SINGAPORE tycoon Robin Loh, who used to run a shipyard here, passed away on Saturday after suffering from breathing difficulties on a flight to Hong Kong. He was 81.
Dr Loh had contributed significantly to the Singapore economy during its early years of industralisation, and has a road named after him.
The Shin Min Daily News reported that Dr Loh had been combating illnesses such as Parkinson's disease before he passed away.
Dr Loh was born in Indonesia and moved to Singapore in the 1950s. He started here as a taxi driver, but the self-made man managed to set up Robin Shipyard in the early 1970s as Singapore was industralising.
Other than the building of rigs and ships, Dr Loh also went into the businesses of shipping, oil drilling, banking, insurance, hotels and property
