Capitalism, politics and despair: Banyan Tree’s Ho Kwon Ping goes On the Record

In excerpts published from his latest book Asking Why, SMU Chairman and Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings Ho Kwon Ping shared his interesting life journey which is filled with ironies – from being a political detainee to being later invited by the People’s Action Party to run as a candidate – and how he transformed from a radical student activist to becoming the founder-chairman of SMU.