WILL BRICS HOST WHD?
20 FEBRUARY 2026

I have maintained my stand in regard to my name because I refused to be structure by society, I was very confident that people would judge me based on my character and not by my new name “’Sunflower”. But how wrong I was, when in 1990 I represented Permasteelisa an Australia sub-contractor based in Sydney, to tender for the curtain-walling project in Suntec City?

I have learned from others that all the consultants, especially Mr. Robert Heintges and DP architect were not happy with me because in their professional eyes with a name “Sunflower”, means I was not a serious person. (If you were involved in tendering a project worth about $200million, I supposed the name was a liability but if you were involved in a charity show of flower arrangement then I guessed this name will be an asset.) Moreover, I was not a technical person; therefore, they said that I was not qualified to represent Permasteelisa. (As though they got the right to decide!)