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Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong’s widow, Puan Sri Lee Kim Hua, leaving Subang Jaya Medical Centre yesterday.
KUALA LUMPUR: The man who built a city "atop the clouds" and created a US$4.3 billion (RM14.6 billion) gaming and leisure empire has died, his accomplishments a testament to the Malaysia Boleh spirit.
| Members of the press waiting outside Subang Jaya Medical Centre, where Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong passed away yesterday. |
| Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong’s children, Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay and his sister Lim Siew Lian, announcing his death at an impromptu press conference in Subang Jaya Medical Centre. |
"He passed away peacefully of old age," said Kok Thay, making the announcement at the SJMC lobby.
Kok Thay is Genting's chairman.
Flanked by his sister Lim Siew Lian, Kok Thay said their father had been admitted two days earlier.
He worked his way to becoming a contractor, and helped build the Cameron hydroelectric dam in 1963.
It was then that he conceived the idea of building a highland resort close to Kuala Lumpur. Genting in Mandarin means "atop the clouds".
Obtaining the country's only casino licence, he turned the Genting Highlands resort into a sprawling empire that owned casinos in the United Kingdom, hotels and the third-largest cruise line in the world, worth about RM77 billion.
Malaysia's third richest man, Goh Tong is survived by wife Puan Sri Lee Kim Hua, six children and 19 grandchildren.
Lee left the private hospital tearful and sad, about two hours after her husband's death. She was escorted to a waiting car by bodyguards who kept the waiting press away.
Security was tight on SJMC's fifth floor, where Goh Tong's body lay. About a half-dozen policemen were tasked with restricting entry to the fifth floor and the hospital's basement car park to authorised hospital personnel and family members only.
At 5.05pm, an ambulance, its windows heavily tinted and escorted by two police patrol cars, left the basement carpark bearing Goh Tong's remains. A convoy of eight cars followed.
The convoy arrived at his villa in Gohtong Jaya, just several kilometres before Genting Highlands, at 6.15pm. ed by police.
In a statement, the Genting Group said the wake would be at the Gohtong Villa from noon today to midnight on Sunday.
Those driving are advised to proceed to Awana Genting Golf and Country Resort where shuttle buses will be provided to transfer them to the villa.
Free shuttle services will also be provided from Pasar Rakyat Bus Terminal, KL and Terminal Putra, Gombak to Genting Skyway on Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 5pm.
The funeral will be on Monday. The cortege will leave the villa at 10am for burial at the Gohtong Memorial Park.
The casino, theme park, all entertainment outlets and food and beverage outlets will be closed on Monday from 6am to 6pm as a mark of respect.
By : David Yeow and Regina Lee
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