Ong, for one, complains about encountering deep prejudice from both intellectuals and artists on his many trips overseas.
He also asked the film-makers to donate to a charitable foundation set up in Ms Ong's name, include a credit for Ms Ong and put a statement on its website and DVD release making it clear that the Ong family did not endorse torture, which is depicted in the film.
But in this case, it was Ong who was fighting for shareholders' rights and a Singapore government entity that was pushing the merger.
Han Ong, regional strategist for Salomon Smith Barney in Hong Kong, says Malaysia had been regarded as a defensive play due to its currency controls and closed current account during the recent global equity meltdown.
More mergers is likely to mean more opportunities for disaffected shareholders like Ong.
For his part, Ong wasn't so much against the idea of the merger, as he was in favor of a higher price for the Vickers shares.
Ong previously was a consultant at Accenture for eight years before quitting to backpack around the world for a year.
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"Some stalls are known as the best simply because they have had that reputation for years, " Chris Ong, foodie extraordinaire and hotel owner, said.
Where Ong is hailed as a standard bearer for innovative theatrical landscapes and high art, Glen Goei has forged ahead in a slightly different direction.
Among them: the fact that the Singapore government has long been a formidable campaigner for good corporate governance, while Ong has been something of a buccaneering tycoon.
The company originally started out as a Groupon for gourmet foods but eventually shifted to the subscription model after seeing interest in samples Ong was sending out.
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Ong, who was diagnosed as suffering from lymphatic cancer in 1992, chose instead to run in the first elections for the presidency the following year.
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