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                    [ArticleID] => 1511439
                    [Title] => Love’s sweet memories
                    [Summary] => 

Dr. Elton See Tan, chairman, president and CEO of the E-Hotels Group, and his beautiful Korean wife Carolyn celebrated their silver wedding anniversary with a sumptuous dinner at home shared with their children, relatives, close friends, and guests who flew in especially for the occasion.

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The worsening traffic problem in the country may have caused too much incovenience to the commuting public but on a positive note, it has benefited the motorcycle industry.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1213316 [AuthorName] => Carlo S. Lorenciana [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 623323 [Title] => Kris Aquino, Willie Revillame, Hayden Kho & how to make a comeback [Summary] =>

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail. — Confucius

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 363115 [Title] => Weather-weather friends and human fortunes [Summary] => A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he is a worthy target for the arrows of fate. – 17th century French writer Francois de La Rochefoucauld

How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is. – German philosopher Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

[DatePublished] => 2006-10-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 338085 [Title] => Henry Sy’s climb up his personal Mt. Everest [Summary] => Everest for me, and I believe for the world, is the physical and symbolic manifestation of overcoming odds to achieve a dream. –Tom Whittaker

The question is inevitable: can the recent inauguration of the country’s biggest shopping mall complex and the possible Banco de Oro merger with Equitable PCIBank by rags-to-riches taipan Henry Sy Sr. help catapult him to the No. 1 position as the wealthiest entrepreneur in the Philippines (ahead of "Tobacco King" Lucio C. Tan)?
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133750 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 318892 [Title] => A billionaire’s puppy love and tricks we can learn from dogs [Summary] => If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you;
that is the principal difference between a dog and a man
. – Mark Twain

A dog has the soul of a philosopher. – Plato

[DatePublished] => 2006-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 298650 [Title] => Poetry for true success [Summary] => Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.  – Plato
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133750 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 248550 [Title] => Asiaworld, Sta Lucia tie up on bay project [Summary] => Asiaworld Properties Philippines Corp. (APPC) and Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Inc. have entered into a P1.5-billion joint venture project to develop an eight-hectare property inside Asiaworld City near Manila Bay into a prime residential subdivision. [DatePublished] => 2004-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 159744 [Title] => Lucio Tan: Taipan, billionaire, and now author [Summary] => Shanghai, China–Has Lucio Tan become the world’s first billionaire to co-author a philosophy book? Is this one way for him to distance himself from the controversies of Philippine politics? Shying away from the local media limelight, "rags-to-riches" taipan Lucio C. Tan has nevertheless recently been appearing in foreign media. Forbes magazine of the US this year again ranked Lucio Tan as one of the world’s top billionaires and the wealthiest in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 153809 [Title] => Tycoon Tan Yu dies in Texas, 75 [Summary] => The famous poor boy from Bicol, who overcame incredible odds to reach the zenith of international business success and gave thousands of college scholarships, has passed away.

Philanthropist and real estate entrepreneur Tan Yu died last Tuesday in Houston, Texas due to heart failure. He was 75.

His body will be flown to Manila shortly and his remains will lie at his residence on 16 Guirayan and Palansa streets in Sta. Mesa Heights, Quezon City. Tan Yu was founder of the KTTI Foundation and Asiaworld Internationale Group.
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