Nobody cares when a peasant dies.
That's because peasants do nothing to improve the world so when they die nobody gives a shit.
Nobody cares when a peasant dies.
What the fuck does this has to do with everybody? Everyday there are people dying.
Rest assured when a peasant like you dies, everyone will walk pass without batting an eyelid. :oIo:
This i also agree haha.
But since human life is measure by money, if the person is richie rich, any media will keep harping on it.
Metro should give shoppers a one-day discount of 76%, so that shoppers can shop themselves in a frenzy as a tribute to the recently departed retail boss.
Metro
Founded 1953 in Surabaya, Indonesia
1991, reopened in Jakarta, Indonesia
Founder Ong Tjoe Kim
Headquarters Singapore, Singapore
Area served
Singapore
Indonesia
Key people
Winston Choo Wee Leong (Chairman)
Jopie Ong Hie Koan (Managing Director)
Owner Metro Holdings Limited
Website www.metro.com.sg
www.metroindonesia.com
Metro is a Singapore and Indonesia based chain department store selling cosmetics, apparel and fashion accessories. Founded by Ong Tjoe Kim in 1953, Metro currently has 13 outlets located across Singapore and Indonesia.
you plastered his career.. in the end.. nobody gives a fuck too..He is just another human being who just die..
sold its 27% stake in Ngee Ann City too early.
worth much much more today.
The Group owned 27% or about 400,000 square feet of lettable retail and office space at Ngee Ann City. Ngee Ann City, a 8-storey, 3-basement retail podium and twin 27-storey office towers, is widely accepted to be one of the most prestigious shopping centres in Singapore. Eighty-eight percent of the retail space was leased to an anchor retail tenant, which manages the popular Takashimaya Shopping Centre on these premises. Completed in 1993, the Metro Group’s 27% interest in Ngee Ann City was sold in 2003.
Mr Jopie Ong age 76 has just passed away after he had a fall in his bathroom.
RIP my friend.
58 years ago, I saw you sweeping your store front five-foot way at High Street, Singapore. That was how you started back then. Time, indeed flies. Whatever path we take leads to the same ending. RIP Joop.
He owned his own gambling ship Sun Cruises (got burnt down).
Very colorful character goes around town in his Bentley.
Metro
Founded 1953 in Surabaya, Indonesia
1991, reopened in Jakarta, Indonesia
Founder Ong Tjoe Kim
Headquarters Singapore, Singapore
Area served
Singapore
Indonesia
Key people
Winston Choo Wee Leong (Chairman)
Jopie Ong Hie Koan (Managing Director)
Owner Metro Holdings Limited
Website www.metro.com.sg
www.metroindonesia.com
Metro is a Singapore and Indonesia based chain department store selling cosmetics, apparel and fashion accessories. Founded by Ong Tjoe Kim in 1953, Metro currently has 13 outlets located across Singapore and Indonesia.
Casino hopefuls spend millions just to bid - Saturday 12th of March 2005
EVEN before the first dice are thrown, the bidders for the proposed Singapore casino could have spent
about $20 million on their proposals
One local bidder is said to have spent more than US$1 million (about $1.63 million) on his proposal, say sources.
This includes not only his time, but those of architects, draughtsmen and the scale models that were submitted with the bid.
'Being serious bidders, we have to hire architects, draughtsmen, experts and others to stand out from the crowd. These things don't come cheap. Just the scale model will set you back a couple of hundred thousand grand,' said a local bidder.
Other bidders are also likely to have spent around that amount each, added the sources.
With 19 bids said to have been submitted at the end of last month, the money spent so far could add up to $20 million.
'And this is money that has to be spent regardless of whether we win or not. If we are unsuccessful, the money just goes,' added the local bidder.
Among the bidders are some of the world's biggest casino and resort operators.
The Government will decide on 18 Apr whether to allow an integrated resort that includes a casino on either Marina Bay or Sentosa Island.
There is some speculation that it might even approve casinos on both sites.
Most operators appear to prefer the Marina site as its mainland location makes access much easier.
Among those believed to have submitted proposals are:
Las Vegas' Harrah's Entertainment which has put in two bids with Keppel Land
Singapore's CapitaLand in partnership with MGM Mirage and South Africa's Kerzner International for
different sites
Eighth Wonder, Malaysia's Genting International and Star Cruises
Melco International with Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd
New Century Group
Sun International, Tabcorp and Wynn Resorts.
There is also talk that Malaysian tycoon Quek Leng Chan has put in a bid for the Marina parcel and that Metro Holdings chief Jopie Ong submitted a bid with hotelier Ong Beng Seng.
The two unrelated Ongs once jointly owned a casino in Queensland.
The Metro boss also used to run casino cruise ships through the Metro subsidiary, Sun Cruises, from Singapore. The cruise ship venture ceased after its flagship, Sun Vista, sank in the Malacca Straits, 50 nautical miles south of Penang, in 1999.
SEVERAL BIDDERS
Each of the bids is said to involve an investment of at least US$500 million with several bidders said to be willing to splurge up to US$2 billion for an integrated resort facility including hotels and conference halls.
This despite various restrictions, including an entry fee of $100 each time or $2,000 a year for Singaporeans. The casinos also have to ensure that at least half their income are derived from non-gaming operations.
Harrah's, now completing the purchase of Caesars Entertainment, has said that if it wins the bid, its Singapore venture will be its largest ever investment.
Its buyout of Caesars will make it the world's largest casino operator.
Its Singapore proposal is said to be worth some US$2 billion.
The Business Times reported that South Africa-based hotel and gaming company Peermont Global also submitted a bid and that it was looking at investing more than US$2 billion if its proposed plan is accepted.
That amount will be spent solely on the Marina site, which Peermont is looking at.
That these contenders are willing to spend such huge amounts points to the enormous returns that casino operators hope to realise.
American investment banking giant Merrill Lynch has estimated that a mega resort here will bring in $3.4 billion a year in revenue, add $1.4 billion to the Government's coffers in taxes annually, and provide an immediate stimulus for the construction and tourism sectors.
Hindsight is always 20/20.
He probably divested and the money reinvested into other profitable ventures.....dun forget metro is property player in China.....went in early way before many others.
Jopie also co founded hour glass and Komoco motors among others....the man obviously has good business acumen.
casino junkets love him .
Not just in the past. Right up to his death. Big roller in all the casinos around the world. Womanizer as well.