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The company was founded by the late Tan Sri Loh Boon Siew in the 1960s, beginning as the Malaysian distributor for Honda Super Cub motorcycles and later cars. [2]The groups has a combined total asset exceeding RM3 billion, shareholders fund exceeding RM2.2 billion and Cash/Cash Equivalent exceeding RM1 billion as of 31 December 2001 (source: annual audited accounts).
In the 1950s, Boon Siew went into property development with his friends Say Bee and Poh Heng by building residential villas in Taman Saw Kit in Penang. His work is continued by his Boon Siew Group. Boon Siew arranged to meet with Mr. Soichiro Honda, the Honda Super Cub's creator, and quickly convinced him to set up a Honda subsidiary in Malaysia.
Sin Chew Daily (Chinese: 星洲日報), formerly known as Sin Chew Jit Poh, is a leading Chinese-language newspaper in Malaysia.According to report from the Audit Bureau of Circulation for the period ending 31 December 2011, Sin Chew Daily has an average daily circulation of almost 500,000 copies and also the largest-selling Chinese-language newspaper outside Greater China.
[152] [153] However, Asia Motor's contract soon expired, and in September 1960, Toyota signed a new distributor agreement with Kah Motor, a wholly owned subsidiary of Penang-based Oriental Holdings, chaired by Loh Boon Siew. Kah Motor imported Toyota and Toyopet passenger cars such as the Tiara and Publica for sale in Malaya and Singapore. [154]
Borneo Company's Kuching office in Sarawak was only opened in April 1946, followed by Sibu in June, and Miri in August 1946. [ 12 ] The company was the only agent to distribute oil from Shell Oil Company , operating the first Shell petrol kiosk in Kuching.
The company was founded in 1948 by the late Heng Siew Chiang (1918–1978) in Tawau, North Borneo as his business venture in the Nanyang region after emigrating from Chaoyang, China. Established as "Chop Heng Siew Chiang", it had its beginnings as a modest import-export trading house and grocery shop on the Dunlop Street [ 3 ] and later on the ...
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Onn Siew Siong, aristocrat [34] Andrew Shie, first Bruneian elevated as assistant bishop in the Diocese of Kuching. [53] Cornelius Sim, first Roman Catholic Vicar Apostolic of Brunei and first Cardinal of Brunei and Borneo. Tan Bee Yong, civil servant and diplomat; Magdalene Teo, diplomat; Tong Kit Siong, karate practitioner; Hosea Wong ...