“You have to have a dream, whether big or small. Then plan, focus, work hard and be very determined to achieve your goals.”  

Those were Henry Sy Sr.’s words which, in a nutshell, summarize his remarkable success story that had its beginning when as a 12-year-old boy, he arrived in the Philippines with nothing but the shirt on his back and 10 centavos in his pocket, armed with a strong resolve to become a businessman in order to make a better life for himself and his family. This was his aspiration as a child in Fujian province in south China. 

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