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A Man, His Bikes and His Great Generosity A man, his bikes and his great generosity He was a man who landed in Malaysia penniless, but left behind a legacy — besides a huge fortune. LEE KENG FATT talks to family and friends of "Mr Honda" Tan Sri Loh Boon Siew who remember only too well how he touched their lives. HE came in a small boat on a perilous month-long voyage from China with his mother, younger brother and if cousin in 1929. He was penniless, illiterate and 13 years old But in time. Tan Sri Loh Boon Siew would walk the streets with the rich and powerful. Starling as an ap- prentice motor me- chanic, he became the richest man in Penang through sheer hardwork and, as some say, great fore- sight and conviction. It was his uncanny business instinct that made him what he was — the "King of His father, Loh Huay Chai, and mother, Saw Kit. Boon Siew travelled With his mother Motorbikes'', "Mr Hon- from China in 1929. da" and, later, a philan- thropist.. That's how Boon Siew is known to all and rich or poor, came from other sundry — the man who ethnic communities or had obtained the Honda deal- more or less potential. ership from Japan. "This hook comes at an Op- Enterprising as he ever He never treated people portune moment to refresh was. Boon Siew went on to our. memories of Boon Slew set up a string of busi- differently because they were and the inspirational tale of his nesses through his invest- triumph over seemingly im- ment company, Oriental rich or poor, came from other possible obstacles. Hoildings. "It also serves as a timely re- He had diversified in- ethnic communities or had minder lo younger Malaysians terests in the manufac- that there arc no substitutes ture and sale of Honda ve- for hard work, perseverance hicles, manufacture of au- more or less potential. and the caring attitude that tomotive parts, property made our nation what it is to- developmental hotels, lo- day." cally and in Australia and Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Boon Siew!s second daugh- New Zealand. ter, Datuk Loh Cheng Yean, 'There is no doubling that said it took her two years to the illustrious Boon Siew. compile, the book with Flower who died in his sleep at the and Lim. age of 79 in February 1995, is close friends and business as- newspapers Kwong With Yit "It was my idea to come out very much a legend. sociates, presents an overview Poh and the Star, the story of with the book as I wanted to People still remember him of Boon Slew's early struggles Bayview International and his keep my father's memories fondly, says Raymond Flower, and his professional achieve- contributions, to charity; and alive," she said in a telephone who co-authored the biogra- ments. the building of Lam Wah Ee interview from Singapore. phy, Tan Sri Loh Boon Siew — It includes his earliest days Hospital. Flower is no stranger to The Life end Times of a Fire as a sinkhek (new guest) in Prime Minister Datuk Seri Penang, having stayed on the Dragon, with Winston Lim. Penang, his initial business Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, in island for 16 years. The book, published in both ventures, the years of the his message in the book, ''I asked whether it was okay English and Mandarin, will be Japanese occupation, the be- wrote: "Boon Siew was a real and interesting to have a book launched' at Boon Siew's ginning of the Boon Siew friend to Malaysians from all on my father and Flower Bayview Hotel George Town group of companies, the story communities, not just because replied 'absolutely'! by Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Honda Motor in Malaysia of his many contributions in "I realised my father musst Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas and Southeast Asia. cash and kind, but in his deeds have encountered numerous on Thursday. The book also touches on as well. people in the course of his life, The biography, based on the growth of Oriental Hold- "He never treated people but I never imagined people interviews with his family, ings, the revitalisation of the differently because they were would still want to talk about physician Lee Hack Teak, who grown up in Penang hearing used to work at the Lam Wah stories about his generosity Ee Hospital, which Boon Siew but never imagined that I'd ex- helped establish. perience it." "The gangsters knew him Life was no bed of roses for too well not to harm him." Boon Siew when he arrived in Except for an attempted ex- Penang. having to sleep in tortion by a group of gangsters filthy stage buses every night from out of town, he