Lee Loy Seng
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Lee Loy Seng | |
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| 李萊生 | |
| Born | 22 August 1921[1] |
| Died | 22 November 1993 (aged 72) |
| Nationality |  Malaysia |
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| Traditional Chinese | 李萊生 | ||||||||||||||||
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Lee Loy Seng (simplified Chinese: 李莱生; traditional Chinese: 李萊生; pinyin: Lǐ Láishēng; Jyutping: Lei5 Loi4 Saang1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Lâi-seng; 22 August 1921 – 22 November 1993) was a Malaysian businessman who grew up in Ipoh, Malaysia.
Biography
[edit]His father, Lee Meng Hin, was a tin-miner who gave the then Malayan economy a boost. His company was passed on to one of his sons, Lee Wan Seng, and the younger Loy Seng worked as an employee during the early years of his life. During the Malayan Emergency, many British firms and trading houses sold off their assets, including rubber plantations at very low prices. Lee saw the opportunity to invest in these lands, subsequently turning them into rubber plantations. With the price of rubber increasing immensely due to industrial rise, he built up his fast blossoming business. Lee founded the company Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad, which became and still is one of the leading plantation owning companies in Malaysia.[citation needed]
Lee was a member of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), president of Ipoh Municipal Council in 1976, and a senator from 1971 to 1980. From 1978 to 1992, he was the president of Perak Chinese Maternity Hospital (a private non-profit hospital that gives free treatment to the poor). He was the chairman of Multi-Purpose Holdings ran into financial difficulties in the mid-1980s, he was invited by MCA to return as a director on a board of prominent Chinese businessmen, headed by "Suger King" Robert Kuok, to restore it back to health. He was known for his philanthropy, and established the Lee Loy Seng Foundation to provide scholarships for Malaysian students to pursue tertiary education. He was also the benefactor of the Lucky Village Old Folks Home in Ipoh.[2]
Lee was awarded the titles of Dato' Seri in 1974, and Tan Sri in 1987.[2]
His sons are considered to be in the top 20 richest people in Malaysia. Lee Oi Hian and Lee Hau Hian jointly have an estimated net worth of US$1.5bil in 2015.[3]
Honours
[edit]- Malaysia :
Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (1978)[4]
Perak :
- Justice of the Peace of Perak (JP) (1972)[5]
Knight Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (DPMP) – Dato' (1974)[6]- Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (SPMP) – Dato' Seri (1989)[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "ipohWorld Archive Search Results". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ a b Leo Suryadinata (2012). Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 527–529. ISBN 9789814345224. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "2015 Malaysia's 50 Richest -#10 Lee Oi Hian & Lee Hau Hian". Forbes. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
- ^ "JP 1972". pingat.perak.gov.my.
- ^ "DPMP 1974". pingat.perak.gov.my.
- ^ "SPMP 1989". pingat.perak.gov.my.
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