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  History - The Genting Story
The idea of a hill resort was chanced upon by Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong amidst the crisp air of Cameron Highlands in 1964.
Tan Sri Lim was then working on a hydro-electric power project at the popular hill resort, patronised mostly by British colonials seeking cool refuge from the tropical heat, when he foresaw a prosperous Malaysia of the future desiring a cool mountain holiday resort within the reach of all Malaysians.
Genting Group, founded by Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong and with Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay as its Chairman, President and Chief Executive has since expanded and diversified from its initial hotel and resort activities to plantations, properties, paper manufacturing, power generation, oil and gas, electronic commerce and information technology development under Genting Group.
www.genting.com /history/index.htm   (750 words)

  
  CNN.com - Malaysia's casino king steps down - Nov. 27, 2002
Lim, 85, has been in poor health in recent years and observers say the group effectively has been run by his son, a civil engineering graduate from the University of London.
Lim Kok Thay, 51, is already chairman and chief executive of the group's Singapore-listed Star Cruises leisure spinoff, and the plantation unit Asiatic Development.
Lim senior is one of the richest men in Malaysia, building his fortune on the development of the country's only casino resort in the Genting Highlands, about 60 kilometers from Kuala Lumpur, in the late 1960s.
edition.cnn.com /2002/BUSINESS/asia/11/27/malaysia.lim.biz   (453 words)

  
 Lim Goh Tong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Getting his hands on any job he could find, Lim was a hawker, a worksmith in construction sites as well as a collector of scrap metal.
In the next 20 years, Lim built his business from a sub-contractor to developing large-scale construction projects throughout Malaysia.
Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong has handed over the helm to his son, Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, in 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lim_Goh_Tong   (217 words)

  
 profile of lim goh tong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Goh became prime minister of Singapore in 1990, succeeding the man regarded as...
The family of Lim Goh Tong, head of Malaysian conglomerate Genting, controls nearly 40% of the company, which was founded...
Genting Group was founded by Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong in 1965 when he began the initial development works of building a 20-kilometre...
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 TODAYonline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Besides fending off death, Mr Lim also beat the odds and persuaded the authorities to grant Genting Highlands its casino licence and freehold land lease, as well as a much-needed five-year tax holiday during its initial operating years.
At 75, Mr Lim ventured into the untested Asian cruise industry with small ships bought from a struggling Swedish ferry operator, thanks to the persuasion of his second son, Kok Thay.
The younger Lim — who has made it into the Forbes ranking on his own, at 10th with a net worth of US$440 million — has caught on quickly with the family business since he joined the company in the 1970s.
www.todayonline.com /articles/159717.asp   (732 words)

  
 NewStandard: 9/30/99
Lim was given Malaysia's only gambling concession in 1969 by the nation's first prime minister as a reward for building a road to the peak of Gunung Ulu Kali, a mountain in Malaysia.
Lim's license, says Brown, has been renewed at three-month intervals ever since, and what began as a tiny 38-room hotel is now a mini-metropolis, a sort of Disneyland meets Vegas atop an exotic mist-shrouded mountain.
Lim, unlike the bankers, was not all hung up on the fact that you couldn't foreclose on a mortgage," Brown says.
www.s-t.com /daily/09-99/09-30-99/b01bu035.htm   (5792 words)

  
 NameTraq | Last Name: Goh
Genting Bhd founder Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong called it a day on New Year’s Eve after 38 years at the helm of the group and was succeeded by his second son, Tan...
Goh Chok Tong, Singapore's prime minister, said the two countries had agreed to discuss several unspecified issues outside of the package deal to prevent...
Goh Kong Aik, head of group public affairs for HSBC Singapore, said a series of TV commercials and print ads featuring the new HSBC Private Bank brand is...
nametraq.com /genealogy_jan04/G/Goh.shtml   (2873 words)

  
 Yogonet.com - La industria del Juego en Internet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Lim Goh Tong and his family paid $102.6 million for 6.9 percent of Hong Kong´s K. Wah Construction.
Lim Goh Tong and his family, whose firm runs Asia´s biggest casino and is a top contender to operate a casino in Singapore, paid $102.6 million for 6.9 percent of Hong Kong´s K. Wah Construction, which is buying the Galaxy Casino in Macau.
The deal by the Lim family, which made its fortune in construction before the Malaysian government granted it its only casino license in 1969, was part of a $150 million share placement by K. Wah, to fund the $2.36 billion Galaxy purchase.
www.yogonet.com /english/detallenoticia.asp?id=2174   (472 words)

