A shot at equality for persons with disabilities in the corporate world


Thomas Ng of Genasthim and his employees. Rep: Kenneth Chaw

One entrepreneur shares how he has opened up more employment and business opportunities for persons with disabilities. 

As a child, Mariecell Fornis always had a clear vision of what she wanted to be when she grew up: she’d be clad in a neatly pressed office suit with a laptop bag swung over one arm, her high heels would click the pavement as she got into her car and drove off to work – every bit the part of a successful corporate woman.

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