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Boon Tong's professionalism at work and helpfulness are hard to conceal. People who had worked with him would easily recognise and point out these traits, so it is unnecessary for me to share further.
As a friend, his sincerity is clearly evident in his acts of kindness, humility and his patience in sharing information and knowledge with me. Quick-witted and ever so creative with his answers, he always leave me impressed and laughing uncontrollably. His resilience and how he triumph through the adversity in his life time after time, are also what inspires me.
A friend ever so kind and so concerned. I feel blessed to have.
Thank you, Boon Tong. | | | | Sophia Lin.Mumpreneur I am so jealous of his boss! I wish to have someone like him in my work team too! Hahaha! We are very fortunate to have him as our family financial advisor. We are a big family with four kids and he is really patient to take the trouble to help go through and review each and every of our policy.
Boon Tong is an extremely kind man who never fail to go the extra mile to service us clients with professional advices despite not earning a cent. He is so so passionate in helping people and definitely not one who will hard sell you policies which he can make the highest com!
We are always very touched by his little gestures of kindness. An easy-going, responsible and trustworthy advisor whom we can work with! | | | | Sougata Chandra.VP (2).UOB Group Here I want to share my insights about Boon Tong aka BT – he has many traits, but the one which shines above all is his helpfulness and eye for details.
I have known BT since 2014, and he hasn’t changed a bit! He is someone who is always eager to help, lend an ear, and always thinks about making things better. His way of doing things is his signature style – he presents things with meticulous details yet simple to understand – going an extra mile is something we can always expect from him.
For example, when we were discussing about getting a few insurance plans for me – he spent hours to discuss my wants and needs, and the following day, he presented me with plans detailing every information that I would need to know so that I can choose what I would. He even got it printed and in a binder, so that I can take my own time to go through it and decide what I would choose.
I have met and worked with a numerous professionals in the same domain experience as BT – and unsurprisingly he is far better than anyone I know of – he passion, his willingness to help, his ability to explain complex items in the simplest way possible is something uniquely his style – and these traits are class apart.
It has been my absolute honour to have been associated with BT, whom I consider to be among my closest friends and will highly recommend his services to anyone who might be looking for help regarding their healthcare needs and insurance wants. | | | | Vivian.Project Manager.StarHub Ever since Boon (Tong) has became my family trusted Financial Advisor, he has helped me turned the numerous pages of policies into much more digestable information in his own efficient way. I came to better understand what I have been holding and lacking.
I remember him comparing the vast variety of policies in the market to be just like as food menu options – there's no one policy that suits everyone. Therefore he makes the effort to get an understanding from us to hear what are our needs as priority, then analyse for us as unique individuals, then guide us accordingly. His sincere dedicated approach has distinctively differentiate himself from the experiences we had with others.
His highly innovative character coupled with previous technical domain knowledge, also enabled him the capability to reliably analyse financial planning with us using his self developed powerful customisable analytic tools. This has proven to save me from 2 depreciating investment accounts from sinking further.
In short, I'm grateful to have him as my family Financial Advisor, the best Financial Advisor I know of by far and wish him well in this career ahead! | | | | Say Wee.Data Analyst.Oracle Corporation Singapore I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for being with us these 2 years, giving us advice on insurance and investments.
Boon Tong has been very helpful to go through my family’s policies and give his unbiased advice, helping me to finance my family’s insurance coverage better, and remove unnecessary or duplicate coverage.
He is always very patient to listen to our queries and explain not once, but many times to me and my wife. We would take up almost 3-4 hours of his time for each session and we really appreciate what he is doing to help us.
Even with this recent COVID-19 lock down in May 2020, he hosted a Microsoft Teams meeting to walk me through some essential knowledge on investments when we cannot meet in person.
He is a very hardworking person, and knowledgeable in the realms of investment analysis. He will always prepare a detailed summary of the policy after my purchase, which I can reference to easily.
Boon Tong is dependable and trustworthy, and I am proud and fortunate to have him as my advisor. | | | | Elizabeth Elisha Chan (Managing Director) Kueh Ho Jiak As I was writing this testimony on Boon Tong's Wall of Trust, it brought me back memories of the past & when we first met with his wife. We have known each other for more than 6 years. He was a very kind, polite & honest guy.
He always gives others trust & without doubts, I know that he was a man of integrity through his actions & personality.
I know that he would also put others first before himself if he had to make a choice.
That's how kind, this friend can be.
I'm thankful & blessed to have known this friend of mine.
A man of integrity & trust.
Thank you, Boon Tong. | | | | |