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MDS Exco Members

President
Sharon Siddique  
Sharon, 67, has been an academic, a business consultant, and of late a shop owner for low vision products for the past four decades. She was first diagnosed with myopic macular degeneration at the age of 30, shortly after the birth of her second daughter. The condition was mercifully stable for the next 25 years ago, when she developed cataracts, a macular hole, and a retinal detachment in her left eye.  Two vitrectomies later, her condition has stabilized again, and she is taking advantage of relatively good vision to pursue her various interests.

Secretary
Peh Shing Huei  
Shing Huei, 39, is a journalist with The Straits Times. Myopic macular degeneration first struck him in 1999, when he was in his final year at the National University of Singapore. He has lost count of the number of haemorrhages over the years, but despite wavy lines and some blur patches, his vision remains stable and he continues to lead an active independent life doing the three things he enjoys the most: drive, read and watch football games.

Treasurer 
Lee Soo Mien
Soo Mien, 59, mother of two teenagers, is also suffering from myopic macular degeneration. It causes a macular hole to develop in one eye which had to undergo a vitrectomy in late 2007. She is working in a laboratory at NUS.

Committee Members

Member
Kym Ong
Kym, 37, suffered from myopic macular degeneration after the birth of her second child. She went through Photodynamic Therapy and currently works in a private investment firm where she deals with spreadsheets and numbers daily. She continues to carry on her life like before, playing with her children, blogging and practising yoga regularly.

Anny Leow
Anny, 69, is a trained nurse, who currently specialise in clinical eye research and counselling in various medical problems. She suffered a retina tear in her left eye in the early 1980s and was treated with Laser. Her right eye also had a retina tear in 2004 and was also treated. She has been the co-chairperson in the Singapore Visioncare programme of the Singapore Women's Association since 1990.

Lim Hsiu Mei
Hsiu Mei, 75, was a former Administrative Service officer. She was with the civil service for almost four decades and her last appointment was as deputy secretary at the Ministry of Community Development. She is now a board member with the National Council of Social Service and honorary secretary at the Dover Park Hospice. She has a macula hole.

Adviser

Associate Professor Au Eong Kah Guan, medical director and senior consultant eye surgeon at the Singapore International Eye Cataract Retina Centre.

To register for MDS events, call Anne at 6238-7387 or e-mail Sharon

For donations, please contact Kym Ong

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