never felt at the riverside of Prangin threatened. Road and squatting by the But there was this humor- roadside, eating plain por- bus episode with a bank that ridge and salted vegetables. thought that it knew Boon He persevered, and from Siew too well — it rejected a cleaning buses he eventually cheque issued by Boon Siew owned a fleet of them through because the signature was the now defunct Penang Yel- 'forged'. low Bus Company. "Boon Siew used to sign his But the most interesting cheques in Chinese charac- episode must surely be how ters, bearing his full name," Boon Siew obtained the Honda Lee remembers. dealership. "His surname Loh has a He was on holiday in Osaka 'horse' character in it, but with friends from Penang and having no formal education. Taiwan when he saw a young Boon Siew struggled to sign man riding a Honda motorcy- his name and ended up scrib- cle." bling the 'horse' character He bought 12 of them — without its four legs which be- Honda Dreams, Cubs and came his trademark signa- Benlys — and shipped them ture." back to Penang. He realised later on that, the From selling the first 12, four legs were missing and du- Boon Siew went on to sell 20, ly corrected it when he issued then 50 and 100 machines and his next cheque only for it to be eventually to become, the sole rejected by the bank. distributor for Honda motor- "From then on, he decided cycles in Malaysia. tpkeep his original signature," Boon Siew had six children Boon Siew married his second wife, Ong Lay Wah, in 1942, says Lee, now the Pengkalan — four girls and two boys. His during the early days of the Second World War. Kota state assemblyman. marriage to Oh Guat Sim gave Boon Siew was a thrifty him his first daughter, and his The book about his life was the idea of his second daughter man, but he never hesitated to marriage with Ong Lay Wah Datuk Loh Cheng Yean. help others in heed. blessed them with the rest. "Yes, when I was a recre- He appointed all his daugh- him after all these years. charitable and help those who ation manager at Bayview ters as directors when he 'In fact, collaborating on are less fortunate, and that, is Beach Resort then, I injured formed Boon Siew Sdn Bhd in this biography has brought Why we set. up a charily in his my back badly while on duty," 1957 as he believed that they back so many memories. name to help fund education said Winston Lim. should all have a fair share of "But the one thing that will for students." "For two weeks, it was touch the family fortune and, later always characterise my recol- Such was his reputation as a and go whether I'd walk again on. his sons-in-law as well. lections of my father is that, in man of the people that even and I was advised to have an Neither did he forget his his later years, family and gangsters and kidnappers — operation on my spine. best friends whose children he good friends were most im- who were very active a few "I couldn't afford it.. The also brought into his group of portant to him, not his busi- decades ago — had a healthy general manager informed companies. ness, notmoney or social sta- respect for him. Boon Siew who said he would Datuk Syed Mohamad Aidid tus. "He did not need a team of pay for the whole treatment if was one of them. "He was always reminding heavily armed bodyguards necessary. "Boon Siew acted as my us that in life one must be trailing him," says Chinese "I was flabbergasted. I'd mentor in many ways." says Syed Mohamad. "I used to call him Ah Pek, a fatherly figure so to speak... Working for him, I learned much, especially about deal ing with life's unexpected blows and about leadership, integrity and ethics. "He may have gone for so Name: Loh Boon Siew many years now, but I always Place of birth: Chiah Cheok, Fujian province, China feel like he is still around... continuously giving me guid- Year of birth: 1916 ance." Father: Loh Huay Chai Datuk Oon Choo Khye, the former managing director of Mother : Saw Kit Kwong Wah Yit Poh, also re- Eldest brother: Loh Seong Stew members Boon Siew fondly. "I shall always regard Boon Sister: Loh Lun Siew as my mentor. He taught Younger brother: Boon Chuan me not only about running a business but also how to man- Wives: Oh Cuat Sim, Ong Lay Wah age talented people success- Daughters: loh Ean, Cheng Yean, Phoy Yean, Gim Ean fully." One contribution to the peo- Sons: KarBee, Kah Kheng ple of Penang, which also in- Favourite food: Char koayteow, lor bak, nasi kandar, KFC volved a lot of other citizens, was the establishment of the Favourite tidbits: Roasted peanuts Lam Wah Ee Hospital.
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