Pengasas Genting Highland Meninggal Dunia
October 24, 2007
Topik hari ini saya rasa patut dikongsi kepada semua. Mungkin ada diantara anda tidak menyedari hal berita kematian pengasas Kumpulan Genting yang juga terkenal dengan gelaran taikun pusat perjudian, Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong pagi ini.
Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong telah menghembuskan nafas terakhir di Pusat Perubatan Subang Jaya (SJMC) kerana sakit tua.
Beritanya anda boleh baca di sini.
Apa yang ingin saya kongsikan dengan anda disini adalah, mengenai kejayaan mendiang menjadi sembilan rakyat negara Malaysia sebagai The World’s Billionaires oleh majalah Forbes bagi 2007. Terakhir, mendiang di senaraikan sebagai individu paling kaya dengan menduduki tangga 204 dalam senarai dunia dengan nilai harta RM14.28 bilion (AS$4.2 bilion), di belakang Tan Sri Robert Kuok (ke-104) dan T. Ananda Krishnan (ke-119).
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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.
Grief: Lim’s widow Puan Sri Lee Kim Hua was at the hospital
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.
Kok Thay: Said his father died at the SJMC at 11.20am yesterday
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.
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.
Genting Founder Lim Goh Tong Dies at 90 After Illness (Update1)
By Stephanie Phang
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) — Lim Goh Tong, who built a hilltop casino in Malaysia and turned it into Asia’s biggest publicly traded gaming company, died today. He was 90.
The founder of Kuala Lumpur-based Genting Bhd. and Malaysia’s third-richest person, died peacefully after a short illness, his grandson, Justin Leong, said by phone.
Lim, who started out selling vegetable seeds in China, built Malaysia’s only licensed casino, risking his life and facing bankruptcy along the way. He created what is now Malaysia’s eighth-largest listed company, with interests in gaming, hotels and cruise lines from the U.K. to Hong Kong.
“He’s a legend,” said Tan Kai Hee, group managing director at Hai-O Enterprise Bhd. and a council member of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia. “He’s an impressive entrepreneur who went through very difficult and challenging times in building his business.”
The Genting group is constructing Singapore’s second gaming resort and includes Resorts World Bhd., which operates the casino in Malaysia. The combined stock market value of the assets, including interests in oil palm plantations and property, surpasses $22 billion, according to the company.
Lim was born in the mountainous Anxi county in China’s Fujian province. He was named after the parasol tree, considered auspicious among Chinese, by his maternal grandfather, who hoped the name would bring him good fortune, Lim said in his 2004 autobiography. Forbes in May put his wealth at $4.3 billion.
Vegetable Farmer
His father’s death forced Lim to leave school and start selling vegetable seeds to support his family at the age of 16. In 1937, he left China for British-controlled Malaya, as the country was then known, where he became a building contractor.
During the Japanese occupation of Malaya from 1941 to 1945, Lim survived on vegetable farming and petty trading, before switching to dealing in hardware and scrap metal trading, on which he started to build his fortune. Lim, who narrowly escaped being killed by the Japanese during the occupation, said in his biography his brushes with death made him drive himself harder.
After the British returned to Malaya at the end of World War II, Lim benefited from the post-war reconstruction. He bought used machinery tendered after public projects were completed and sold them at higher prices.
Lim, who didn’t speak English and had no knowledge of engineering, also ventured into mining and construction. His experience “and a little layman common sense” helped him succeed, he wrote in his autobiography.
`Against All Odds’
Enjoying the cool mountain air of a hill station while working on a hydroelectric project in 1963, Lim came up with the idea of building a hilltop resort nearer to Malaysia’s capital of Kuala Lumpur. The plan stunned friends and fellow contractors, who warned Lim, then 45 and a successful businessman, against it.
“The Genting project basically fitted my idea of an ideal business,” Lim wrote. “No one was interested in it, which meant no competition. I took the plunge against all odds and held on steadfastly.”
He spent seven years developing Genting, laying a road and building a hotel on a 1,800-meter (5,900-foot) hill outside the city. Failing to lure others to join, Lim invested all his money in the project without getting any returns in the seven years it took to build.
