Hmm lets start off with an intro:
Born in 1918 in Anxi, a mountainous county in southeastern Fujian province, China, Lim Goh Tong is the fifth child in his family. His dad is Lim Shi Quan and his mother Goh Ban. He has an elder brother, three elder sisters, a younger sister and a younger brother. Lim was born into a rustic environment in a village, during that time, China was in a period of turmoil and unrest after the Xinhai Revolution , but life was relatively sheltered for Lim in the village. He grew up peacefully and had the opportunity of studying in school. However, disaster struck and his father passed away when he was 16. Lim was forced to leave school and being the oldest son, he had to take over the heavy burden of feeding his family.As China’s situation was becoming worse, Lim Goh Tong decided to take the plunge in venturing out to Malaysia (known as Malaya at that time) following his cousin’s footstep. He left China through Xiamen in early February 1937 at the age of 19. He worked for his uncle as a carpenter in the first two years, learning the Malay language in the meantime. After gaining experience he went on to become a building sub-contractor and completed his first job of building a two-storey school. He returned to Anxi in 1940, but went back to Malaya the next year amidst deteriorating war environment.
Source : wikipedia
At 89 ++ Uncle Lim passed away today at 11.20 A.M at SJMC his also expecting his birthday at april next year tat would be his 90th birthday , and I was in the waiting room waiting to take my MUET exam -.-….
Another point that I personally know that he conducts his meetings in hokkien its like wwaahhh… CEO speaks hokkien in meetings o.0 but anyway his is still so darn successful….
Btw his daughter owns midvalley megamall
PS : thanks for building GENTING bye bye uncle lim for now
