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This is a head-and-shoulder portrait of Mr. Wee Cho Yaw (黄祖耀), a prominent Hokkien businessman and Managing Director (1960-1974), Chief Executive Officer (1974-Apr 2007) and Chairman of United Overseas Bank Group (1974-to date). He was Vice-President (1967-1968) and later President of Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce (1969-1972); President (1977-1978) and later Honorary President of Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (1990-to date); Chairman of Nanyang University Council (1971-1980) and Chung Cheng High School Management Committee (1994-to date); the first President of Singapore Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (1978-1982); President (1980-2010) and later Honorary President of Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan (2010-to date); President (1986-2010) and later Honorary President of Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations (2010-to date); Chairman of Board of Trustees of Chinese Development Assistance Council (May 1992-2012); Chairman (1998), Member (2003) and later Honorary Chairman of Board of Governors of Chinese Heritage Centre Board (2007-to date); Executive Director (1974) and later Chairman of Straits Steamship Limited (Apr 1982-1983); Chairman of Haw Par Brothers International Limited and later Haw Par Group (1978-to date), and Sin Chew Jit Poh (1978-1982); Director of Singapore Press Holdings Limited (Aug 1984-Dec 2003); Director and Deputy Chairman (1992-1996) and later Chairman of Singapore Land Limited (Jan 1996-2001); and Pro-Chancellor of Nanyang Technological University (Jun 2004-to date). He won the Businessman of the Year award twice, in 1990 and 2001, and the ASEAN Businessman of the Year Award in 1995. He was conferred the Public Service Star Award in 1974. Title devised by Library staff.