Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong
Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong
Tuesday October 23, 2007
Genting founder dies
PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong, founder and honorary life president of Genting Group, passed away at 11.20am Tuesday at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre.
The tycoon, who turned 90 in April this year, was renowned for his vision in transforming Genting Highlands from an unexplored hilltop to one of the world’s most successful casino resorts.
The fifth child in a family of seven children, Lim migrated from China’s Fujian province in 1937 at the age of 19 with only a small suitcase and US$175.
The idea of a hill resort was chanced upon by Lim amidst the crisp air of Cameron Highlands in 1964. Lim was then working on a hydro-electric power project at the popular hill resort, patronised mostly by British colonials seeking cool refuge from the tropical heat, when he foresaw a prosperous Malaysia of the future desiring a cool mountain holiday resort within the reach of all Malaysians.
To date, Genting Highlands Resort has five hotels and two apartment blocks at the hilltop and Awana Genting Highlands Golf and Country Resort.
The company, founded in 1965, has since expanded and diversified from its initial hotel and resort activities to plantations, properties, paper manufacturing, power generation, oil and gas, electronic commerce and information technology development under Genting Group.
According to Forbes Asia, the Genting Group founder was third richest in the country with a net worth of US$4.3bil (RM14.6bil).Lim is survived by wife Puan Sri Lee Kim Hua, and their six children and 19 grandchildren.
Wednesday October 24, 2007 (The Star Online)
Goh Tong dies at 90
KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong, the founder of the Genting Group and one of the world’s richest men, died Tuesday. He was 90.
His son Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay said his father died at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre where he was admitted two days ago.
The funeral will be held on Monday.
“On behalf of my family and the Genting Group of companies, it is with great sadness I announce that my father and the founder of the Genting Group of companies passed away peacefully at 11.20am this morning.“He was not ill. It was due to old age,” he told reporters at the hospital.
Pn Sri Lee Kim Hua (Wife)
Sitting with him at the press conference was his sister Lim Siew Lian. Goh Tong’s wife Puan Sri Lee Kim Hua and several other relatives were also at the hospital. At 5pm, an ambulance with Lim’s body, led by two police cars, left the hospital.
At 6.15pm, it was seen passing through the checkpoint at the entrance to his home GohTong Villa at GohTong Jaya, a township halfway up Genting Highlands.
A convoy of eight cars ferrying family members followed the ambulance.
At the GohTong Memorial Park where Lim will be buried, a hearse picked up an empty coffin at 6.30pm and headed towards the house. A simple ceremony was performed at the hill before the hearse left.
Kok Thay: Said his father died at SJMC at 11.20am yesterday.
The park, which sites a mausoleum for the late tycoon, is about 1km from Lim’s residence.
Mausoleum caretaker Kua Seng Kee declined to talk to pressmen and barred them from entering the site.
Pressmen were also denied entry to Lim’s residence.
About a dozen policemen were present to ensure that only those invited could go through the first security checkpoint of three before the house, taking down details of people in the cars.
Cars passing by the road to the GohTong Sports Centre nearby were also asked to turn back.
Meanwhile, condolence messages and tributes poured in from political and business leaders in the country and overseas.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi described Lim’s death as a great loss to the country and all Malaysians while MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said he was an exemplary figure to all Malaysians.
Lim developed the popular hill resort of Genting Highlands and founded the Genting Group which comprised listed companies on the Bursa Malaysia as well as the Singapore and Hong Kong stock exchanges.
He was ranked 204th on the Forbes 2007 list of billionaires worldwide and his life has always been seen as a classic “rags to riches” story.Born in 1918 in China’s Fujian Province, Lim came to the then Malaya when he was 19.
BunGa masuk kan Sisipan berita akhbar The Sun…Mengenai seorang tokoh dan jutawan di Malaysia.. Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong..
Genting Group Of Companies, ni antara client BunGa.. Genting mmg byk ank syarikat nyer.. Kalo nak di kira, hampir mencecah 100 buah syarikat, resort , hotel , casino, tmn tema dan mcm2 lagi laa.. Itu ape yg BunGa tahu, aset yg BunGa xtahu, agak nyer lebih dr itu agak nyer.. Skang ni pun BunGa tgh sbok buat bill utk Genting Group..
Goh Tong, ni mmg kaya raya.. Kalo tgk income dye sebulan, berjuta-juta-juta RM..
Pagi ni di Ofis, kitorang bercerita mengenai dye.. Hmm bagaimana seorang yang tak punye pendidikan yang tinggi boleh berjaya sebegitu ruper.. Datang Ke Tanah Melayu pada thn 1937 waktu itu berumur 19 tahun berbekal kan hanya US$175.
Bayang kan lah, mengikot Majalah Forbes Asia, yg BunGa tahu, majalah ini adelah majalah yg akn citer pasal ekonomi, org2 terkaya di dunia, artis terkaya, atlit terkaya, company terkaya jer semua nyer.. Genting Group tu merupakan company ke-3 terkaya dlm negara kita ni menjana pendapatan UD$4.3billion bersamaan RM14.6 billion.. Wah!! Batak Rabit toll laaa!!! Beranak2 duit dye tu kan..
Dalam dok bercerita pasl dye, terselit jugak laa pasal tokoh2 jutawan mcm Bill Gates, Donald Triumph, Owner Honda n Naza , Dato ‘ Yusof Haslam.. Diorang tu sume tak punyer pendidikan yang tinggi.. Tapi boleh berjaya dan jadi kaya raya! Fu~yooohhhhh!!
Kater kawan BunGa berbangsa Cina kat Opis ni pada BunGa.. "Actually haa, when we see once people success in their life, it’s come from opportunity, luck, hardworking n never give up’
Hati BunGa tertanya2 dr dulu lagi.. Mcm mane org tak pandai boleh berjaya dan jadi kaya raya.. Dan org yg cerdik pandai akhir nya bekerja ngan org yg tak pandai tadi.. Lalu BunGa bertanya pada member opis ni Si Kak Aza ‘ Kak, sape yg pandai skang nie ha? Org yg tak pandai tu ker, atau org yg pandai tu haa?? ‘ Kak Aza menjawap soalan BunGa dengan kekek kan gelak yg terbahak2..
‘Da, kiter pun boleh jadi mcm diorang, sbb kiter pun tak pandai gak kan??’ Jawap Kak Aza dalam saki baki gelakan nyer..
Hmm moral nya nak cari duit, BunGa teringat pulak pada seorang usahawan kerepek2 kat TV1 mase hari raya hari tu, Tak silap BunGa name company nya, Maju Rezeki.. Dye kater nak cari DUIT mesti :
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D~Doa yang berterusan.
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U~Usaha yang berpanjangan
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I~Ikhtiar bersungguh2 tanpa rase letih, tnpa rase lelah dan putus semangat
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T~Tawakal setelah dah buat semua tu tadi..
Dan kiter kena berani tanggung risiko utk berjaya.. Betul tak?? Renungan utk para sahabat, kiter pun boleh berjaya jugak.. Itu yg sentiasa BunGa ingat kan diri BunGa selalu.. Walaupun org kater BunGa xpandai, blaja tak tinggi mcm sepupu2 BunGa yg lain, anak2 kawan ayah yg lain, yg hebat2 tapi BunGa tanam Azam nk berjaya lebih dr diorang semua..
BunGa selalu pujuk diri sendiri.. Walaupun tak berpendidikan tinggi.. Kita boleh berjaya.. Lantas teringat kata2 member opis tadi.. Opportunity, Luck, Hardworking n Never Give Up.. Dan DUIT…
NotaHati: Cayok2!!!
~BunGa
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