Tradition and heritage are languishing in the face of modernity.
Rose among the thorns: Poh Tip chairing a meeting with the then bosses of Star Publications at the former office in Section 13.
After she retired from The Star, Poh Tip was appointed its group editorial and education adviser and served as executive director of the Asian Centre for Media Studies. She also lent her expertise to the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong as an editorial adviser. It was Poh Tip who planned his career path, he said, adding that he was thankful for the opportunities given.SMG chief content officer Datin Paduka Esther Ng said she was a rookie reporter when Poh Tip became the first woman chief editor not only at The Star, but in the country.Farewell day: Poh Tip receiving a bouquet from Esther on her last day as GCE in 2003.“Many of us were new recruits back then, but she took the trouble to know each of our names.
Former group managing director and chief executive officer Datin Linda Ngiam said Poh Tip was receptive to new ideas and even encouraged the editorial and advertising departments to collaborate when Ngiam was the head of advertising and business development. June HL Wong, who writes the So Aunty, So What? column in The Star and was also a former GCE, called Poh Tip a mentor who taught her well.
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