I must say, the Japanese soldiers were stupid. Many of their actions made no sense. They really believed, like Hitler's Nazis, that they were a super… - Robert Kuok

He would start a business, lose money, close it and start another. That would make money for a while, and then the cycle would repeat.

Father was almost always short of cash. He borrowed money to start new businesses, only to see them fail. The tide of the Depression was against him, but he didn't realize it. He did not have enough education to sense that the tide was coming to drown him, and that he should take evasive measures and run to high ground like some of the wealthier, better-educated businessmen of Singapore, Penang and Malacca.

Having all the cash suddenly siphoned out of a company is like draining all the blood from the body.