  
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 ::: JBHolston.com ::: working. business. fact. fiction.
Lim left China's Fujian Province in 1937 and made a fortune in large-scale construction projects throughout Malaysia.
Lim expanded his Genting Group holdings to include casinos in the Bahamas and Australia, sugar and rubber plantations, power plants, a cruise line and an e-commerce division.
Lim's net worth has been estimated at over $5 billion.
www.jbholston.com /periodical.php   (860 words)

  
 Founder of Genting resigns after 34 years   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The country's sole casino operator Genting Bhd said today its founder Lim Goh Tong has stepped down as chief executive after 34 years to be replaced by one of his sons.
Lim Kok Thay, 51, has been appointed as president and chief executive but the elder Lim, 85, would remain as chairperson of the company, Genting said in a statement.
Lim, who still is more fluent in his native Hokkien than in Malay and who speaks no English after a sketchy education, remains as Resorts World chairperson and chief executive.
www.malaysiakini.com /news/13815   (254 words)

  
 Casino City Newsletter: Issue 100 Volume 3 Page 2
TAIPEI, TAIWAN - /Taipei Times/ - Chinese immigrant Lim Goh-tong, with help from gambling magnates and other gamblers, has built what is claimed to be the world's largest hotel.
And Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad turned up August 2 to help Lim celebrate -- despite the fact that the premier is barred from setting foot in the business.
Additions to the Genting Highlands resort include indoor and outdoor "theme parks," the latest of which is the First World Plaza offering a miniature Europe complete with Eiffel Tower and depressed-looking life-sized model gondoliers taking tourists endlessly around a man-made Venetian canal.
newsletter.casinocity.com /issue100/Page2.htm   (566 words)

  
 Niagara Falls Reporter
Another client was Lim Goh Tong, a Chinese national and chairman of Genting Berhad, a Malaysian-based company traded on the Hong Kong and Singapore stock exchanges.
Lim loaned the Indians $60 million on the condition that Brown and another former government lawyer from New Jersey, Al Luciani, run the casino.
Lim, as the financial backer, had the authority to name Luciani's successor.
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 #204 Lim Goh Tong & family - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
#204 Lim Goh Tong & family - Forbes.com
The group began 2007 by breaking into the Macau gaming market through a joint venture deal with the territory's gaming king, Stanley Ho.
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www.forbes.com /lists/2007/10/07billionaires_Lim-Goh-Tong-family_BZLF.html   (197 words)

  
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 Casinos'fate is in the hands of the Seneca
Lim Goh Tong loaned $60 million to the Pequots at high interest and will continue to receive 9.9 percent of Foxwood's adjusted gross revenue until 2016.
Lim Goh Tong named Brown to succeed him.
A Seneca elder summarized the plot: Lim Goh Tong is going to hold the mortgage over the whole thing.
buffaloreport.com /021101seneca.html   (1214 words)

  
 Casino Royale: The Foxwoods Story - The casino isn't as wholesome as you think ~ Micah Morrison -WSJ [Free Republic]
Brown declined to comment on the inter-tribal rivalries at Foxwoods but said the Pequots were a "once-in-a-century success story." He still works with the Lims, "a great experience" for nearly twenty years.
Brown and the Lims are "widely believed to have the inside track" with the Seneca Indians to develop casinos in Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Lim, citing confidentiality agreements, and a Lim representative in Malaysia also declined comment.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b824002277b.htm   (3765 words)

  
 King Kuok
OCTOGENARIAN Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong was recently honoured as the Travel Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2005 TTG Travel Awards in Pattaya, Thailand.
Tan is married to Puan Sri Lim Siew Lay, the daughter of Genting tycoon Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong.
Tong is deputy chairman and chief executive officer of Nexnews Bhd, a media group listed on Bursa Malaysia which owns The Edge Malaysia, and The Sun.
www.tmcnet.com /usubmit/2006/03/28/1510395.htm   (10845 words)

