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  Rimbunan Hijau Watch PNG
Hiew King Tiong started the corporate empire with a logging business in Sarawak and it now extends to include interests in timber processing, agriculture (cocoa and oil palm), aquaculture, insurance, banking, publishing, optical fibres, information technology, shipping, retailing, travel, real estate and property development, mineral and mining development and print media.
Tiong is the senior partner and the wealthier of the two.
Tiong and Chan are Australia’s leading producers of mangos with plantations in Qld (Burdekin region) and NT (near Katherine) that supply 10% of Australia’s total crop.
www.rimbunan-hijau-watch.org /docs/tiong_australia.htm   (589 words)

  
 Evergreen (Rimbunan Hijau) goes to the cold   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Malaysian Timber tycoon Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King won an international tender in 1997 in the Far Eastern Russian region, Khabarovsk where the temperature could be as low as minus 50 degree during winter This was made possible after a new Russian Forest Code.
Tiong is said to control an estimated 800,000 ha of logging concessions in Sarawak and his company owns a 40% share in Limbang Trading, which further have a 310,000 ha of concession.
The elder King of the Tiongs is also the chairman of the Association of World Chinese Fuzhou Dialect Clans.
www.rengah.c2o.org /assets/xml/de0046t.xml   (1116 words)

  
 Storm Over Asian-Pacific Timber Trade
A billion-dollar business owned by Sarawak tycoon Tiong Hiew King and his family, Rimbunan Hijau "appears to be protected by an extensive and well-established network of political patronage and media control," according to the Greenpeace the report.
Tiong's ties with the "political elite" and his former position as a Malaysian senator representing the Chinese-dominated Sarawak United People's Party have blurred the distinction between government and logging interests, Greenpeace charges.
Tiong has since made forays into the media business, and is the owner of three newspapers: Malaysia's Sin Chew Jit Poh, Hong Kong's Ming Pao and Papua New Guinea's National newspaper, among others.
www.news.vu /en/news/environment/storm-over-asianpacific-t.shtml   (2202 words)

  
 March 09, 2005 21:01 PM
Tiong has also lodged a strongly-worded protest to the Indonesian Embassy here over the report.
Tiong also denied that the group was involved in illegal logging in
In his letter to the Indonesian Embassy, Tiong said if the Indonesian Forestry Minister had indeed made such an allegation, then he had been totally misadvised and that he had been most imprudent to rely on an inaccurate, misconceived and more likely than not, ulterior-driven advice.
brimas.www1.50megs.com /bernama_9Mar05.htm   (313 words)

  
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The owner of Sin Chew Daily, Tiong Hiew King, was said to have been involved in the deal.
Though Tiong denied he had any interest in the deal, his two companies were listed in the annual reports of Nanyang Press Holdings as the 12th and 13th largest stakeholders in 2002 and 10th and 14th in 2003 as well 2004.
Among the “letters” published were those praising and justifying Tiong’s ambitious move in “commanding” the Chinese media industry, as well as attacking those writers who had criticized Tiong and Sin Chew Media Corporation but who now had no platform to voice their opinions.
www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=7373722&postID=110941796652585731   (3004 words)

  
 Russian Forest Bulletin
The head of Rimbunan Hijau Group is Datuk Tiong Hiew King, whose property before the Asian crisis, The Forbes estimates in $2.5 billion.
Thus, one of the Tiong brothers is the member of the Malaysian Parliament, while the former prosecutor general is the director of one of the Group's companies.
Early in 1997, Francis Tiong, the manager of Rimbunan Hijau' operations in Papua New Guinea and, simultaneously, the President of the Association of Forest Industries of this country became the council member of the National Forest Administration — the governmental structure that should control activities of forest industries.
www.forest.ru /eng/bulletin/08-09/1.html   (5849 words)

  
 Malaysia: Daily Vs Daily - Challenging The Big Boys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Tiong’s dailies now enjoy about 53 per cent of readership while the MCA’s dailies have 37 per cent of readership in the Peninsula alone.
It means Tiong’s dailies now enjoy about 53 per cent of readership while the MCA’s dailies have 37 per cent of readership in the Peninsula alone.
Tiong’s rival, KTS Group, came in to fill the vacuum, and Oriental Daily was born.
www.aliran.com /monthly/2003/7l.html   (980 words)

