WKW said
"We come into this world with nothing on our backs and we will leave with nothing... Before we leave, we return to society what it has given us. We try to treat every person as a human being."Ex-President Wee Kim Wee, 1915 - 2005
"Death is the leveller of all things - whether one is rich or poor, beautiful or ugly, famous or unknown, successful or a failure in life, at death we are all equal."
Ex-President Wee Kim Wee, 1915 - 2005, narrated by Pastor Quek.
This 2 are the quotes that I pick up on ST print edition that I subscribe to at home.
This quotes are from a modern man who once held the highest office in Singapore and yet often choose to interact, encourage, shower concern to hawkers, students, nurses; common people that he takes the trouble to reach out to.
When he left the President office back in 1992, I read that his aides and staff in Presidential office were shedding tears on the last day, especially the police escorts that escorted him home on the very last day. I told my gf then (wife now) that this man must be a kind and caring man, for his subordinates shed tears of sadness on his last day in office.
When my children studied about Singapore's ex-presidents, I will tell them what Dr. Wee Kim Wee did and did not.
posted by the spear carrier @ 5:44 PM
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