Catherine Wu, the Taiwanese music star who acts as the ‘eyes and ears’ of City Developments Limited’s Kwek Leng Beng

Dr Catherine Wu and CDL executive chairman Kwek Leng Beng at GeekCon in Singapore in May 2024. - Photo: Geekcon

SINGAPORE: The mood in the hotel ballroom turned awkward when Dr Catherine Wu walked in.

At a major function organised by property group City Developments Limited (CDL) in 2024 was Cecilia Kwek, wife of Kwek Leng Beng, the octogenarian executive chairman of CDL with whom Dr Wu is said to have “a long relationship”.