LAST week, I had the honor of meeting Mr. Ben Yao, the chairman of SteelAsia, together with his top leaders, Rafael Hidalgo, Pek Hoong Chong, and my good friend, Bobby Batungbacal, who had the kindness to arrange this meeting. I felt so honored to have the top honchos of the biggest Filipino steel manufacturing company spend a few hours of their very important executive time with me.