Adrian Cheng, heir to Hong Kong's New World Development and Chow Tai Fook conglomerates, has brought his own vision into the sprawling family business empire and made his mark as an art and cultural entrepreneur.

For veteran banker and DBS chairman Peter Seah, returning to banking in 2009 after a hiatus of about eight years meant having to get up to speed with an industry digitalised and transformed.

Sending a Singaporean to space might sound like a pipe dream, but for the past five years Lim Seng has been working to turn this into reality. He tells why he's pressing on despite multiple setbacks.

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