The former Finance Secretary and now the countrys leading advocate of corporate governance likes the view because it reminds him of his future and, for him, its a wonderful one.
Mr. Lorenzos dad, the late Moro Lorenzo, was a great believer of sports as a molder of character. The old Lorenzo pushed all of his sons to excel in at least one sport. Given his height, Cito Lorenzo chose golf (although his handicap is truly shameful these days).
You see, Mr. Morris attended an all boys school run by some of the nicest and toughest Irish Christian Brothers (the same ones who set up the La Salle system in the Philippines) somewhere in the United Kingdom. He had to travel one and a half hours, one way, each day, to get to school because it was the only Catholic school within driving distance.
That makes Mr. Morris a La Sallite (okay, La Sallian), just like Bangko Sentral Governor Rafael Buenaventura and Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho.
Cathy Weir is taking over the job of her Hong Kong-based boss and padrino, Stephen Long.
Of course, to kick these guys out of 14 or more government offices including the Bangko Sentral, where AGILEs Francesca Baniqued and her team of seven are invariably invited to all social functions and briefings, the President will have to come up with an executive order.