Orphaned at age three, Mr Eng Liat Kiang rose above the hardships and struggles he faced to become a prominent businessman and leading pillar of the Teochew community in Singapore.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Orphaned at age three, Mr Eng Liat Kiang rose above the hardships and struggles he faced to become a prominent businessman and leading pillar of the Teochew community in Singapore.He was 101.Mr Eng was born in 1919 in the rural area of Linxi, Chaozhou in China's Guangdong province. After his parents died, his older brother and sister brought him up, teaching him Chinese classics like the san zi jing .
While the income was meagre, it sparked the beginnings of an entrepreneurial spirit which he would carry for the rest of his life. In the 1970s, Mr Eng started venturing into land development and real estate. Noticing the industrialisation taking place in the nascent landscape of Singapore, he also quickly shifted his business to sell cement.
Summing up his father's legacy, the elder of two sons said his late father lived by three key values: diligence, thrift and mental fortitude.
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