MY KOPERASI YEARS

From 1984 to 1987 , I became the Hoklian Koperasi finance(Koperasi Jasa Raykat) Branch Manager at Jln Taib, Pontian. I was the Secretary of the Youth Section of Hokkien Association Pontian and also the State Hokkien Liason Committee. I worked very closely with the Youth Leader Mr Ka Boon Seng, a successful second hand car dealer. We would organise a lot of activities and run all over Pontian and Johor campagning for koperasi membership drive.

I was married in 1984 and at the end of 1987, I had three kids, one son and two daughters. The koperasi finance business had to cease when the government freezed all nationwide koperasi activities in 1987. 1987 was also the year of the economic storm which affected the South-east Asian countries. Economy was slowdown greatly. I was thrown out of job and had to hunt for job high and low. Finally, through a friend's recommendation, I saw myself landed in the retail line, taking the post of supervisor at Parkson Grand Departmental Store in Holiday Plaza, Johor Bahru.That was in November,1987.
The job in Parkson would took away yet another of my seven golden years, before I resigned finally in 1994.
I would tell in my next post some of my Parkson days stories..........