Dr Foo Ong Pin

It is indeed extremely sad to learn that Dr Foo Ong Pin has passed away this morning at 1.40am succumbing to pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his wife Yang Soon Peng and their two daughters.

You may know him as the child specialist in Subang Jaya Medical Center. He also has a clinic in Damansara Jaya.

Dr Foo was my schoolmate a few years my senior. He was my mentor. At one time I used to visit him on a regular basis to his room on top of the coffee shop cum hotel in Jalan Bukit Bintang owned by his father. I was then perhaps 13, 14 years old. I was particularly impressed with his personal library of books spanning a wide range of subjects.

I was under his care and another mate when I went on my first hitchhiking trip to Fraser's Hill when I was 12 years old. We were in the 10th Kuala Lumpur Air Scout Troop then, Methodist Boy's School Kuala Lumpur.

I have some recent photos of him at the last 2 school functions he attended. I shall try to locate them and post them up.