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Upon returning to Singapore, Lee joined the Lee Rubber Company and rose to the position of vice-chairman. He subsequently became a director of the second-largest bank in Southeast Asia, OCBC Bank , where he served from 1966 to 2016, and later chairman from 1995 to 2003. [ 3 ]
In 2016, the then-85-year-old structure, was sold to Singapore-based GF Land Sdn Bhd whom set out to convert the historic building into a new landmark. The Lee Rubber Building was turned into a small luxury hotel, [8] named Else Kuala Lumpur featuring 49 guestrooms and suites [9] and opened for the public on August 11, 2022. On top of the ...
Lim Koon Teck (Chinese: 林坤德) (28 November 1904 – 29 October 1984) was a barrister-at-law, industrialist and politician in the Malaya and Singapore.He was the first Asian in the Straits Settlements to be appointed to the Colonial Legal Service.
A former OCBC Bank branch on South Bridge Road, Singapore.. On 31 October 1932, three banks – Chinese Commercial Bank (1912), Ho Hong Bank (1917), and Oversea-Chinese Bank (1919) – merged and consolidated their strengths to form Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation under the leadership of Hoklos Tan Ean Kiam (co-founder and managing director of Oversea-Chinese Bank) [15] [16] and Lee Kong ...
Tan Sri Dato' Lee Kong Chian PMN SPMJ SJMK (Chinese: 李光前; pinyin: Lǐ Guāngqián; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Kong-chiân; 18 October 1893 – 2 June 1967), also known by his alias Lee Geok Kun (Chinese: 李玉昆; pinyin: Lǐ Yùkūn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Gio̍k-kun), was a prominent Chinese Singaporean businessman and philanthropist based in Malaya and Singapore between the 1930s and the 1960s.
iFast Corporation Ltd: Singapore: SG1AF5000000: 11 December 2014 IFS Capital Limited: Singapore: SG1A35000706: 22 July 1993 IHH Healthcare Berhad: Malaysia: MYL5225OO007: 25 July 2012 Inch Kenneth Kajang Rubber Public Ltd Company: United Kingdom: GB0004601091: Indofood Agri Resources Ltd: Singapore: SG1U47933908: 14 February 2007 Informatics ...
Lee Boon Chim (1926–1998) was a Malaysian businessman and a pioneer of standard Malaysia rubber, who helped guide Malaysian rubber into becoming a valuable international commodity. He was also the Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange and later a Senator in the Malaysian Senate , participating in various government activities.
Wena Poon (方慧娜) (1974–), born in Singapore, novelist; Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan (陳如蓮, 1974–), born in Singapore, novelist and memoirist; Loung Ung (1970–), born in Cambodia, author and activist; Singapore. Choo Hoey (朱暉/朱晖, 1934 -) is a Singaporean musician and conductor. His father, Choo Seng, migrated from Chaozhou and his ...