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In her spare time, Allison volunteers with the elderly, learns calligraphy and attends Chinese orchestra practices.
Keeping
A Positive
Attitude
Is Key
To Staying
Resilient

Allison Ng, Senior Accounts Executive, Team Lead, for accounts payables at Island Concrete Pte Ltd, part of Hong Leong Asia’s building materials business, is a model of commitment and loyalty. She recently celebrated her 30th work anniversary. In this article, she describes her long professional affair with the company, attributing her resilience to her positive attitude and commitment to hard work.

 

I started out as an accounting clerk and am now leading the accounts payables team at Island Concrete, ensuring that the most time-consuming and laborious finance and administrative function operates efficiently and smoothly at all times.

I joined Island Concrete in 1992 when a family friend told me of an opportunity with the company, and have grown professionally since.


Allison with her colleagues at Island Concrete’s corporate office in Sungei Kadut.

She is pictured here with her family at her son’s university commencement ceremony at the National University of Singapore.

Island Concrete has been my lucky star. I married within the first year of joining the company and gave birth to my eldest son in the following year. Even as I started to grow and raise my young family, I was encouraged by my bosses to take up courses in accounting to further my skillset.

The years spent juggling work, family and studies to create a life I envisioned for myself and my family paid off. My eldest son got married this year and my youngest is now a university undergraduate.

Whenever there’s an opportunity, I will gladly accept the challenge, work hard and strive to excel in it.


Allison was among the 6,000 participants including staff employees and family members at Hong Leong Group’s annual Family Day-cum-walkathon for the Children’s Society in 2015.
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