  
 Lim Kit Siang » Blog Archive » UM’s double shame - stripped of “nation’s premier ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
As a simple point, Francis Yeoh, Kuok, Vincent, Quek, Goh Tong and Teh – 6 Chinese men is a wee bit too small of a sampling and certainly not a fair representation for a community of 5 million.
Lim Goh Tong, originally from Fujian, has his casino in Genting, but his licence is renewable quarterly i.e.
Financial success of Robert Kuok (most of the time in Hong Kong anyway), Lim Goh Tong, Quek Leng Chan, Teh Hong Piow and irrepressibility of Lim Kit Siang or Mattias Chang are the exceptional and do not apply across the prove to the general condition of most Chinese.
blog.limkitsiang.com /?p=753   (11936 words)

  
 eloka.com - eBookstore :: Bookstore :: e-Publisher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
How Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong built Genting Highlands into a world-class resort has been well-publicised.
His story is an inspiring one: beginning with nothing to his name, turning difficulties into opportunities, acting on brainwaves, taking calculated risks and confounding sceptics through sheer foresight and perseverance.
Typically modest, Tan Sri Lim gives an account that is refreshingly original, wryly humorous and moving in its poignancy.
www.eloka.com /main/display.asp?pID=827   (107 words)

  
 TIME.com: Who Gets The Money? -- Dec. 16, 2002 -- Page 5
The biggest winner to date in Indian gaming is surely Lim Goh Tong, the 85-year-old Chinese-Malaysian businessman who bankrolled Foxwoods in northeastern Connecticut.
Lim provided two loans, one for $60 million, the other for $175 million.
But Lim really hit the jackpot with a clause that reportedly gives him 10% of Foxwoods' net income until 2018.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003869-5,00.html   (768 words)

  
 NameTraq | Last Name: Kok   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
LUMPUR: Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong stepped down as chairman of Genting Bhd and Resorts World Bhd yesterday, passing over the baton to his second son, Tan Sri Lim Kok...
LUMPUR; The Genting group today announced the retirement of Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong and the handing over of the reins of leadership to his son Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay...
BOSS: (Jan 1) Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong stepped down as chairman of Genting Bhd and Resorts World Bhd, passing over the baton to his second son, Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay...
nametraq.com /genealogy_jan04/K/Kok.shtml   (2860 words)

  
 Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad, Putrajaya.
It is true especially in the business world and the success story of Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong is a classic example.
Tan Sri Lim has always played by the rules of the Government in his business operations and helped the Government fulfill its economic policy.
He has successfully laid the groundwork for multi-racial joint ventures in our plural society, hence his contributions to the advancement of the nation’s economy, especially in tourism.
www.genting.com.my /en/mydream/foreword.htm   (270 words)

  
 lim goh tong biodata   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Goh Chok Tong - the Prime Minister on arts and culture development in Singapore...
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong completed his first official visit to southern Africa...
Nathan, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, Deputy Prime Minister BG Lee Hsien Loong, Deputy...
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 revengepequots
It also talks about how Lim Goh Tong, the Malaysian casino mogul who is one of the world's richest men, came to finance the start-up of the casino.
In return, Lim got interest on the loan and 9.99 percent of the casino's net profit until 2018.
Lim and the tribe also created the Two Trees Partnership to co-own a hotel just off the reservation, but within the shadow of the casino.
nativenewsonline.org /books/revengepequots.html   (1483 words)

  
 For 'Caribbean' Of Asia, Dreams of Cruise Playground
But more are expected in the next few years as traditional cruise areas in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, the Americas and the South Pacific become saturated.
Lim Goh Tong, a Malaysian gambling and real estate tycoon who recently spent $240 million to buy and convert two Swedish car ferries into cruise ships, said he was convinced that Southeast Asia would become "the Caribbean" of Asia.
Lim's Star Cruise Ltd. report that initial demand for the cruises has been strong.
www.iht.com /articles/1994/02/01/crusasia.php   (874 words)

  
 The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today
The gambling industry, and the sectors supporting it, such as restaurants, travel and entertainment, were responsible for employing about 60 percent of Nevada's workers, Rashid said.
Malaysia, meanwhile, started applying zoning for gambling in Genting Highlands in 1971, giving a permit to businessman Lim Goh Tong to operate a casino in the area, he said.
According to The Far Eastern Economic Review, Lim Goh Tong's business become one of the most profitable in Malaysia with billions of U.S. dollars in revenue.
www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20050513.G01   (645 words)

  
 Your Travel Tips - Travel Archive - 14-Oct-2005
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- Genting Group Founder and Honorary Life Chairman, Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong, won the prestigious Travel Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the TTG Travel Awards 2005.
GENTING group founder and honorary life chairman Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong has won the prestigious Travel Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the TTG Travel Awards 2005.
Bill Bryson, the American travel writer and Anglophile, this week gave warning that the many attractions of Britain were in danger of drowning - in a sea of rubbish.
www.yourtraveltips.com /travelnews/Oct2005/travelnews-14Oct2005.html   (395 words)

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