Like most business travellers, Yoh-Chie Lu would stay in a hotel whenever he came to Singapore for work. Unlike other travellers, he did that for over 30 years. Finally, the chairman of heart stent-maker Biosensors International has decided he's had enough of living out of a suitcase.
"I am spending more time in Singapore and with a permanent base, my family can come visit too," he says. His wife, Kimino, and their two younger daughters, Raena and Yuka, live in the United States, and visit at Christmas. Eldest daughter, Julie, who manages her father's investments and assets, lives with him in Singapore. The family knew what kind of home they wanted to have: not a bungalow because that would require high maintenance, but "something cosy and easier to maintain that would suit our living style," says Mr Lu.
Whereas he would spend about three weeks each time in ...
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