[Obit] The man who made my shoes as a kid

I think most if not all Singaporeans of my generation wore his shoes as children. The ubiquitous slogan was "First to Bata, then to school."

( Thomas John Bata, 1914-2008 )

We were motivated by the knowledge that our enterprise was providing an entire region with new, previously unknown advantages, that its growth was contributing to the wealth and the education of the nation.