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'''Doreen Liu''' is a [[Singaporean]] [[businesswoman]] and [[philanthropist]]. |
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Doreen Liu graduated from [[Birmingham University]] with a BSocSc degree in Economics, Politics and Sociology in 1970. Liu is Treasurer of the International Women's Forum. She has served as Chair of the Publishing Association of Singapore. She has been Chair of the Publishing Committee of the Singapore-British Business Council. She has also served as chair of the Printing and Publishing Advisory Committee |
Doreen Liu graduated from [[Birmingham University]] with a BSocSc degree in [[Economics]], [[Politics]] and [[Sociology]] in 1970. Liu is Managing Director of World Scientific Publishing which she co-founded in Singapore in 1981. She is Treasurer of the [[International Women's Forum]]. She has served as Chair of the Publishing Association of Singapore. She has been Chair of the Publishing Committee of the Singapore-British Business Council. She has also served as chair of the Printing and Publishing Advisory Committee. Liu received the Entrepreneurship Excellence Award in 1990, organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Centre. She received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Women in Asia in 2010, organised by RBS Coutts and the [[Financial Times]]. In 2014, together with her husband [[Kok Khoo Phua]], she donated £1 million of ebooks to [[Birmingham University]]'s new library.<ref>{{cite web |author=Doreen Liu |url=http://www.apea.sg/doreen-liu |title=Doreen Liu | Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards, Singapore |website=Apea.sg |date=2012-11-08 |accessdate=2016-02-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307075428/http://www.apea.sg/doreen-liu |archivedate=2016-03-07 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2014/11/singapore-alumni-major-gift.aspx |title=Singapore business leaders donate £1 million for new library |website=Birmingham.ac.uk |date=2014-11-06 |accessdate=2016-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/buzz/documents/public/Buzz-153-Dec14-Jan15.pdf |format=PDF |title=Buzz |volume=153 |date=January 2015 |website=Intranet.birmingham.ac.uk |accessdate=2016-02-29 |archive-date=2015-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207145724/https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/buzz/documents/public/Buzz-153-Dec14-Jan15.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 13:13, 12 March 2024
Doreen Liu is a Singaporean businesswoman and philanthropist.
Doreen Liu graduated from Birmingham University with a BSocSc degree in Economics, Politics and Sociology in 1970. Liu is Managing Director of World Scientific Publishing which she co-founded in Singapore in 1981. She is Treasurer of the International Women's Forum. She has served as Chair of the Publishing Association of Singapore. She has been Chair of the Publishing Committee of the Singapore-British Business Council. She has also served as chair of the Printing and Publishing Advisory Committee. Liu received the Entrepreneurship Excellence Award in 1990, organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Centre. She received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Women in Asia in 2010, organised by RBS Coutts and the Financial Times. In 2014, together with her husband Kok Khoo Phua, she donated £1 million of ebooks to Birmingham University's new library.[1][2][3]
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[edit]- ^ Doreen Liu (2012-11-08). "Doreen Liu | Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards, Singapore". Apea.sg. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ^ "Singapore business leaders donate £1 million for new library". Birmingham.ac.uk. 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ^ "Buzz" (PDF). Intranet.birmingham.ac.uk. January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-07. Retrieved 2016-02-29.