Millionaire is one word that is often spoken of by all the community. Oh!
How wonderful it would be if I were ever to get a million rupees and what, yes,
what would I do with it. Just let me think and make out my plans for, one never
knows when Lady Luck comes and knocks at my door and I am found napping. So let
me put on my thinking cap and start, yes start.
If I were a millionaire, would life
have to change for me? Would I spend it all on myself and my family. But, how
would I do that, I already have all that I want for a comfortable and happy
living, how and what would I add? Could then I be in a position to help others
in need, with that money, as, with a million to spare, I could render a lot of
help to several people in need. That
is the mid point would I spare it or take it as if it was my earning and cling
to it as, we all cling to hard earned money for it was to be in reality my
earning, the earning of my luck, if not my hard work. However, in better
moments I’d think I manage to fulfill all my needs with the normal income what
can I do with an extra amount of money, and that also so much of it. I know
that the desires of man are unlimited and unending. No matter how much we have,
we can never feel satiated. But God is great and He has given me the
satisfaction in as much as I have, and this money I would definitely like to
spend for the benefit of others.
I
would spend all this money as my contribution towards man’s basic needs. A
storehouse of knowledge would be constructed in the shape of a public library,
at the doors of which, poor people would get educated. This education may not
be in the form of formal kind but this education would help in making the poor,
moral and self reliant. This library would have books which, besides knowledge,
would also give the readers insight into their behaviors. I would also start
for the poor only some vocational centre where they would be taught skills by
virtue of which, they would, at a later stage be able to earn a livelihood.
The
plight of the poor sick in our country is absolutely heart rending. I would
like to ensure treatment of the urban poor in good, well established hospitals.
This would be financed by me for at least a few patients. In today’s fast moving and uncaring
society I feel that the old people have a very sad and dejected life. Old age
homes for the poor old would also find a place of priority in my list of
services I would like to render. The plight of the old makes my heart cry and I
wish I can do something for them. If I ever get a big amount of money to spare,
establishing old age homes would find place in my list of services. So, if I were to become a millionaire
these items would remain in top priority of expenditure. Why I chose these
areas of service – the cause is not far to seek – these are the areas that have
remained untouched by any one safe and they are the greatest sufferers in
today.
Lastly, I
am concerned, I feel, I may take a short holiday with my family, and that is
all I will spend on myself, as, the rest of it all, I’ve got it all. I would
love to be, of some little use to someone else, some of my less lucky,
brethren. So, if I ever become a millionaire I would spend all the money on my
comrades for, I genuinely believe they have a share in all that God gives me.
Robert Kuok Hock Nien is one of
the first Malaysian millionaire who has money up to RM 46.1 million in the bank
Intan
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