Tiong Hiew King

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Tan Sri Datuk Tiong Hiew King (Traditional Chinese: 張曉卿; pinyin: Zhāng Xiǎoqīng) is the founder and chairman of the Rimbunan Hijau Group, Malaysia. He founded the company in 1975 which its main business is timber. His overseas timber operation in Papua New Guinea is the largest in that country. He also has interests in logging operations in Russia.

The Rimbunan Hijau Group also controls Sin Chew Jit Poh and Guang Ming Daily, two of the major chinese national dailies in Malaysia, The National Daily in Papua New Guinea and Ming Pao Holdings Ltd in Hong Kong. He is trying to build a global Chinese publishing group with his Ming Pao Enterprises: Ming Pao is now available in San Francisco, New York, Vancouver and Toronto.

With a net worth of about US$1 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 746th richest person in the world. [1]

Mr Tiong resides in Sibu, a town in Sarawak, a state in the part of Borneo island that belongs to Malaysia.