Billionaires vow to become charity fund-raisers

Tan Sri Vincent Tan (left) and Tan Sri Dr Lim Wee Chai (centre) sharing their experience in charity efforts at a seminar at Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Malaysia in Kepong.

IN THE not-so-distant future, if you see two men looking like billionaires Tan Sri Vincent Tan and Tan Sri Dr Lim Wee Chai walking down the street with an empty can begging for money, you should not doubt your eyesight.

One of them will be the older version of the 65-year-old Tan, who controls Berjaya Group. The other will be 59-year-old Lim, the chairman of Top Glove Corporation Bhd – the world’s largest glove manufacturing company.