Henry Sy Sr. INQUIRER FILE
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Messages poured in for the country鈥檚 wealthiest man Henry Sy Sr. who was to be laid to rest on Thursday at the Heritage Park in Taguig City.
A Requiem Mass was also simultaneously officiated in all SM malls nationwide on Thursday.
LOOK: nationwide pays tribute to Mr. Henry "Tatang" Sy Sr. through a special Holy Mass.
鈥� SM Supermalls (@smsupermalls)
鈥�#ThankYouTatang鈥� made it to the top Twitter trends in the Philippines with many supporters sending their messages to the mall magnate.
One netizen with Twitter handle @jeahcallo expressed admiration to Sy, saying 鈥淓very time our teachers asked us about the people whom we look up to, Henry Sy always earned the first spot. You will always be remembered, Tatang. #ThankYouTatang.鈥�
Everytime our teachers asked us about the people whom we look up to, Henry Sy always earned the first spot.
You will always be remembered, Tatang.
鈥� Jeeyaaah 鉁� (@jeahcallo)
Another netizen @yananatencia wrote in a tweet, 鈥淗enry Sy is a true testament that hard work pays off. #ThankYouTatang.鈥�
Henry Sy is a true testament that hard work pays off.
鈥� Yana Natencia (@yananatencia)
Twitter user @Senyora, on the other hand, thanked Sy for the schools and classrooms he was able to establish.
Sa dinami dami ng schools at classrooms na napatayo ni Henry Sy at sa mga nababasa kong istorya ng mga scholars niya, ang masasabi ko na lamang ay
鈥� SENYORA (@Senyora)
鈥淪a dinami dami ng schools at classrooms na napatayo ni Henry Sy at sa mga nababasa kong istorya ng mga scholars niya, ang masasabi ko na lamang ay #ThankYouTatang,鈥� the tweet read.
Netizen @linethbgn proudly said she was a scholar of SM: 鈥淧roud SM Isko here! couldn鈥檛 be more grateful. #ThankYouTatang.鈥�
Proud SM Isko here! 馃檵馃徎鈥嶁檧锔� couldn鈥檛 be more graterful.
鈥� 饾悑饾悾鈦� 馃惎 (@linethbgn)
Another scholar @queeniejgm also paid tribute to Sy, saying 鈥淵our legacy lives on, not just through everything you鈥檝e built, but through every single scholar whose dreams are now a reality, because of you.鈥�
Your legacy lives on, not just through everything you've built, but through every single scholar whose dreams are now a reality, because of you. 鉂�
鈥� Q. (@queeniejgm)
Meanwhile, netizen with handle @jyvcrpzz shared that her first job was a human resource assistant at SM, saying 鈥淢y first job is in SM as HR Assistant. Ang laking tulong sa akin bilang fresh grad palang ako noon! #ThankYouTatang sa lahat lahat.鈥�
My first job is in SM as HR Assistant. Ang laking tulong sa akin bilang fresh grad palang ako noon! sa lahat lahat 鉂わ笍
鈥� jayvee corpuz (@jyvbcrpzzzz)
Sy, 94, died 鈥減eacefully in his sleep鈥� last Saturday, Jan. 19.
In 1946, he opened a small shoe store in Manila that eventually grew into a retail empire with 72 shopping malls that serves 3.5 million customers a day. /cbb
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Henry Sy Sr. to be laid to rest today