Saturday, November 3, 2012

PART 3; MACMILLAN WOODS GLOBAL AWARDS IN KUALA LUMPUR


KEE@FSWMAG.COM
THE INAUGURAL MCMILLAN WOODS GLOBAL AWARD CEREMONY AT KL HILTON'S GRAND BALLROOM WAS CREATED IN MALAYSIA BY DATO RAYMOND LIEW TO RECOGNISE AND PAY TRIBUTE TO MOVERS AND SHAKERS OF ALL SPECTRUM OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
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Gina Rinehart, the world's richest woman, receiving her Visionary CEO of the Year award from Dato Raymond Liew and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator Kohilan Pillay
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A double handshake with Dato Raymond Liew and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kohilan Pillay
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Winners of the Special Class category

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In case you blinked like the winner of Visionary CEO of the Year, here is another look at Gina Rinehart, the world's richest woman!
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Gorgeous Gina and Glamorous Ginia! 
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Gina being congratulated by daughter Ginia for winning Visionary CEO of the Year from McMillan Woods Global AwardsL1260500_edited.JPG
Dato Raymond Liew, Gina Rinehart, Ginia Rinehart and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kohilan Pillay L1260500_edited.JPG
Kee Hua Chee and Ginia Rinehart, 25 year old daughter of Gina Rinehart
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Don't you think we look like a bridal couple in matching white outfits? But Ginia's boyfriend Ryan Johnston was not jealous at all...I wonder why
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The Most Gorgeous Couple in Observable Universe; Ryan Johnston and Ginia Rinehart
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The Most Glamourous Trio in Observable Universe; Ryan Johnston, Ginia Rinehart and Kee Hua Chee
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Ryan Johnston, Ginia Rinehart and Kee Hua Chee. The couple could not recover from my shoes and even Ginia remarked her fiance's shoes were boring compared to mine. I offered to give him a pair with his face painted on them provided he wears them on his wedding day and he is still thinking about it
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I told Ryan Johnston he is the luckiest man on Planet Earth and he fully agreed and so is she as her beau is so handsome and dashing. Look at the massive diamond engagement ring worn by his bride-to-be! 
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Youth, beauty and wealth---this blessed couple have it all. I told them it was unfair!
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With a handsome husband who looks like a movie star and a wife who looks like a superstar, they have plenty to smile and laugh about
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Ginia Rinehart, Morynet Ya, Sinan Yann and Datin Kok Yul Shin


The McMillan Woods Global Awards 2012 is a manifestation of the commitment of its members worldwide to promote business entrepreneurs who have contributed in no small measure towards global economic development.

The awards also hope to create a solid platform for business networking among like-minded entrepreneurs who are the catalysts for future growth amid the turmoil of Europe and America.

McMillan Woods Global is an association of independent local and regional firms of accountants and professional advisors with 30 international offices. McMillan Woods Global is based in Malaysia and headquartered in United Kingdom.

The star of the evening was the world's richest woman Gina Rinehart who is on her way to becoming the World's Richest Person! Business Review Weekly estimates her wealth at RM 91 billion (A$29 billion) and it is said she will soon overtake the likes of Carlos Slim, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Bernard Arnault who are currently the world's richest Top 4.

Bankers believe in a couple of years Gina Rinehart will soon have a personal fortune of US$ 100 billion, overtaking Carlos Slim's US$ 70 billion to be the first human to attain this staggering wealth. 

Right now Gina Rinehart is the world's 29th Richest Person with US$18 billion (RM 57 billion) though Business Review Weekly claims she is worth RM 91 billion. If so she would overtake Christy Walton who owns Wal-Mart (US$ 25.3 billion) and Lillian Bettencourt of L'Oreal (US$24 billion).

So to have her in Kuala Lumpur to accept a homegrown, Malaysian award was a major accomplishment on the part of Dato Raymond Liew! Congratulations!

When I saw Gina Rinehart, I almost fainted from shock. Imagine the world's richest woman (or third richest according to Forbes) in KL just a table away from me!

I had to ask Datin Kok Yul Shin, wife of Dato Raymond Liew, if that was truly Gina Rinehart and not an impersonator. Grinned Datin Yul Shin, "Of course that is Gina Rinehart. MacMillan Woods Global Awards only deal with real people!"

