Mak Yuen Teen | Page 30 | Governance For Stakeholders

Meetings Like SPH EGM Disenfranchise Shareholders

Posted by Mak Yuen Teen | Sep 11, 2021 | On The Mak

Yesterday, I posted about my experience attending the virtual SPH EGM. I faced some technical issues and was only able to get in 15 minutes after the meeting started – more than 45 minutes after I started the process of...

SPH EGM: A Disappointing Experience

Posted by Mak Yuen Teen | Sep 10, 2021 | On The Mak

I attended the SPH EGM today. I had registered a few days ago and received a confirmation email yesterday saying my registration had been verified, with my login credentials provided. I was supposed to click on the login url...

SPH: Unsatisfactory Answers

Posted by Mak Yuen Teen | Sep 10, 2021 | On The Mak

Last night (September 9), SPH posted answers to questions sent by shareholders for today’s EGM, including some of the questions which I sent. It shows clearly why a virtual meeting format used by SPH for this very...

Do Directors Really Understand Corporate Governance?

Posted by Mak Yuen Teen | Sep 7, 2021 | On The Mak

Provision 3.3 of the Singapore Code of Corporate Governance 2018 states: “The Board has a lead independent director to provide leadership in situations where the Chairman is conflicted, and especially when the Chairman is...

ecoWise Holdings: A Closed Search?

Posted by Mak Yuen Teen | Sep 6, 2021 | On The Mak

On 25 June 2021, SGX Regco issued a notice of compliance (NOC) to ecoWise Holdings (ecoWise). ecoWise had been left with just one independent director – Mr Er Kwong Wah, the lead independent director – and two...