or junior college. The scheme allows education institutions to select and enroll students based on both their academic and non-academic talents and achievements instead of purely academic results.