Proactive

Datuk Loh Boon Siew Hui

      Successful entrepreneurs must have a proactive attitude in their life .Proactive here gives meaning to be positive by framing or perform an action much earlier for pleasure during the future. Its directly to the development of a business undertaken.

         Among the entrepreneurs who can relate to this attitude, or actually have a proactive attitude is the late Datuk Loh Boon Siew. A little background on him, Datuk Loh Boon Siew Hui was born in the village, Funan county, a region that is considered the poorest in China since before. Since small, Datuk Loh Boon Siew create jobs and collect the excreta for agricultural purposes in order to increase family income.

         Datuk Loh Boon Siew migrated to Penang with his father and works in a shop mekanik. At night, he took a bus wash wage by 10 cents each with a bus. At the eighteen years old, he was often looking for opportunities for self-employed to add his income.

         By leveraging money from savings, he bought some equipment worth £ 10.00. Eight buses were repaired and renovated into a passenger bus and it turned out the way he gave the lumayan.Within seven years, Datuk Loh has 40 buses and expand the business by opening the battery and car spare parts shop.Datuk Loh increasingly expanded its business, after the second world war ended with the opening of a used car shop and become a distributor of British motorcycles.

        During 1958, Datuk Loh vacation to Japan. There he spotted a Honda motorcycle brand that has never been seen in Malaysia, then he thought of bringing in Honda motorcycles for sale. At the beginning Datuk Loh ridiculed by society as regards the motorcycle can be easily damaged. Regardless of the negative public opinion, Datuk Loh continued to promote his motorcycle. Up to 1963, Honda became the most popular motorcycles.

       Datuk Loh Boon Siew Honda has managed to place third among the largest selling car in India since three years ago .It also managed to put Datuk Loh as the richest in Penang and be among the 10 successful entrepreneurs in Malaysia. Although Datuk Loh died in 1995, his name was still comparable with other corporate members likened the proverb 'dead tiger striped leaves, leave the name of the dead man'.

      Here it can be seen that Datuk Loh Boon Siew as individuals who are committed in the field of motorsports .On the basis of his interest and commitment to succeed Datuk Loh has built the first motorcycle factory in Malaysia which is located in Mak Mandin, Penang.

      To emulate the success of the drawn Datuk Loh Boon Siew, we must have a proactive attitude in achieving success in the underlying business .It can help us raise the level of progress in business.