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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里程碑 – 概況
當創辦者，丹斯里拿督張曉卿爵士於1975年在詩巫市開始著手承包林業時，沒有人可以確定他的企業能持續多久。
創辦者的遠見已為常青集團在面對全球化的挑戰及迅速變化的商業環境做出了準備。自1988年，常青集團的多樣化企業策略已將林業轉換為造林、棕櫚業、媒體、酒店服務業、信息通訊技術、製造業、水產養殖、房地產開發、貿易與零售、人力資本開發、教育、生物科技、銀行、船運、徵收公路費用、旅游業、石油與天然氣和礦業。
如今，常青集團已如實地在全球擁有地位，其業務範圍已擴大至下列國家：
澳洲 畜牧業及房地產投資
英屬圭亞那 木材業務與鋸木業
柬埔寨 媒體
中國 夾板製造、房地產發展、徵收公路費用、礦業與石油
赤道幾內亞 林業
加蓬 木材業務、鋸木業與膠合板製造
香港 媒體與旅游業
印度尼西亞 林業
韓國 生物科技
馬來西亞 林業、鋸木業夾板製造、刨花板與膠合板、棕櫚種植業與加工、媒體、酒店服務業、信息通訊技術、虎蝦、造林、房地產發展、旅游、生物科技、銀行、保險業、輪胎翻新、膠水製造、貿易、人力資本開發及教育
緬甸 石油與天然氣
巴布亞新幾內亞 林業、鋸木業、膠合板製造、媒體、信息技術、大型超級市場、房地產發展、船運和保全
俄羅斯 林業、鋸木業和中密度纖維板(MDF)
新加坡 信息通訊技術和船運
美國與加拿大 媒體
