The Shaw Story

The Shaw Organisation was founded in 1924 when the late Tan Sri Runme Shaw (1901-1985) arrived in Singapore from Ningbo, Shanghai. He was the third of seven children of a Shanghai textile merchant, Shaw Yuh Hsuen (1867-1920). (Source: Internet) Cut to 82 years later, the cinema operator is still a major player in the local film industry. The late Shaws should be smiling in their graves.