Be My Guest | Chew Gek Khim: The only woman on Singapore's Forbes list 

*Poor mindset immediately sees a surplus as an opportunity for consumption.* *Rich mindset seeks to spend their time,* *Resources,* *And energy on work that continues to pay off long after the effort has been invested.*

She is humble, elegant, classy, well spoken and beautiful lady.

What an amazing lady. She carries herself with great dignity and without arrogance. Truly admirable for a person with immense wealth.

She must be very beautiful when she was young. Even now she looks so elegant and gorgeous..

In spite of her being the richest woman, I admire her humbleness and a good heart. May your tribe increase.

i never seen such a beautiful classy well spoken eloquent old woman before. shes so humble and down to earth.

I salute her for her humbleness , polite & frank. We can actually learn alot from her. Good health & happiness i hope she enjoy for now & her future.

I admire this lady. So graceful and humble despite her immense wealth.

"You are who you are. Your background doesnt determine who you are. But it sure influences you. It moulds you." Woah she is very cool and value things a lot! She took care of all those memories and cherish them. She is so great!

She is lucky to be born with a ”diamond spoon“ . However, to keep the family’s business running till today it‘s not easy. I feel whatever she has done to keep them together is impressive and she did not let her grandfather’s legacy down.

This lady is so incredibly elegant.

Very interesting. One can learn a lot from this interview. She is Very intelligent and down to earth. Her outlook in life is inspiring. She is indeed an affable lady.

I cant believe she is this kind and yes, indeed very lively and lovely women

The interviewer and interviewee are very well spoken and respectful to each other in their conversation. After watching the video,, I learned a lot about communication style from both of them. Thank you for such an excellent interview.

She is a very elegant and eloquent lady. I really enjoyed watching her during the interview.

What a lovely, well-mannered lady. I took with me many lessons about life and living well.

I'm glad to watch this interview. Her words are meaningful.

我学到了： 人要open-minded，多不带偏见地多了解和尝试不同的新鲜事物，尽心尽力做好所有的事，time-management很重要，快乐的童年很重要，美好品质的传承和学习也很重要，家族相片流传下来很有意义，要懂得从历史中学习跟感恩。短短四十分钟其实就分享了很多干货我觉得很好了。为什么非要吐槽主持人。truely inspired by her. 很感谢有这样的节目。

i met her on one of my holiday work gigs as a teenager ages ago, at the launch of DBS treasures lounge in changi airport and i remembered her lovely elegant dresses which I complimented her on, she gracefully thanked me for the compliment. No airs at all. Lovely lady she was, i love how poised she is :) [ i had no idea who she was back then of cos]

Truly admire Ms Chew’s grace and confidence in this interview. I have never known about her before but have always been interested in local history. Everything she shared talks about a nostalgic old Singapore but also her passion for work and her openness to change inspires hope for the future.

她与外公关于进公司工作的谈话，让我很感触。无论年代，无论年龄，拥有一个开阔的思维和博大的胸怀是一个人成功的要素，也是一个家族和睦温暖的前提。

She appears well-educated and well-mannered lady. It’s not her fault she’s born with a silver spoon as her ancestors were hard-working folks like majority of the people in society. Mind as well enjoyed the wealth.

谈吐优雅。。。想起那部电影 Crazy Rich Asians 杨紫琼 的角色

Great Interview. Her vision and her courage is of immeasurable importance. Thank you for sharing such priceless insights

She is so confident, and even if she was not talking about business or big plans, you can still observe valuable things from her

Wow - Old School Classy humble - No show off , not like these newer generation - young people should learn from this interview. AAA +++

She’s an inspiration and an influencer. A woman with great knowledge, wisdom and modesty. I am blessed to know and discover this woman. 🙂

她好美 真的值得学习 一个女人能够在商界取得这样的成绩，并且获得如此好评

Humble, elegant & a very beautiful lady.

Wow she speaks with such composure and grace but at the same time is not dull but lively and lifts the spirits in the room. I surprisingly didn't skip through any parts and stayed through the whole video because I really enjoyed listening to everything she had to say, her stories and experiences are so meaningful and will definitely resonate with me. Her posture is also amazing for her age. Great video!

I am Thayalan fr Malaysia, really impressed the interview by media. Alot knowledge we learn from Ms Chew. Eventhoug she richest women in Singapore but she very humble.

