Funeral procession to draw 5,000 people

GENTING HIGHLANDS: More than 5,000 people are expected to follow the cortege of Genting Bhd founder Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong today.

The funeral procession will comprise family members, friends, business associates and well-wishers.The three-hour procession will start at 10am from Hotel Gohtong Jaya, about 2km from Gohtong Villa, and will end at the Gohtong Memorial Park.Prior to the procession, a private funeral service for family members, registered guests and non-governmental organisations will be held at Gohtong Villa from 7.30am to 9.30am.

During the private service, eulogies for the late tycoon will be given by MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, Genting Bhd group deputy chairman Tun Hanif Omar, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation chairman Michael Thomas, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman president Tan Sri Ng Lay Swee and Tan Tat Chin of Tung Shin Hospital.

The cortege will leave Gohtong Villa at 9.30am, and family members and guests following the cortege from Hotel Gohtong Jaya will walk to the memorial park located 600 metres away.There, religious rites will be performed before the cortege heads for the Chin Swee temple as a sign of respect to the Chin Swee deity. The deity had apparently appeared to Lim in a dream and encouraged him to press ahead with the development of Genting Highlands Resort.

The cortege will then proceed to the Genting Hotel where all the company’s staff, led by Resorts Bhd president Lee Choong Yan, will bow as a sign of respect.The procession will then double back to the memorial park for the burial.Roads leading from Gohtong Jaya to the Genting Highlands Resort will be closed from 9am to noon today.

The New Straits Times