Ground Zero

Shing Huei Peh

Chapter 14 in Strictly Business:The Kwek Leng Beng Story, 2023, pp 142-151 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The moment the second plane crashed into the World Trade Center in New York on September 11 in 2001, Kwek Leng Beng knew the world he had lived in in the past 60 years would change forever. Travel would never be the same again, hospitality would be shaken at its roots and thick red lines would be drawn between civilisations. Business and development, especially his, would have to adapt to a brand new normal. What he did not bargain for was the possibility for tragedy to hit a lot closer to his home and heart…

Keywords: Kwek Leng Beng; Hong Leong Group; Hong Leong; Singapore; Millennium Hotel; Millenium Hotel; 9/11; The Plaza; authorised biography; CDL; City Development Ltd; Donald Trump (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L2 L21 L26 L85 M1 M13 M16 R3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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