佩服这位女强人。 性格看起来很友善，低调。 说话淡定👏👏👏

Really enjoyed this interview so practical and Ms Chew was very down to earth, not pretentious and flashy with the interviewer. Got to admit there’s nothing like the cheongsam simple and so elegant. My mum use to wear the cheongsam a lot. Thank you. Proud to be Singaporean xxx

高贵又平易近人。家教好！

I'm glad I watched this interview despite the inelegant title. This interview was about so much more than just her wealth. On the one hand it is a glimpse into the history of business in Singapore and life of the wealthy Chinese businessmen. This is also about her philosophy and mindset on hard work, tenacity, breaking through barriers, willingness to try etc. Thank you for this interview. There were many learning points.

Thanks for her sincerely telling her pass life how she taking all the opportunity she had to become someone that today many women can lean on wising her joyful all her life

Thanks so much for the entire crew for making this beautiful video for us,is so natural in term of everyone in the video and the back ground music.Great work !!!

Such a classy and elegant lady!!! 好有氣質！

人生而不平等，所以不需要在意你无法改变的，专注于挑战自我极限，他人是镜子，是师，无论好的，坏的，强的，弱的，友善的，敌对的，应该都能发掘出对自我修养有益的知识，经验，技巧，教训。因为有不平，才有历史，有别，世界才精彩。

Thanks for such an insighful interview. My biggest takeaway was at the end where she shared that "We musn't be afraid of doing something for the first time. The first attempt might be better than what we expect." Certainly something that we can apply when we encounter the unexpected

I enjoyed her interview, truly admire her grace and confidence. Very humble and down to earth.

气质谈吐和风度不是一般富二，三代可比的，这是百年名门底蕴所滋养的，让人不竟联想到上海滩最后一批世家名门的金枝玉叶们！

She is absolutely one of the influential women’s in the world! May God’s blessed her.

She's very likeable. You could listen to her all day. I also want to mention the Nivea on her work table- probably the only thing I have in common with her.

gek kim is a well brought up lady. no airs at all for her wealth and position.

That’s how a successful CEO should be : modest, low profile, friendly n humble 👍👍👍

Amazing lady and wonderful interview

喜欢周女士的英文用词。也有提到工作中的困难，一般人可能放弃，喜欢她外公的观点: 你能做到任何事，并督促他们学习新的业务。他们家族一直在与时俱进，不断更新提高学习，开拓新的业务。

I really enjoyed this video as it gave a very nice sense of cultural continuity. Ms Chew Gek Khim: “Your background does not determine the person you become . . . You decide what kind of person you are.” “But life is a lot more complex than that.” I would concur with the excellent interviewer when she says: “We mustn’t be afraid of doing something for the first time. The first attempt may turn out better than we expect.” 非常感谢你!

Instead of admiring this gracious lady about her unique character, it's sad to see so many comments about the form factor of the interview - irrelevant.

名门就是名门，这种高雅端庄的气质好迷人

深深被周玉琴女士吸引了，非常有气质和人格魅力，有没有什么途径可以了解更多她的故事？

Such an inspiration, you can listen to her the whole day.

周女士气质好迷人，大家范

She is really a visionary woman. She had found her role model in her grandfather and life purpose too. She knows how to upgrade different life skills , she knows how to tuned in. Wonderful and intelligent ❤️. Really an inspirational business woman. So substantial! Awesome madam. 💯👍👍🙏🙏

这种气质真是常年的文化, 传统浸染，看了她才懂暴发户和贵族的差别.

Whatever life throws at you, you have to deal with it. It doesn’t matter you fail, you try. She is very intelligent and gorgeous. I can learn a lot from this interview. Thank you so much

第一次认识这位女士 很喜欢她哦！

Thank you for sharing the interview. I love her statements about "values" and "learning from history."

Great lady. Thank for the interview

Miss Chew did a wonderful job in answering most of the questions in Mandarin. She's indeed an inspiration! I'm very happy to see such a successful yet down to earth person. All the best to her! 主持人嘛，或许可以减少"ah"的次数，另外，在上楼梯时，或许可以尾随主人，而不是走在主人的前方。主持人要加油!

What Miss Chew said about people tend to simplify things as good and bad. Usually it's more complex than just that

Amazing woman. I can't believe I finished the interview without any skips. Her stories are interesting

great interview, amazing woman with great personality!!

主持人原是主持财经与时事节目的，或许对人物专访节目还有些不习惯。访问确实可以更深入，但我觉得整体访问还是可以的。这集的嘉宾能接受中文节目的邀请，确实非常难能可贵。如果可以将节目分为两集，一集谈家族，一集谈事业，内容就可以更丰富了。能在节目中了解到更多陈振传先生的生活，与看到老宅的内部面貌，很开心。能听到嘉宾谈及当年轰动一时的收购战也很有意思。如果能更深入讨论那场战役或在事业上所碰到的挑战与从中得到的感悟，那就更好了。主持人，加油！

Yes, she inherited from her grandpa, she deserves some credit for having the brain to manage well.....

