{"id":1124,"date":"2022-01-12T09:15:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T09:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blwcare.co\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:56:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T14:56:14","slug":"robert-chua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blwcare.co\/robert-chua\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Chua"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chairman & Founder, RCP<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Chua started his TV career in Australia at the age of 17 and after spending a short stint with Singapore RTS made Hong Kong his home. In 1967 at the age of 21, he helped launch TVB Hong Kong\u2019s first terrestrial TV Channel and created the longest-running ‘live’ variety show ‘EYT’ (Enjoy Yourself Tonight \u6b61\u6a02\u4eca\u5bb5), the first \u201cMiss Hong Kong Pageant\u201d \u9999\u6e2f\u5c0f\u59d0, and the first Charity Marathon \u2018live\u2019 show \u6148\u5584\u8124\u707d\u7fa9\u6f14. In 1979, his company \u2018Robert Chua Production House Company Limited\u2019 became the first Media Company in the world to enter the Chinese TV market. He secured China\u2019s first \u201cTV Time Check on CCTV\u201d, represented and sold TV air-time, produced and distributed foreign programs to China. In 1994 he founded a satellite channel CETV to broadcast across China.  In late 2003 he sold his entire CETV stake to his partner Time Warner to concentrate on pioneering the world’s first ‘cross-media’ interactive channel TIC (The Interactive Channel) that was awarded the AFDESI 2006 \u201cBest International Interactive Enhanced Television Award\u201d in Cannes, in mid-2007, TIC focused on \u201cHealth & Lifestyle Channel\u201d and created the \u2018cross-media\u2019 interactive \u2018Health & Lifestyle Channel\u2019 (HLC).  All its live\u2019 shows simulcast over the Internet \/ Mobile to enhance TV viewers and Internet users viewing experience. In recent years, he ventured into the \u201cFood & Beverage\u201d industry and opened Singapore\u2019s most
successful restaurant chain \u2018Tim Ho Wan in 2013 as its Asia-Pacific Master Franchisor followed by Master Franchisor of Kam\u2019s Roast Restaurants in 2016, founded \u2018Joy Luck Teahouse\u2019 in 2020, and in 2021 founded \u2018Sinstant\u2019 that promotes \u2018Ready to Eat\u2019 products from Singapore. He was a Board member of \u201cRTHK Board of Advisors\u201d, NATPE (USA), Committee member of the Advisory Board of ‘Rose d’Or Festival’ (Switzerland), Board of Governors of the ‘Banff TV Festival’ (Canada), Honorary Committee member of the ‘Monte Carlo TV Festival and Advisor to \u201cMonaco Media Forum\u201d (Monaco), Board member of ‘FRAPA’ (Germany), Consultant to ‘Shanghai Oriental TV Entertainment Channel and \u201cChannel Young\u201d and Guest Professor of ‘News and Media Studies’ Nanjing University, (China).
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“I am happy to support BLW\u2019s effort in helping entrepreneurs match their needs between entrepreneurs to make a success of their company. People should be \u2018socially responsible\u2019 in their business and private life. I like to share my experience in the TV and F&B business that was done with \u2018passion\u2019 in the work I do and the people I serve.  Happy to share my past experiences on successes and failures to help entrepreneurs to avoid the pitfalls.<\/em>“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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