The death of Henry Sy on Jan. 19 was met with lamentations of two very different kinds. First, it was the end of a long and productive life of a man who represented what is often regurgitated as the Filipino dream: work hard enough, and you’ll rise out of poverty and take your family with you. Through the hard work of an enterprising mind, a humble store became an empire of malls and property development, a household name. He himself was said to remain humble and a true family man, even as he had climbed steadily to the ranks of the richest Filipinos since the 2000s.

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