A dedicated, successful couple who wanted to see young orphans given proper shelter, food, and education so as to be useful to society when they grow up. To their surprise, many of these orphans came back to contribute to the orphanage by giving free tuition and donations to the home, and one, Alan Tan, one of the pioneer in the orphanage, came back from overseas to work in their company, which achieved global recognition from just a family business.

Tokman graduated from the University of Malaya (BA), Kuala Lumpur, in 1967 and from University of Buckingham (Law), England, in 1989 and worked in both the public and private sectors until retirement, now making a living as full-time writer.