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‘I want to get things done’: Billionaire Kwek Leng Beng on why it’s better to work hard and talk less

The Hong Leong Group and City Developments executive chairman, whose biography is out, tells executive editor Sumiko Tan that passion and experience speak louder than words in business.

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Hong Leong Group and City Developments executive chairman, Kwek Leng Beng is one of Singapore's most successful businessmen. He tells ST executive editor Sumiko Tan about his drive to achieve, his management style, and what he learnt from his father.
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Billionaire Kwek Leng Beng is notoriously impatient.

He is also known to arrive very early for meetings, and expects others to be early too. Appearing 20 minutes before the stipulated time is not uncommon for him.

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