ISingapore Airlines Ltd., okuyinkampani yesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni ngenani lemakethe, ithe icubungula abantu “abaningana” abazongenela ukhetho lokuba yisikhulu esiphezulu njengoba uChew Choon Seng esayine ukuthi uzokwehla esikhundleni.
"Kusesiseni sebhodi, kodwa sengihamba ngeminyaka," kusho uChew, oneminyaka engu-64 namuhla, ngemuva komhlangano wabanikazi bamasheya eSingapore. “Kufanele ngiqhubeke.”
Amasheya eSingapore Airlines aphindeke kabili selokhu uChew, inkontileka yakhe ephela ngoDisemba, athatha izintambo ngo-2003 ngesikhathi inkinga yakwaSARS ihlasela uhambo lwezindiza e-Asia. Ubephethe inzuzo engapheli yonyaka njengoba inkampani yenethiwekhi ibhekene nezintengo ezirekhodiwe zikaphethiloli, ukwehla komnotho emhlabeni jikelele kanye nokubambezeleka okuphindiwe ekulethweni kwe-Airbus SAS A380 superjumbos.
"I-Chew inesandla esiqinile," kusho u-Rohan Suppiah, umhlaziyi we-Kim Eng Securities Pte e-Singapore. "Ikhono lakhe lokukhipha inkampani yezindiza ezikhathini ezinzima zokusebenza lihle kakhulu."
Inkampani yezindiza "isesikhathini" ukuthola ozongena esikhundleni sikaChew, kusho uSihlalo uStephen Lee. Inkampani ibheke abantu “abambalwa” abazongenela ukhetho, ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwenkampani, uthe, ngaphandle kokunaba.
Izindiza Ezingenalutho
I-Chew yathatha izintambo ku-Cheong Choong Kong ngoJuni 2003 lapho igciwane elibulalayo lokuphefumula liqothula izindiza. Ngaphansi kwe-Chew, inkampani yenethiwekhi yathumela inzuzo erekhodiwe engu-S$2.13 billion ($1.6 billion) ngonyaka ophele ngo-March 2007. Ngo-Okthoba ngalowo nyaka, yethula i-A380, okwenza i-Singapore Airlines yaba inkampani yokuqala yokuthwala indiza yabagibeli enkulukazi emhlabeni.
Inzuzo yehle yafinyelela ku-S$216 wezigidi ngonyaka odlule - okubi kakhulu eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amabili - njengoba ukwehla komnotho emhlabeni kulimaza ukuhamba. Izolo, inkampani yezindiza ibike inzuzo yesithathu elandelanayo yekota njengoba umnotho womhlaba okhuphukayo uvuselela isidingo sokuhamba.
Umthwali angase athumele inzuzo engu-S$1.3 billion ngonyaka ophela ngoMashi, ngokwesilinganiso sezilinganiso zomhlaziyi ezingama-23 ezihlanganiswe yi-Bloomberg.
Inkampani yezindiza izuze amaphesenti angu-1.8 kuya ku-S$15.02 namuhla e-Singapore, okuyinzuzo enkulu kakhulu esikhathini esingaphezu kwamasonto amabili. Amasheya akhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-0.5 kulo nyaka, asele ngemuva kwesilinganiso se-benchmark Straits Times Index sika-2.8%.
Umakadebona weminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu enkampanini yezindiza, uChew ungunjiniyela wemishini oneziqu ze-Master's of Science azithola e-Imperial College yaseLondon.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- "Kusesiseni sebhodi, kodwa sengihamba ngeminyaka," kusho uChew, oneminyaka engu-64 namuhla, ngemuva komhlangano wabanikazi bamasheya eSingapore.
- Umakadebona weminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu enkampanini yezindiza, uChew ungunjiniyela wemishini oneziqu ze-Master's of Science azithola e-Imperial College yaseLondon.
- Amasheya eSingapore Airlines aphindeke kabili selokhu uChew, inkontileka yakhe ephela ngoDisemba, athatha izintambo ngo-2003 ngesikhathi inkinga yakwaSARS ihlasela uhambo lwezindiza e-Asia.
