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Article: Time out with. . . TAN SRI DATUK LIM KOK WING

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Rachael Philip
New Straits Times
01-01-2006
Time out with. . . TAN SRI DATUK LIM KOK WING
Byline: Rachael Philip
Edition: New Sunday Times

RACHAEL PHILIP spends some inspiring moments with educationist, communicator Tan Sri Datuk Lim Kok Wing.

It's tough getting Tan Sri Datuk Lim Kok Wing to talk about anything else besides his calling. The man whose name has been illuminated as educationist, communicator, philanthropist and innovator, is a serious person.
So it took some trying on my part to interject his train of thought and pose the following questions in quick succession.

Who cuts his hair? It turns out that the task falls on his wife Puan Seri Tessie Weller Lim's hands.

And manicures ...

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