Loke Wan Tho was born in Kuala Lumpur in 1915. His father, who ha come there in 1858 with no means, was one of the richest men in the country by the time Loke was born. Loke went to school in Switzerland and then the Cambridge University where he read English Literature and History, and the London School of Economics, returning to Malaya just before the start of World War II. Fleeing from the Japanese in 1942, Loke suffered severe burns and temporary blindness ...
