Bangkok, Thailand – Channel NewsAsia has opened its regional series of CEO and top business leader seminars in Bangkok. Thailand Business Insights featured high level international corporate and industry leaders discussing key governance issues facing today’s governments and businesses on the topic, “The Board for Tomorrow”. Dr. Vorapol Socatiyanurak of the Securities General, Securities & Exchange Commission, in his opening address … [Read more...] about Channel NewsAsia’s Thailand Business Insights series opens in Bangkok
Lian Pek
Miss Chief
Siok Lian Pek, or Lian Pek as she’s known these days, is what many would consider a local news anchor made good. From Television Corporation of Singapore (presently MediaCorp) where as business editor, she launched and anchored the network’s first daily business news bulletin; to being the first local anchor hired by CNN International during which she was named Best Current Affairs Presenter at the 2001 Asian Television Awards; to her transition to documentary director, and an … [Read more...] about Miss Chief
Channel NewsAsia appoints new Chief Editor
Singapore – Regional broadcaster Channel NewsAsia has appointed veteran journalist and award-winning programme-maker Lian Pek as Chief Editor. As Chief Editor, Pek sets the editorial direction and oversees production of English news for Channel NewsAsia and sister channel, MediaCorp Channel 5. Pek joins Channel NewsAsia after a distinguished career in news and current affairs, having held leading editorial and anchor positions at international news organizations such as CNN International, … [Read more...] about Channel NewsAsia appoints new Chief Editor
Singapore’s Channel NewsAsia hires former anchor as Chief Editor
Singapore – Channel NewsAsia has appointed former news anchor Lian Pek to be its new Chief Editor. Pek began her journalism career in the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (presently MediaCorp) and has since held news anchor positions in Bloomberg Television, Al Jazeera English, as well as CNN - the first Singaporean anchor to be hired by the international news network. An award-winning journalist, Pek was named Best Current Affairs Presenter at the 2001 Asian Television Awards. … [Read more...] about Singapore’s Channel NewsAsia hires former anchor as Chief Editor
