Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Singapore Airlines Ltd., ka lua o ka mea lawe kaʻa nui loa ma ka mākeke, ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻo ia e noʻonoʻo ana i "mau" mau moho e lilo i luna hoʻokō nui e like me ka hōʻailona ʻana o Chew Choon Seng e haʻalele ʻo ia.
"Ma ke aloha o ka papa, akā ke piʻi nei au i nā makahiki," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Chew, ʻo ia ka makahiki 64 i kēia lā, ma hope o ka hui ʻana o nā mea kuleana ma Singapore. "Pono wau e neʻe."
Ua pāpālua ʻia nā ʻāpana Singapore Airlines mai ka wā i hoʻopau ai ʻo Chew, nona ka ʻaelike i Dekemaba, i lawe ʻia ma ka mea lawe i ka makahiki 2003 i ka wā i hoʻopilikia ai ka pilikia SARS i ka huakaʻi huakaʻi ma Asia. Ua hoʻokele ʻo ia i ka holo ʻole o ka loaʻa kālā makahiki ʻoiai ke kū nei ka mea lawe i nā kumukūʻai jet-fuel, ka hoʻihoʻi honua a me ka hoʻopaneʻe pinepine ʻana i kāna mau Airbus SAS A380 superjumbos.
"He lima kūpaʻa ʻo Chew," wahi a Rohan Suppiah, ka mea loiloi ma Kim Eng Securities Pte ma Singapore. "He mea kupanaha kona hiki ke huki i ka mokulele mai nā manawa hana paʻakikī."
Aia ka mokulele "ma ka papa manawa" e ʻimi ai i hope no Chew, wahi a ka luna hoʻomalu ʻo Stephen Lee. Ua nānā ka hui i "mau" mau moho, ma loko a ma waho o ka hui, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, me ka ʻole o ka wehewehe ʻana.
Na Mokulewa
Ua lawe ʻo Chew iā Cheong Choong Kong i Iune 2003 i ka wā i hemo ai ka maʻi hanu make i nā mokulele. Ma lalo o Chew, ua hoʻopuka ka mea lawe kaʻa i ka loaʻa kālā he S$2.13 biliona ($1.6 biliona) i ka makahiki i pau i Malaki 2007. I ʻOkakopa i kēlā makahiki, ua hoʻolauna ʻo ia i ka A380, e lilo ana ʻo Singapore Airlines ka mea lawe mua i lele i ka mokulele mokulele nui loa o ka honua.
Ua hāʻule ka loaʻa kālā i S$216 miliona i ka makahiki i hala - ʻo ka mea ʻino loa ma mua o ʻelua mau makahiki - ʻoiai ua hōʻeha ka hoʻokele honua i ka huakaʻi. I nehinei, ua hōʻike ka mokulele i ke kolu o ka loaʻa kālā i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma muli o ka hoʻonui hou ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai honua e hoʻōla i ka noi huakaʻi.
Hiki i ka mea lawe kaʻa ke kau i ka loaʻa kālā o S $ 1.3 biliona i ka makahiki e pau ana i Malaki, e like me ka awelika o 23 mau manaʻo loiloi i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia e Bloomberg.
Ua loaʻa i ka mokulele he 1.8 pakeneka i ka S$15.02 i kēia lā ma Singapore, ʻo ka loaʻa nui loa ma mua o ʻelua pule. Ua hoʻonui ʻia nā ʻāpana he 0.5 pakeneka i kēia makahiki, e waiho ana ma hope o ka benchmark Straits Times Index's 2.8 pakeneka holomua.
ʻO Chew he kanaka ʻenekinia me ke kēkelē laepua o ka ʻepekema mai London's Imperial College.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “It's at the mercy of the board, but I am getting on in years,” Chew, who turns 64 today, said after a shareholders meeting in Singapore.
- A veteran of more than three decades at the airline, Chew is a mechanical engineer with a Master's of Science degree from London's Imperial College.
- Singapore Airlines shares have doubled since Chew, whose contract expires in December, took over at the carrier in 2003 when the SARS crisis hammered air travel in Asia.