“At one stage, I was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy,” he wrote.
`Falling Trees’
Lim had support from the government of Malaysia, which gained independence from British rule in 1957. The Malaysian government permitted him to pursue the project and subsidized the road. It also gave Genting a casino license, renewable every quarter, and a six-year tax break for the resort business.
During construction, Lim almost lost his life at least six times from falling trees, driving mishaps and a landslide, according to his autobiography.
Genting, which means “atop the clouds” in Mandarin, is a complex of hotels, themed casinos, amusement parks, shops and restaurants. The resort attracts more than 18 million visitors a year.
“Besides being a tremendous individual achievement, Lim’s success in developing Genting Highlands from virgin jungle into a world-class resort reflects Malaysia’s economic progress in the last four decades,” former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said in his foreword to the tycoon’s biography. “Even without the advantages of higher education, he has proven that nothing is impossible.”
Lim married Lee Kim Hua in 1944. They had three daughters, three sons and 19 grandchildren, according to his biography. His second son, Lim Kok Thay, is Genting’s chief executive officer.
Kok Thay succeeded his father as president and CEO in 2002, before becoming chairman in December 2003. Genting needed to become a “global corporation,” Kok Thay said when he replaced his father as chairman in 2003.
owh.. jutawan genting was died
takziah utk ahli keluarga & sanak saudara mendiang
moga judi juga akan menemui ajalnya dibumi malaysia nih…
Setuju..!
saya pun setuju! boleh ke Malaysia buat?
kalau casino genting tutup… ekonomi malaysia akan runtuh..sebab sebahagian besar ekonomi malaysia bergantung kepada casino di genting… lain kali, sila guna otak sebelum membuat apa apa komen.
itula hang…mengaji ekonomi xabih..
negara kita xperlukan casino la beb.Negara kita ada minyak darat dan minyak laut..ada gas lagi…kita xperlu nak bergantung kpd cukai dari syarikat casino tuh…
dan satu hakikat yang perlu kite terima,malaysia sbenarnya boleh maju lebih dari apa yang kite kecapi arini kalau x MEMBAZIR dan takdak RASUAH…
percaya la ckp aku…xkan slama2nya nak bergantung kpd casino kot…aku duk lama kat jepun ni xjumpa 1 casino pun…maju jugak negara jepun nih…
dah tiba masenye..
salam takziah wat keluarga mendiang..
kenapa? takleh tutup ke? cuba try blackout kat sana selama sebulan. kita tengok berapa lama casino tersebut boleh bertahan. siapa lagi yang nak pergi ke sana?
siapa yang kaya kecuali keluarga casino tersebut aje. bleh buat filem casino genting pula selepas ini.
ada formula kekayaan dengan judi? selalunya ramai yang kalah dengan judi dan merana.
masalahnya kenapa banyak juga bantuan diberikan oleh tokei judi tersebut kepada masyarakat malaysia? bila nak tutup?
kenapa tak tolong mereka yang terperangkap dengan ahlong? tak terfikir nak tolong agaknya berkenaan mereka yang terperangkap dengan ahlong?
casino tu tutup lagi bagus dari diburu oleh ahlong. tutup judi tutuplah bisness ahlong kawan weiiiiiiii…
deep condolence to his family
Negara malaysia bisa maju sepesat ini karena adanya ksino di highland, seharusny kita ber terima kasih kepada mr.lim yang membuat malaysia punya potensi wisata dan pusat perjudian di Asean yang tentunya mendatangkan banyak manfaat bagi negara ini..
Pikirkan saja berapa banyak orang yang mendapat pekerjaan karena beliau dan juga amal yang dilakukan pihak genting group..
Jadi anda “SALAH BESAR” bagi yang mengatakan judi itu harus segera musnah dan keluarga Lim hanya memikirkan keuntungan pribadi.
MAJU GENTING,BRAVO….
saya setuju dengan allen
Hanya orang yang mahu kekalkan Casino adalah orang yang berfikiran kecil tapi punya nafsu yang besar …terlalu besar dan ganas…..
