'When working at the YMCA, I used to have my drinks at the mamak stall, next to the China Press building, and see 'the giant' of this man passing by, to and from Siew Dor flats.'

Harris J Possible: I offer my condolence to the family of my late friend, MGG Pillai. Genga, as I know him, was a warm friend after I met him in the Balai Berita bookshop at a shopping complex somewhere in Jalan Bukit Bintang in 1982. We were by coincidence browsing the magazine section. He started the conversation and asked me how I was. He stated he knew my dad from his days in Johor Bahru and had met him recently and along the way encouraged me to study in the UK, where I remain today, though I'm still a Malaysian.