Lim Goh Tong - Death

Death

Lim Goh Tong died on 23 October 2007, at Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC). He is survived by his wife Puan Sri Lee Kim Hua, and their six children and 19 grandchildren. His body was buried at Gohtong Memorial Park at Gohtong Jaya on Monday 29 October 2007.

• The Black Eyed Peas who were performing on the night of October 26 in Genting Arena of Stars paid tribute to Lim Goh Tong during their concert. “A man died recently who was responsible for the place where we are today. I’d like to ask for a moment of silence to honour his life and legacy,” will.i.am said in his tribute.

More than 20,000 people, including royalty, Asia’s rich and famous, politicians, friends, business allies and members of the public paid tribute to Goh Tong in their own ways. They either attended the wake, sent wreaths or penned messages of sympathy.

Among those who paid their respect to Lim were

• Dato' Seri Ong Ka Ting (then Chairman of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)

• Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi (former Prime Minister of Malaysia)

• Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak (former Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Malaysia; current Prime Minister of Malaysia)

• Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali (Former First Lady of Malaysia, representing her husband Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad)

• Tan Sri Dr Saleha Mohd Ali

• Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir (Daughter of Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali)

• Tengku Puan Pahang Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah Sultan Iskandar

• Genting Group and Resorts World Bhd deputy chairman Tun Hanif Omar and his wife Toh Puan Hamidah Abdul Hamid

• CIMB Bhd Group chief executive Datuk Nazir Razak

• YTL group executive chairman Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay and his wife Puan Sri Tan Kai Yong

• HSBC Asia chairman Vincent Cheng

• HSBC Malaysia CEO Irene Dorner

• Puan Sri Christine Khir Johari

• Tun Musa Hitam

• Foxwoods Resort Casino Tribal Chairman Michael Thomas

More than 1000 wreaths received from all over the world are being displayed 300m along the entrance of Gohtong Villa. Among the many Corporate entities sent wreaths and condolences included Las Vegas Caesars Palace, Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau, Stanley Ho, and the Government of Fujian province where Lim was born. Asia’s second richest man, Li Ka Shing(He is now first), sent a personal condolence note to the bereaved family, offering words that perhaps best captured the essence of who Goh Tong was.