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ASIAN POLITICS / SOCIETY
TRANSFORMATION FROM COLONIAL CHEMIST TO GLOBAL HEALTH AND BEAUTY RETAILER
A S Watson
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by Patrick Chiu
ASW (“ASW”), its health and beauty retail arm commonly known as “Watsons” in Asia, traces its humble beginnings back to a matshed colonial apothecary shop called the Hong Kong Dispensary (the “Dispensary”) when it was set up back in 1841. This book unlocks the secrets transformations of ASW from a colonial chemist to the number three global player in health and beauty retailing. How was ASW able to pull through each and every global or national crisis it faced in the 180 years to emerge more robust and vibrant?
Featured Contents: From Colonial Chemist
to Global Health and Beauty Retailer: 1841 – 1896: The Birth of A S Watson — Initial Public Offering and Opium Substitutes; 1897 – 1941: The End of the Qing Empire — Turbulent Sailing in Republican Times; 1942 – 1981: Japanese Occupation and Post WWII Era — Diversification and Privatization; 1982 – 1988: New Leadership — The First Leg of Geographical Expansion; 1989 – 1998: Overheating Economy — The Asian Economic Crisis; 1999 – 2001: Y2K, SARS and Dual Springboards into the UK — Powwow and Savers; Best Practice Management and the New Retail Era: The Three Britons Who Changed the Destiny of AS Watson; Li Ka Shing — “Wangdao” and From Good to Great; ASW Business Model, Sustainable and Profitable Strategies; Consumer Trending, E-Commerce, and New Retail — Delighting the Millennials & Gen Z; Temasek, India and the Post COVID-19 Era; and others.
Readership: Academics, undergraduate and graduate students, professionals, and policymakers.
200pp Apr 2022 978-981-125-152-8 US$48 £40
WHILE EAST MEETS WEST
A Chinese Diaspora Scholar and Social Activist in Asia-Pacific
by Ching-hwang Yen (The University of Adelaide, Australia)
Imbued with many traditional Chinese cultural values such as diligence, perseverance, resilience and determination, in this book, Professor Yen tells his life story of how he was determined to climb the pinnacle of scholarship. As an ethnic minority in Australian society, he devoted himself to fight for the interests of the the Chinese diaspora and help promote multi-culturalism in Australia. This book also provides first-hand source materials for the study of intellectuals, from the Chinese diaspora, studying and working in a Western university through his eyes: his initial problem of adjusting to a new western environment, his experience of cultural dislocation, the clashes of cultural values and social mores, his experience of racial discrimination, and his pursuit of academic excellence.
Featured Contents: My Ancestry and My Childhood in Southern Fujian, China (1937 – 1946); Migration to British Malaya and Early Life in the State of Pahang, Malaya (1947 – 1950); Secondary Education in the Confucian High School, Kuala Lumpur (1951 – 1956); Nanyang University Days (1957 – 1960); Early Teaching Career in Malaya and Singapore (1961 – 1964); Canberra: Post Graduate Research at the Australian National University (March 1965 – May 1968); Early Academic Career at the University of Adelaide, Australia (June 1968 – December 1988); and others. Readership: General readers.
