A group of journalists interviewed Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) President Dr. Henry Lim Bon Liong, an industrialist and also hybrid rice seedling technology pioneer who graduated with an engineering degree from University of the Philippines (U.P.) and studied also at Harvard Business School. He is also chief convenor of the Filipino Chinese Community Calamity Fund, a coalition of major Filipino Chinese cultural, civic and business federations which has raised and donated over P300 million pesos worth of medical supplies, foods and other reflief goods all over the Philippines during the recent pandemic crisis. Here are excerpts of his candid interview.
FFCCCII Pres. Dr. Henry Lim Bon Liong
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