From carwash boy to businessman and philanthropist


All smiles: Lion Club’s secretary Willis Tang Li Chinn taking a ‘welfie’ while Tan donates blood during a charity event in Melaka.

MELAKA: He was once a carwash boy in shabby clothes, but now he attends Lions Club events in a suit and tie and gets addressed as “Mr President”.

Automobile dealer Simon Tan Chee Haw, 37, said he started cleaning cars in Cheng here as a 17-year-old.

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