Friday October 26, 2007
Goh Tong a great Malaysian, says Abdullah
PM pays last respects to Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong
GENTING HIGHLANDS: Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong’s success story is a great inspiration for young people, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
“He worked as hard as a coolie and he had said he was the number one coolie in his company,” said Abdullah, adding that Lim, who came to Malaya to start a new life as a young man, had succeeded “beyond imagination” and became a great Malaysian.
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Sad occasion: Abdullah expressing his condolence to the family of the late Genting Group founder. |
Abdullah, who arrived at 6pm, spent an hour there. Lim’s sons, Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay and Chee Wah, accompanied Abdullah for a tour around the home.
Photographers were also allowed to snap pictures of certain parts of the villa, giving a rare glimpse into Lim’s house.
The sons took Abdullah to a balcony in the villa, a spot where Lim had loved as he could look at a koi fish pond below.
Abdullah also penned his remarks in a book placed beneath a giant oil portrait of Lim.
Lim died on Tuesday, at the age of 90. Kok Thay said his father died at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre where he was admitted two days previously.
Dubbed the “Casino King,” Lim arrived in Malaya in 1937 after a 10-day voyage from China with only US$2 in his pocket. He persevered to become one of the richest men in the world.
In 1968, he founded Genting Bhd, which was granted the only casino licence by the Government. The funeral will be held on Monday.
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