YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Sir 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. In 1975, YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Sir 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 Group established a solid reputation and has emerged as a revered multinational corporation.
YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong has worked on a global scale to erect a diversified business spanning six continents, whose countries and regions include Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Russia, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, British Guyana, Canada, and the United States. He also has investments in Qinzhou, Shanghai, Harbin and Guangzhou in China. Other than timber exports and timber processing, his business has also expanded to media and publishing, agriculture (oil palm plantations and mills), oil and gas, mining, aquaculture, reforestation, finance, information technology, trading and property development.
In 2010, YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong Hiew King was awarded "Malaysia Business Leadership Award 2010 – The Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Kuala Lumpur Malay Chamber of Commerce in recognition of his entrepreneurship achievements and contribution to the country. In Malaysia, there are four public listed companies under the Group, namely Subur Tiasa Holdings Berhad, Jaya Tiasa Holdings Berhad, Rimbunan Sawit Berhad, and Media Chinese International Limited. The Capitalists magazine named YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong as one of Malaysia's ten richest businessmen.
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Sin Chew’s Education Fund Assists Students To Fulfill Dreams (Chinese)
Tan Sri Tiong Visited Post-quake Reconstructed Schools: Series #1, #2, #3 (Chinese)
RH Participated In Sarawak Forestry Orangutan Adoption Program — Protection of Wild Life (Chinese)
YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong Donated RM5,000 to Methodist Children’s Home (Chinese)
YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong and Sibu’s Zhang Clans Celebrated Mooncake Festival(Chinese)
YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong Attended Opening Ceremony of a College in Indonesia
YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong Inspected Earthquake-hit Areas in Sichuan, China
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Led by YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong, Sin Chew Media Brings Aid To Myanmar Cyclone Victims
The management and staff of RH Group, led by YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong Hiew King, gave love offerings to aid China and Myanmar victims News 1 News 2
YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong donated US$100,000 to aid Myanmar victims
Sin Chew’s Readers sponsored 3200 needy students in China (Chinese)
YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong donated RM500,000 in helping to relief the victims of the snow storm in China (Chinese)
