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SOME of Singapore's eminent leaders and companies were celebrated at the Singapore Business Awards (SBA) last week in a nod to their vision and hard-won success.

Jointly organised by The Business Times and DHL, the SBA is Singapore's most prestigious awards event in the business and corporate sectors. The guest-of-honour was Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) & Second Minister for Defence, Ong Ye Kung.

Chairman of Jebsen & Jessen (SEA), Heinrich Jessen, was awarded the top Businessman of the Year accolade for his role in transforming a family trading business into a pan-Asian industrial and engineering enterprise. The South-east Asian unit, which was set up in Singapore in 1963, has more than 50 subsidiaries and associate compan…