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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Rimbunan Hijau (PNG) Limited, established in 1988, is the leading company in the forestry sector in Papua New Guinea. Its main activities are logging extraction and downstream processing, which includes sawn timber and veneer manufacturing. The estimated monthly production capacities for both sawn timber and veneer are 5,000 m3 each (based on 1 work shift). The average monthly production capacity for logging extraction is around 90,000 m3.
Our timber operation is in compliance with PNG’s forestry regulation. Monarch Investment Limited, RH’s subsidiary company, will invest into a large scale reforestation project in West New Britain Province. The reforestation project will involve massive planting in some 20,000 hectares of marginal flatlands and grasslands, old and abandoned garden areas, and less productive logged-over natural forestlands, with nursery-grown seedlings of high value and fast growing commercial tree species.
Meanwhile, it is the biggest exporter of sawn timber products in PNG and it exports mainly to the markets in Far East Asia (Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, China & Korea) and Australia.
Its mailing address and contact person are: Address: Lot 1, Section 479, Kennedy Road, Gordon, Port Moresby, NCD, Papua New Guinea Website: http://www.rhpng.com.pg
1) Ms. Olive Kiu Marketing Manager (Sawn Timber & Veneer) Tel: (675) 325 7677/ 311 3063 Fax: (675) 325 1367 Email: olivesjq@rhpng.com.pg
2) Mr. David Ung Marketing Executive (Sawn Timber & Veneer) Tel: (675) 325 7677/ 325 4951 Fax: (675) 325 7654 Email: davidung@rhpng.com.pg
