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Tan Sri Datuk
Tiong Hiew King was born to a poor family in Sarawak, Malaysia in 1935.
Although he had to tap rubber when he was young, he had a strong thirst for
knowledge. He graduated from Chung Cheng Primary School in Sibu, and later
Methodist High School and Sacred Heart High School. Subsequently, he took up a
correspondence course with a Chinese university as he knew there was no limit
to what a person could learn. He began his working life at his uncle’s timber
company, which laid a solid foundation for his future development. He was
enlisted to help in the early stages of his uncle’s business.
With his
extraordinary wisdom and diligence, Tiong contributed much to his uncle’s
enterprise. In 1976, Tiong set up Rimbunan Hijau. He showed the kind of perseverance
that Fuzhou people are known for. Together with some of his brothers, Rimbunan
Hijau established a solid reputation and has emerged as a revered multinational
corporation. Global Vision Over the past twenty years, Tiong has worked on a
global scale to erect a diversifi ed business spanning six continents, whose
countries and regions include Japan, Hong Kong, Australia,Canada, the United
States, New Zealand, Singapore, Russia, Papua New Guinea, Equatorial Guinea,
Gabon, Brazil and British Guyana. He also has investments in Shanghai, Dalian,
Harbin,Datong and Guangzhou in China.
Other than timber exports and timber
processing, his business has also expanded to cover fi nance, media, IT,
mining, aquaculture, agriculture (oil palm plantation), reafforestation,
trading and property development.Presently, Rimbunan Hijau Group, under the
leadership of Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King, has evolved into one of Malaysia’s
largest manufacturers and exporters of plywood. In Malaysia, there are three
public listed companies under the Group, namely Subur Tiasa, Jaya Tiasa and Sin
Chew Media Corporation Berhad. In Hong Kong, the Ming Pao Group has also listed
successfully. The Capitalists magazine recently named Tiong one of Malaysia’s
ten richest businessmen.
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