Mock Pak Lum was responsible for discovering new business opportunities for Starhub and ensuring strategic investments are synergistic with  its core businesses. In addition, he provided strategic direction for StarHub&rsquo s cyber security and big data analytics solutions. Pak Lum was the Chief Technology Officer of StarHub before moving on to be the Chief Business Development Officer. He retired from Starhub in 2017 and is now Managing Partner of Tembusu Blockchain Fund I.

Pak Lum started his career in Hewlett Packard from 1984, supporting its research and development efforts which led to the setting up of the reliability laboratory in Singapore. In 1989, he joined Pico Art International and introduced computerisation in Pico&rsquo s graphic design, thus achieving cost efficiency in graphic panel production. With the advent of multimedia technology, he set up a joint venture company with Pico &ndash GT Communications, to offer computer animation and interactive kiosks services in many large-scale public events such as Health Fair 1992 and Singapore 2000 Exhibition.

After eight years in Pico Art and GT Communications, Pak Lum moved on to head 1-Net Singapore in May 1997 to operate the backbone network for new broadband internet services in Singapore. One of his key achievements was the winning of a $92 million contract to host the Singapore Government Data Centre for 15 years. He was also appointed the CEO of the technology arm of MediaCorp in July 2002 where he oversaw the IT, engineering and transmission support functions. Having spent 13 years with MediaCorp Technologies and 1-Net, he left the company to set up an IT software company in August 2010 that developed middleware for cloud computing.

Pak Lum holds a Bachelor of Electrical / Electronic Engineering from the National University of Singapore and a Master in Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is married with three children.

Hot stock: Hatten Land rises over 6% on new e-sports strategy, share placement exercise

 

WITHIN 1 hour after the Singapore stock market opened on Wednesday (Apr 13), there was brisk trading among Hatten Land' s shares following its announcement that it was rebranding its mall in Melaka, Malaysia into an e-sports hub and would be issuing new shares to raise S$5 million to fund this development.

Shares of the property developer rose 6.7 per cent, or S$0.003 to S$0.048, as  at 9.36 am, with more than 13.5 million shares changing hands.

The volume of shares traded continued rising, crossing over 18 million transactions after  10 am, making it the fourth most active counter in early Wednesday trade.
 

No married deals were recorded in early trade, according to ShareInvestor data.

The Catalist-listed company announced before market opened that it will be rebranding Elements Mall in Melaka into an e-sports hub, comprising hotel accommodation, as well as an e-sports arena which has livestreaming and other facilities for professional players.

To fund this new business strategy, the property developer said in a bourse filing that it will be raising S$5 million by issuing close to 122 million new shares, at S$0.041 per share.