SINGAPORE — Howard Shaw Chai Li, the grandson of the Shaw Organisation founder, was charged with drink driving on Thursday (Feb 16), the third time since 1997 he has been hauled to court for this offence.

Shaw, 46, was allegedly found with 88 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath — more than double the legal threshold of 35 mcg/100ml — while driving along Whitley Road at 3:45am on Jan 31.

Shaw is the son of Mr Shaw Vee King, who is the eldest son of Shaw Organisation founder Runme Shaw. According to Linkedin, he is the senior vice-president of corporate social responsibility at Halcyon Group, a Singapore-based industrial holding company. Prior to that, he was the executive director of the Singapore Environment Council.

This is his fourth brush with the law. In 1997 and 2006, he was convicted of drink driving, and in 2012, he was jailed three months for having paid sex with a minor.

Given his past record, he could be given an enhanced sentence, with a maximum fine of S$30,000 and a jail term of up to three years.

Shaw was represented by Mr Terence Tan of Robertson Chambers in court. No plea was taken, and he returns to court on March 30.