I remember in 1964 when I was 7 in end of August,we stopped at Singapore port on the way to Brazil and we visited few places in Singapore was nice then.today is 100% nicer and developed. blessings to SINGAPORIANS.and a lady Khim for introducing and representing your family and your country.

And thanks for this interview has bring to all the people to listen to her testimony

"we get along well as grandfather and granddaughter, but I'm not sure whether we can work together." Had every family members in family businesses were given the freedom to choose their path like her, and trained as fierce like her grandfather taught her, (maybe) many families will stay as families and the business will stay as business. My parents forced my brother to be in family business and my father did not want to treat/train him as regular employees because he "loves" him. My brother did not do well in the business and got blamed because of his incompetence. Little did my father know that my brother's incompetence is mainly because of my father's own incompetence in teaching life lesson to my brother with the excuse of "love".

仁者見仁智者見智！有些人呢，喜歡雞蛋挑骨頭，因為一個“舊”字對主持人就評頭論足，否定打壓，實在有點看不過。 主持人董小姐大多數時間都是和採訪對象周玉琴保持在一個對等溝通狀態的，在氣質和氣場方面一點不遜首富周玉琴。試想假設是你作為一個主持去採訪這麼厲害的大咖，請問有多少人能泰然做到收放自如的，這是董小姐的主持功力和修為，二位同是商界強人女性代表，致敬！

very elegant and gentle lady

She is really elegant 💎 thanks for this video 🎞

董素华和周玉琴这两个优雅的女人我都很喜欢！小时候在新加坡读书时，一直喜欢看董素华播新闻！她的气质很好

我只能说，我变成周玉琴女士的粉丝了

A beautiful lady . Thank you .

The house is a museum and she is just so full of class and integrity

I must admit she is not rich in money matter, my assumption was rich in her mindset, staying positive and being humble in her own way, her manner of speech and in her own elegant manner, she has her thought figure out who she wants to be herself at her best. Totally no air, pride or prejudice.

watching this feels so much more elegant and educated than watching bling empire

我反而覺得主持人厲害的地方在於 懂得如何不搶奪嘉賓的戲份 透過這棟洋房帶大家一窺周玉琴女士的成長過程 而並非一般媒體經常採訪的事業成就等普遍問題 反倒給人一種親切的形象 從小看過很多董素華主持的訪談節目 你才會知道很多時候不是越要問得深度才顯得主持人的功力 而是懂得如何根據受訪者的條件引導採訪 讓受訪者自己說得更多才是最重要的

Exactly, You deciding is you are in moment. Simple lifestyle is never mind and smile with enjoying this life

非常佩服，向她学习

真正的贵族！ 内涵丰富！

Learnt so much important values from this interview!

wow I enjoy this so much.. Chinese woman are so ellegant..

超有气质的嘉宾啊 之前一直不认识周玉琴 看完后只有一个感觉：这就是贵族啊！

主持人的功力欠佳，對於嘉賓談話的內容沒有用心，沒有互動的反應，只是一昧的完成自己的發問而已。而且反倒是支持人不生動，不自然，不夠活靈活現

I love these types of documentaries 🙏 Learn so much from them!

Thank u. I learned a lot from your interview Ms. Chew.

这个就是上层贵族和暴发户的区别。思想深度言谈举止，处处显示着名门望族的温文尔雅。有修养有气质学都学不来。

名門閨秀，坐有坐姿，站有站姿，談吐得當，溫文爾雅。接受英式教育出貴族。是現今中國富二代所不能達至的目標。

What a beautiful, polite, well mannered & humble lady.. She shouldn't be known as Singapore's richest woman..There are richest Obnoxious people everywhere these days. She should be known & crowned as one of Singapore's finest Role models, What a beautiful gracious lady.. May God bless her with all of his might

主持人的素养讲话方式很有水平，看似平淡却充满了语言的魅力，被访者的言谈举止透露着从容知性从骨子里散发的魅力

很想從周女士和這棟洋房好好認識新加坡的歷史背景，可惜主持人令人尷尬，實在不容直視，可惜了這次的採訪機會！

It’s a valuable interview

Ma'am i really wish when im in a primary school u were my form teacher..i find out ur most smart person beside my mother..god bless

好棒的採訪主人👍很棒的採訪主👍2位優秀的女性👍由其很棒的華語

周女士好有气质

优雅的女人最有魅力👍

She looks eligant and woman.of substance . We don't have that kind of class and integrity in among the malays ... Because everything was done without merit . Righteous builds character & dignity . Great .

I really loved this interview and admire her, every elegant, intelligent, and poised. I'm motivated to just try new things not be afraid of failure and of course, work hard like her granddad.