About a decade ago he opened a mall in Xiamen, China, not far from his ancestral home, taking advantage of his ties and the fact that he and all of his children are fluent in the Hokkien dialect, spoken in the Fujian province, where he was born.

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Money is in Hokkien - the earthy dialect of Singapore's street stalls and not something the crisply laundered members of the investing community are normally anxious to be associated with.

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