Judi tiada manfaat kepada manusia walaupun ianya memberikan pekerjaan yang besar kpd masyarakat kampung tapi sumber gaji dan kehidupan dari yang haram pada pandangan Islam dan pandangan agama yang pentingkan kebaikan jangka masa panjang.
Tanpa judi manusia dan negara akan lebih hidup aman damai, harmoni dan lebih bahagia….
Hanya orang yang tidak berfikir dgn matahati sahaja akan membenarkan judi berada di negara ini…..
apa pun, kita lihat kembali kepada sejarah kegemilangan goh tong yang perlu dicontohi ramai. semangat mendiang dengan berbekal wang poket tidak sampai USD200 bekerja di Malaysia, menjadi kontraktor kecil dan akhirnya membina empayer dalam pelbagai industri.
Orang banyak kenal mendiang kerana kasinonya di Genting, sebaliknya banyak lagi projek yang dibuat antaranya jambatan di Kelantan, empangan di Johor dan diakui mendiang banyak membantu negara memacu ekonomi.
Saya cuma tidak setuju dengan perniagaan berunsur judi, yang lain saya tabik mendiang!
Genting Group founder Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong was laid to rest at Gohtong Memorial Park located some 600m from his residence, Gohtong Villa, at 1.18pm Monday.
His wife Puan Sri Lee Kim Hua, six children and 19 grandchildren, accompanied by friends, politicians and dignitaries gathered at Gohtong Villa before Lim made his final journey to the memorial park.
MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting was among the 10,000 people who turned up for the funeral ceremony.
There were eight eulogies paying tribute to Lim and his perseverance, philanthropy and humility.
At Genting Hotel, staff pay their final respects to Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong before the cortege is brought back to the memorial park.
The hearse carrying Lim’s coffin and the funeral procession later went on a last goodbye journey, passing several places on the hill which were significant to the late Lim.
There were brief stops for short prayers at the memorial park, the Chin Swee Caves temple and Genting Hotel, where thousands of employees came out to pay their last respects.
The burial at 1.18pm was a private affair for family members only.
The funeral on Monday ended five days of wake beginning last Wednesday after Lim died at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre.
Over the past five days, more than 20,000 people, including royalty, Asia’s rich and famous, politicians, friends, business allies and members of the public had either attended the wake or sent wreaths and words of condolence.
The wreaths lined up the road to Gohtong Villa, stretching a distance of more than 1km.
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beb,ada kasino tu macam mana?semua orang akan judi ke?uncle tak dorong atau paksa kita judi,disebaliknya uncle juga nasihat ramai supaya jgn judi seperti yang kita dapat tau kat surat khabar kebelakangan.so,i tak agree yang ada kasino kat genting,ramai akan derita dan susah,itu terpulang dari apa segi pandangan kamu saja faham?little boy.difahami kat kl sini pun mempunyai banyak bangunan tinggi dan konda,tak kan semua orang nak lompat?!kita orang kenala pakai otak sikit,kalau tak,karat nanti.hahahaha
MR. LIM GOH TONG IS A GREAT MAN.
pandai cakap awak semua.tak pandai keje.
saya tengaok awak semua nak senang hidup tapi tak nak keje.
awak semua senang bagi komen tapi tak tengok siapa sebenar awak ni.
dari pada begaduh tengok negara jiran kita, mereka cari duit sampai kat negeri orang.tak malu ker awak ni………..mereka kuat keje nak hidupi anak istri.tak payah banyak cakap pasal jalan rezeki orang lain.cari jalan rezeki awak sendiri.hidupi keluarga awak.
orang cemerlang melihat apa yang mereka pelajari dari orang yang sudah berjaya.
sebaliknya orang yang gagal sentiasa cemburu dan dengki akan kejayaan orang lain tetapi tidak ingin memajukan diri sendiri.
ambil contoh mendiang tan sri Lim Goh Tong sebagai inspirasi untuk kita terus berjaya dalam apa juga yang kita impikan.