Douglas Foo

Dato' Seri Douglas Foo Peow Yong PBM BBM (Chinese: 符标雄; born 1969) is a Singaporean business executive and former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP).

[1] He is the founder and chairman of Sakae Holdings Ltd;[2] as well as Singapore’s Non Resident High Commissioner to Tanzania[2] and appointed representative to the ASEAN Business Advisory Council.

[8][11][12] Foo had originally planned to study Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), but decided to switch course to Business administration.

[13][15] Before his National service enlistment, he worked various jobs including taking turbine readings for engineers at the Seraya Power Plant, relief teaching at Pin Yi Secondary School and as a baker at Délifrance.

[8][14] After finishing his university education in Australia, Foo returned to Singapore and joined Tokyu Group, where he worked as a marketing executive in the real estate arm of the company.

[21][22] In 2012, during an interview with radio station UFM100.3, Foo claimed that he was unable to fill 10 dishwasher positions at a salary of SGD$3,000 monthly.

[25] The incident attracted Minister of Law and Foreign Affairs K. Shanmugam and National Trades Union Congress deputy secretary-general Ong Ye Kung to express their surprise that Sakae Sushi cannot hire dishwashers at $3,000.

[25] Member of parliament Zainudin Nordin, who chairs the Government Parliamentary Committee for Manpower, praised Sakae Sushi for paying dishwashers with a salary comparable to its managers and supervisor.