Vincent Tan and Robert Kuok, so what? What about the everyday Chinese, Jui Meng slams Dr M

PKR leaders slammed former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad for "rubbing salt into the wound" when he insisted that the New Economic Policy had benefited the Chinese, and then pointed to tycoons such as lottery-king Vincent Tan and sugar-king Robert Kuok.

"The average Malaysian Chinese survived and thrived in spite of Mahathir, the BN and the NEP, and not thanks to them or Vincent Tan or Robert Kuok. And these guys know it. As Francis Yeoh once said, even they had to give back 30% to the BN. But it is the ordinary Chinese youth who had to sweat and toil the extra mile just to be successful. Job opportunities are closed to them, so are places in schools and universities. Many have no choice but to go to Singapore and then be labelled as betrayers back in their homeland," PKR vice president Chua Jui Meng told Malaysia Chronicle.


Robert Kuok's son, Kuok Khoon Ean born in 1955 married Kuok Cheng Sui and holds Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Economics from University of Nottingham, England. His other son, Kuok Khoon Ho is the Chairman of the Kuok Brothers, born in 1951 and holds Bachelor of Commerce degree, from McGill University, Canada.
Robert Kuok's brother, Tan Sri Dato' Philip Kuok Hock Khee a Malaysian Ambassador to Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany, Yugoslavia, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemberg and Denmark was born on 18 May 1921 and attended the College of Agriculture, Serdang and later to the University of Malaya with a degree in Economics. Tan Sri Philip married Eileen Kuok and had two sons and two daughters, he died on 16 December 2003 and was awarded with Netherlands award of the Grand Cross of the Order of Orange Nassau, and decorated with Dato' Sri Paduka Mahkota Johor (SPMJ), Dato' Paduka Mahkota Johor (DPMJ) and Panglima Setia Mahkota (PSM).