Gina Rinehart's fourth and youngest child Ginia flew into KL with her. When Ginia strolled into the ballroom with her betrothed Ryan Johnston, I mistook her for a model or Aussie beauty queen.

Ginia Rinehart, 25, was stunningly beautiful and taller than most men! Clad in white Valentino gown costing around RM 60,000, she looked a vision with her lovely face and impressive height.

While her mother, the world's richest woman, wore a simple strand of pearl of average size, Ginia made up for it with a magnificent diamond necklace culminating in a monster diamond solitaire worth at least RM 4 million. 

Both Gina and Ginia however, conceded my rings defeated them flat as they do not own any rings as massive as mine! Nor do they have a golden snake entwining their neck like me. So on that score, I beat them! 

Like her mother Gina, Ginia was friendly, utterly charming and sweet. She had no airs and was down to earth, always smiling and laughing. When we took our photos together, she commented we looked like a bridal couple as we were both in white!

Her soon to be husband Ryan Johnston is tall, fair and handsome and the couple is the most perfectly matched and gorgeous I have ever seen. They will be married next year but nothing is fixed.

Says Ginia Rinehart, 25. "Ryan and I have not decided on anything. We don't know where the venue will be, who to invite, when to hold it. Nothing is planned and everything is up in the air. I don't know who will be my designer and what gown to wear and who my bridesmaids. But half the fun is in the planning so we will be enjoying ourselves doing so."

Doubtless so will mum Gina Rinehart as it was her who chose the Valentino gown for Ginia and paid for her diamond necklace.

In case you think Ginia's dishy and sexy boyfriend Ryan Johnston is a gold digger, pray be informed they have known each other for 10 years. Said the groom, "I have known Ginia all my adult life. We met in school."

Concurred  the bride-to-be, "Ryan and I have known each other since I was 15. So we have been together a long time."

Their marriage is touted to be the Wedding of the Century and naturally I demanded to be invited. "Of course we wouldn't dream of having our wedding without you," grinned the pair.

I told them I would start preparing my wardrobe right this instant and warned Ginia, "Please  don't be traumatised if I outshine the bride on her wedding day."

Smiled the knight in shining armour Ryan Johnston, "Oh that would be impossible! Nothing and no one can outside Ginia, the light of my life!"

The darling!
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Winners of the inaugural McMillan Woods Global Awards on 1 November 2012 at KL Hilton
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Winners of the inaugural McMillan Woods Global Awards
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Gina Rinehart made it a point to walk from her Main VIP Table to her Hancock Prospecting table to be photographed with the 2 Cambodian girls she is sponsoring, Morynet Ya and Sinan Yann. Gina Rinehart is  known for visiting Cambodian girls' orphanages and is member of SISHA's Expert Advisory Group which is against human trafficking and exploitation in Southeast Asia
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Ginia Rinehart looking spectacular in Valentino and diamond necklace with Bruce Butcher the personal lawyer of Gina Rinehart 
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Ginia with Bruce Butcher (what an apt name for a lawyer!) the solicitor for Gina Rinehart
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Director of ABM Resources Imants Kins, owner of Jan Ford Real Estate Port Hedland Jan Ford and Greg were asked by Gina Rinehart to stand as the trio are also members of Australians for Northern Development and Economic Vision (ANDEV) which was founded by Gina Rinehart to promote sustainable development in Australia's vast but lowly populated north
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Bruce Butcher and Cheryl Poo
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Bruce Butcher and Cheryl Poo

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Datin Kok Yul Shin and Mr and Mrs Ryan Johnston (soon to be)
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I really like this photo as they were all smiling for me...or at me? The 2 Cambodian girls took a shine to me as previously they were so shy and never smiled
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Jan Ford of Jan Ford Real Estate Port Hedland (go to her if you wish to buy property in Western Australia) and Imants Kins director of ABM Resources L1260500_edited.JPG
Jan Ford and Imants Kins
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The Rinehart family and friends and I was lucky to be asked to join in!
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Kevin Withers and Datin Kok Yul Shin join in

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What a grand finale for the best and most exciting award ceremony ever held in Malaysia! Congratulations to Dato Raymond Liew and Datin Yul Shin for a spectacular McMillan Woods Global Awards presentation!

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