High honour: Leung (centre) receiving his award from Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Looking on are (from left) Asli CEO and WCES chairman Tan Sri Michael Yeoh, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and WCES patron Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew.
HONG KONG: Former Hong Kong chief executive C.Y. Leung reminisced about his vacation to Malaysia in the 1970s, recalling the sea breeze and the idyllic drive along the old trunk roads.
During his lifetime achievement award acceptance speech, he regaled the World Chinese Economic Forum (WCES) guests here about his drive from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore on narrow country roads, following patiently behind slow-moving timber lorries.
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