  
 Hiew - Tiong Hiew King - Company profile & brands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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Tiong Hiew King is one of the 11000 companies and 25000 brands for which Transnationale and Co. provides social, financial and environmental information for
www.qhxa.com /?q=hiew   (351 words)

  
 Nation page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
THE executive chairman of the Rimbunan Hijau Group, Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King, has told an Indonesian newspaper that the group’s timber operations in Papua New Guinea “are all legally sanctioned”.
Tan Sri Tiong issued this clarification after the Jakarta-based Agribusnis newspaper on April 7 accused the company of being involved in illegal timber operations in Indonesia and in Papua New Guinea.
Tan Sri Tiong said the allegations, which were libelous in nature, had been attributed to Indonesia’s Minister of Forestry, M.S. Kaban.
www.thenational.com.pg /0314/nation22.htm   (274 words)

  
 The Star Online: Business News
THE Rimbunan Hijau Group, controlled by tycoon Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King is eyeing a listing on the main board of the Bursa Malaysia next year, sources say.
MIMB is a unit of EON Capital Bhd, in which Tiong controls some 16.3% via his privately held vehicle RH Development Corp Sdn Bhd.
An accomplished businessman, Tiong via several of his private companies owns 41% in Sin Chew Media Corp Bhd, and Hong Kong listed Ming Pao Enterprise Corp Ltd, where he is the chairman.
biz.thestar.com.my /bizweek/story.asp?file=/2005/12/10/bizweek/12811202&sec=bizweek   (333 words)

  
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The head honcho of the Rimbunan company, Hiew King Tiong started his empire in Sarawak Malaysia by clearfelling vast areas of tropical rainforest.
Hiew King Tiong's personal fortune has been estimated at $US2.7 billion.
Kiu King Tiong (Hiew's younger brother) and his fellow conspiritor Kar Wai Chan have been operating in Australia since the early 1980's.
www.active.org.au /sydney/news/email_display.php3?article_id=2804   (474 words)

  
 Hiew - New Zealand Landscape Paintings, Robert Hiew - Art Of This World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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A superb teacher, he is the author with Chok C. Hiew of Energy Medicine in Soon-Yeong, Yap and Chok Hiew.
infoseeknow.com /ifsn/hiew.htm   (442 words)

  
 Endgame Directory of Transnational Corporations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Other directors of Jaya Tiasa include Tiong Thai King (Tiong's brother), who is a member of the Malaysian Parliament (Greenpeace, 1997, op.cit., p.16), and Abu Talib bin Othman, former Attorney General.
Tiong is said to control an estimated 800,000 ha of logging concessions in Sarawak and his family dominates the logging industry in Papua New Guinea (The Edge (Malaysia), 12/09/94).
At the beginning of 1997, Francis Tiong, head of the Rimbunan Hijau operations in Papua New Guinea, was appointed to the board of the National Forest Authority, the agency charged with monitoring forest management in the country, due to its position as president of the Forest Industries Association.
www.endgame.org /dtc/r.html   (10629 words)

  
 AN OVERVIEW OF ASIAN COMPANIES, MALAYSIA
It was through working for WTK that Wong Tuong Kwong's nephew, Tiong Hiew King, learnt about the business and following a split in 1975 left to establish the Rimbunan Hijau group (Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly, 1994).
Its overseas logging operations appear to remain under the control of the private parts of the group and in Papua New Guinea it is the dominant player through control of a number of associate and subsidiary companies.
One of Hiew King's younger brothers is a member of the Malaysian Parliament.
archive.greenpeace.org /comms/97/forest/asian_companies_malaysia.html   (3726 words)

  
 Malaysian Timber Tycoon Takes Up Challenge in Russia's Far East
Tiong and the journalists are in town because of the visit of
Tiong is open to discussing the problems Rimbunan Hijau is facing in
Tiong described as a great honour to the company as the first
forests.org /archive/indomalay/bernama9.htm   (927 words)

