Sub-committee Members of SOPA Awards
Zoher Abdoolcarim
Zoher Abdoolcarim was appointed Asia Editor of TIME International
in June 2008. One of Asia's most well-known and experienced journalists,
Zoher has traveled the region, as a reporter and editor, for more
than 25 years. He joined AsiaWeek in 1980, and spent a total of
16 years there rising through the ranks to managing editor. When
AsiaWeek ceased publication in 2001, Zoher moved over to TIME Asia
as a senior editor.
From 1993-1996, Zoher was the Economics Editor and Assistant
Managing Editor at Asian Business, a Singapore-owned business magazine.
He has also had reporting stints as a foreign correspondent in Indonesia,
Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines.
An ethnic Indian, Zoher was born and raised in Hong Kong.
He holds a Journalism Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
and lives in Hong Kong with his wife and son. Zoher's family has
been in Hong Kong since the 19th century. He becomes TIME's first
Asia editor who is a native of Hong Kong.
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