CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
THE LAW
Our country has many lawyers.
We have the judges, the advocates and the solicitors.
I am not a lawyer.
A BANKER
As a former banker I studied 'Law of Banking' which does not qualify me to be a lawyer.
In 1963, after knowing that I was offered a scholarship for a degree that I was not interested in, I left school and went to the Ipoh golf course on a Wednesday morning and looked for an opportunity to be a caddy for one of the week-day golfers.
The golfer happened to be Mr. Charles McGregor the regional manager of The Chartered Bank in Ipoh.
Charles asked me as to the reason that I was not in school as it was not a weekend and also not a public holiday.
I replied that I was on the golf course, and not in the classroom, for the same reason that he was not in the office on a Wednesday morning when he should be in his office and it was not a public holiday.
He was happy with my reply and asked me whether I would like to be a banker.
When asked, he defined a banker as a man who studies law but not enough to become a lawyer, studies economics but not enough to be an economist and studies accountancy but not enough to be an accountant.
I said that I am not interested in having 'not enough' education in any subject. But I was inquisitive as to what a banker does.
When Charles said that a banker deals in 'MONEY' my eyes opened up and I said, 'Yes, I am interested in having money.' After all that was the reason I worked as a part-time caddy as I need money to support myself.
In 1963, after knowing that I was offered a scholarship for a degree that I was not interested in, I left school and went to the Ipoh golf course on a Wednesday morning and looked for an opportunity to be a caddy for one of the week-day golfers.
The golfer happened to be Mr. Charles McGregor the regional manager of The Chartered Bank in Ipoh.
Charles asked me as to the reason that I was not in school as it was not a weekend and also not a public holiday.
I replied that I was on the golf course, and not in the classroom, for the same reason that he was not in the office on a Wednesday morning when he should be in his office and it was not a public holiday.
He was happy with my reply and asked me whether I would like to be a banker.
When asked, he defined a banker as a man who studies law but not enough to become a lawyer, studies economics but not enough to be an economist and studies accountancy but not enough to be an accountant.
I said that I am not interested in having 'not enough' education in any subject. But I was inquisitive as to what a banker does.
When Charles said that a banker deals in 'MONEY' my eyes opened up and I said, 'Yes, I am interested in having money.' After all that was the reason I worked as a part-time caddy as I need money to support myself.
