| DATO’ KHOR TENG TONG
Executive Chairman
DATO’ KHOR TENG TONG, age 66, a Malaysian, is the founder and Director of Hunza Properties Berhad ("HPB"). Dato’ Khor was appointed to the Board of Directors as Non-Independent and Non-Executive Chairman of HPB on 27 January 2000. On 30 August 2002, he was further appointed as Executive Chairman to the Board as well as a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Dato’ Khor has over 49 years of vast experience. He completed his primary school education at Yew Chai Primary School, Perak before starting his business career in 1958 as a sole proprietor in fish trading for at least 12 years under the name of Syarikat Soon Seng Fisheries. In the early 1970s, he established Soon Seng Frozen Foods Sdn Bhd (now known as Golden Frontier Berhad, a company listed on the then Second Board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad) to start the business in processing and exporting of frozen cooked and peeled shrimps. He maintained his substantial shareholdings in Golden Frontier Berhad until prior to its listing in 1989. In the mid 1970s, Dato’ Khor undertook a business diversification programme. He was involved in the business projects of the first cocoa processing plant in Malaysia, oil palm plantation, supermarket chains and then in property development. During the mid 1980s, Malaysia faced its first serious recession and this affected Dato’ Khor’s diversification plans. He decided to dispose off those unprofitable businesses.
He then set-up Hunza Group of Companies (“Hunza Group”) which comprises two major holding companies, i.e. Master-Pack Group Berhad (formerly known as Hunza Consolidation Berhad) (“MPGB”) and HPB. He was appointed as the Executive Chairman of MPGB which was listed on the then Second Board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in 1997. MPGB’s primary business activities upon its listing were manufacturing of corrugated paperboard & cartons and exporting of frozen seafood. On 17 December 2004, he was re-designated from Executive Chairman to Non-Executive Director in MPGB upon the disposal of all his shareholdings in MPGB at that juncture. Dato’ Khor has since then focused on HPB.
Dato’ Khor was the President of FIABCI Malaysia – Penang Branch for year 2006/08. He was re-elected for the presidential post for year 2008/10.
Dato' Khor does not have any conflict of interest with the Company and is not related to any director of the Company, except his daughter, Ms Khor San Leng who is a director and shareholder of the Company. He has both direct and indirect interest in the Company via certain major shareholders of HPB as reported under “Analysis of Shareholdings” in this issue of Annual Report. He attended all six Board Meetings held in the financial year.
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