Just three examples (out of many) include his important work in support of the 1984 UK striking miners and working as Director of War on Want, established by the late British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson.
Francis also co-founded with his wife Swee, and their -- and my -- friends, Pamela and Major Derek Cooper who spent the summer of 1982 with Janet Lee Stevens and with me in West Beirut, Medical Aid for Palestinians. Francis served as MAP's Vice Chairman from 1984 to 2007, while also donating his time and abilities to numerous other charitable works.
Francis' passions included writing, especially articles, poetry and songs, photography, and drawing. He possessed a particularly unique skill, as explained by his niece Melissa, currently doing her residency in surgery and using the medical term "eidetic memory" in describing her uncle's photographic memory, that gave Francis the ability to recall images, sounds or objects as well as dates with remarkable precision.
Francis Khoo lived a full and valuable life and left this world a better place because of his lifelong labors for justice. Those of us who were honored to know Francis Khoo Kah Siang and who share his commitment for the liberation of Palestine and the full return of her six million refugees will pay him tribute by continuing his work for peace and justice.
This includes advocating in Lebanon and internationally for the end of the politically motivated excuses from Lebanese politicians and religious leaders, across a wide spectrum, who continue to counsel a go slow approach, after 63 years, for the implementation of even the most elementary, morally and legally mandated civil right to work and to own a home for Lebanon's quarter million Palestinian Refugees.
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