  
 Letters page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Chairman of Malaysia’s Rimbunan Hijau Group, Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King, announced the setting up by The National of a new printing plant and distribution centre in Lae next year.
Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King delivering his speech at the 10th Anniversary celebration dinner of The National at the Grand Palace Restaurant.
Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King (left), RH Group senior executives and long-serving staff members raise a toast during The National’s 10th Anniversary celebration dinner.
www.thenational.com.pg /0130/letter8.htm   (1266 words)

  
 07/31/00 -- Minister visits veneer factory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Also accompanying Mr Ogio and Tan Sri Tiong to the multi-million kina project site at Panakawa and nearby Kamusi were RH's General Manager in PNG, James Lau, and National Forest Authority managing director Thomas Nen.
Mr Ogio was taken on a tour of the site, the biggest of its type in the South Pacific region, and came away saying he was impressed with the facilities and gave an undertaking that the National Government would support this and similar projects because of their contribution to the national economy.
Tan Sri Tiong told Mr Ogio: "We are committed and serious to this project.
forests.org /archive/png/mivisven.htm   (323 words)

  
 Viewpoint
MALAYSIAN billionaire Datuk Tiong Hiew King has defended the Papua New Guinea operations of his timber company, Rimbunan Hijau, saying it was “legally sanctioned”.
Adding his views to the global debate relating to illegal logging activities and human rights abuses on PNG logging camps allegedly perpetrated by his company, the RH executive chairman in a statement quoted by Malaysian newspaper The Star denied his PNG subsidiary was involved in illegal activities.
The Malaysian Business magazine in its list of the 40 richest Malaysians for 2005 reportedly placed Mr Tiong at No.9, calculating the value of his assets to be worth Malaysian Ringgit 1.786 billion (K1.3 billion).
www.postcourier.com.pg /20050311/news07.htm   (352 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Present were STH Deputy Chairman, Datuk Tiong Hiew King and Managing Director, Mr.
Upon completion of the offer for sale and public issue, Tiong Toh Siong Holdings Sdn Bhd and Twintop Sdn Bhd will emerge as substantial shareholders with 60.88 million shares or 30.44 per cent stake and 27.1 million shares or 13.55 per cent stake respectively.
Datuk Tiong, who owns 900,000 STH shares after the exercise, has substantial shareholdings in Tiong Toh Siong Holdings and Twintop.
www.cmsb.com.my /subsi/ubg/news/subur.htm   (702 words)

  
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- Announcement (9) GENERAL The board of directors of the Company comprises four executive directors being, Tan Sri Datuk Tiong Hiew King (Chairman), Mr.
Tiong Kiu King, Dr. Tiong Ik King and Mr.
Tiong Kiew Chiong; and two independent non-executive directors being, Mr.
www.asiawind.com /pub/hksr/news/040407/09-511   (65 words)

  
 Fw: Re: BIOD: Malaysian Response to Timber (fwd)
Bhd, a major local timber group, has yet to finalise its proposal to purchase two logging firms in Brazil, its executive chairman Datuk Tiong Hiew King said today.
He said the proposal was still at the planning stage and there was nothing concrete yet on the deal.
Tiong was asked to comment on a foreign wire report which quoted a Brazilian official as saying that Rimbunan Hijau had taken over the two timber firms based in Belem, Para State for about US$40 million.
www.metla.fi /archive/forest/1997/07/msg00007.html   (1139 words)

  
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Foi trabalhando na WTK que o sobrinho de Wong Tuong Kwong, Tiong Hiew King, aprendeu os segredos da profiss\'e3o e ap\'f3 s sair da empresa fundou o grupo Rimbunan Hijau (}{\i Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly,}{ 1994).
A fam\'ed lia, liderada por Tiong Hiew King, controla o grupo e tem seu capital estimado em US$ 2,5 bilh\'f5es (}{\i Forbes}{, 1995).
Falou de muitas oportunidades dispon\'edveis na Am\'e9rica Latina e na \'c1 frica, onde as companhias poderiam supostamente negociar em termos mais favor\'e1veis (Tiong Hiew King, 1996).
www.agrorede.org.br /biblioteca/desflorestamento.rtf   (14008 words)

