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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.
The recipient of this award receives the title Tan Sri and his wife Puan Sri. This award was limited to 250 living recipients only at any time, excluding foreign citizens who receive it as an honorary award. The badge and the design of the star are similar to that of the Grand Commander but smaller.
Lim Swee Aun, Dr. Tan Cheng Leng and the Parsi Jal Manecksha also secretly helped the Indian Prisoners of War of the Motor Transport Unit No. 1 under the Command of Subedar Nurud Din. They contributed a sum of $15,000/- to Dr. Tarlok Singh to help them buy medicine and food for the sick Indian prisoners of war.
Lim Boon Keng (1868–1957), first Malayan to receive a Queen's Scholarship, gained admission to the University of Edinburgh, and graduated in 1892 with a first class honours degree in medicine Shu Jie Lam , research chemist who specializes in biomolecular engineering at the University of Melbourne
Boon Kuan, Boon Tim, Boon Siew, Boon Cheng Tan Sri Dato' Sri Lee Kim Sai ( simplified Chinese : 李金狮 ; traditional Chinese : 李金獅 ; pinyin : Lǐ Jīnshī ) (1 March 1937 – 24 November 2019) was a Malaysian politician.
At the end of 1963, a 12-hectare site at Vale of Tempe Road (Jalan Lembah Permai) in Tanjong Bungah was bought at 65 cents per square foot, with Mr (later Tan Sri) Loh Boon Siew, the director of the company that sold the land, sponsoring 15 cents per square foot. The Ministry of Rural Development of Malaysia contributed $500,000 for the ...
Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (1967) [3] Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (SMN) – Tun (1970) [4]