  
 NZ King Salmon fish promotion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Tan Sri Datuk Tiong Hiew King at the Salmon food fair.
Tan Sri Dato Sri Temenggong Tai Sing Chii, Tan Sri Datuk Tiong Hiew King, Datuk Toh Chiew Hock and Managing director of Tanahmas Hotel, Encik Clarence Ting were among the VIPs present at the function.
Besides, the New Zealand King Salmon has good natural oil content, rich, full flavour and ideal for making sashimi or just baking, grilling or smoking it according to the individual's liking.
www.nzcentre.biz /news/2002/h2/oct/oct-10.htm   (247 words)

  
 That's life...
First known when he organized a Live Aid concert with Sir Bob Geldof (the late Hutchence's wife's ex) in 1980s.
The sugar king, hotel, property and media tycoon.
His business interests span from sugarcane plantations, sugar refinery, four milling, animal feed, oil and mining to finance, hotels, properties, trading and freight.
naliao.blogspot.com /2003_10_01_naliao_archive.html   (1123 words)

  
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Rimbunan Hijau is controlled by the Tiong family; Tan Sri Datuk Tiong Hiew King, Tiong Thai King, Tiong Kiong King, Tiong Ik King, Tiong Choon, Tiong Chiong Ong, Tiong Chiong Ie, Tiong; Chay Tai Cheong @ Chay Tai Wah and Wong Yiing Ngiik.
In fact, Dr Mahathir once visited their timber operation in Russia, so, with the endorsement of non other than the Malaysian Prime Minister, certainly the Tiong family can get away with almost murder in Russia.
And, without Dr Mahathir’s and Liong Sik’s help, there would be no way the Tiong family could get its hands on the two foremost Malaysian Chinese dailies.
www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=8578983&postID=110873416073641194   (1546 words)

  
 CorpWatch : Environment
With help from the World Bank, André Maggi (the Soy King) is bankrolling the destruction of one of the world's most biodiverse ecosystems: the savanna.
Until a decade ago, organic foods were available only through tiny farmers markets, health and natural food stores, but today their growing popularity means that more organic food is now sold by chain stores like Whole Foods.
Rimbunan Hijau, a billion-dollar business owned by Malaysian tycoon Tiong Hiew King, has been engaging in illegal logging in South East Asia, while local governments turn a blind eye.
www.corpwatch.org /article.php?list=type&type=183   (879 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Business
China and Hong Kong made up about 53 percent of first-half sales, which rose 54 percent to $340.8 million.
Malaysian timber magnate Tiong Hiew King may raise about $38.7 million selling shares in Sin Chew Media Corp., publisher of the nation's biggest Chinese-language newspaper by circulation.
Tiong, who controls Sin Chew Media, plans to sell 73.6 million existing shares at about 2 ringgit apiece, Executive Director Gan Chin Kew said.
starbulletin.com /2004/09/08/business/bizbriefs.html   (1200 words)

  
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Application has been made for trading in Shares to resume from 9:30 a.m.
Conch is owned as to 40.0% by Seaview Global Company Limited, a company jointly owned by two executive Directors, Tan Sri Datuk Tiong Hiew King and Dr. Tiong Ik King, and in addition, Tan Sri Datuk Tiong Hiew King and Dr. Tiong Ik King directly hold 25% and 22% of the interest in Conch respectively.
The remaining 13% interest in Conch is held by five associates of these two executive Directors ``Directors'' the directors of the Company
www.asiawind.com /pub/hksr/news/040315/09-430   (319 words)

  
 Worldisround - Sibu, Mini Fuzhou City of Malaysia - Photo - Rimbunan Hijau Group
Sarawak picture - Rimbunan Hijau Group conglomerate is built by the Fuzhou billionaire, Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King.
Its core business are in timber harvesting and timber product manufacturing.
Rimbunan Hijau Group conglomerate is built by the Fuzhou billionaire, Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King.
www.worldisround.com /articles/18454/photo12.html?photosize=small   (87 words)

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