We feel honored that we are recognized and appreciated for our efforts in adopting eco-friendly construction and operation methods for the development of Bunga Raya Island Resort & Spa. Having won the award at the national level, we feel more obliged to continuously improve the Resort further in terms of operation and services, as we are now enjoying the same status with some of the very best resorts in Malaysia.

When we won at that time, of course we feel very happy about it. But the important thing is, when we first started the project, a lot of people perceived that this is going to hit the wrong economic cycle; being in the backyard of Klang, you will have a difficulty to sell; and it will be a failure. But mostly, it’s not about personal feeling. When we work for an organization and with supportive shareholders, we cannot allow a failure of that magnitude.

I have detoured long enough.

“I wanted a career change.”

Choy Yue Kwong, Managing Director of Rahim &
Co (Selangor) Sdn Bhd, took a bold move that will forever change the course of his life; and along with it, a series of hard decisions.

There was never doubt in his mind that he would be in any other line save for property.

“I wanted to be in property since I was in Form Three, if I had a chance to choose again, it would still be the same.”

Text: Eunice Ng        Photo: Lee Chin Aik

Always sharp to think on his feet, Richard Chan is a man who has persevered through much obstacles, highs and lows to get to where he is today. The Director of RCMC Sdn Bhd and former President of the Association for Shopping and High-Rise Complex Management (PPK) from 1987 to 2006 always found that his passion was in retail. At a time when the industry was still in its early stages, an unexpected twist of fate has favorably brought him onto the path that he walks on today.

Out from an inquisitive spirit and into a path of a lifetime!

Although he has been involved in the property sector for some time now, Tan Joon Kai shares if he wasn’t in this line of work, he probably would have been a teacher. “I would have liked to be a teacher, an educator of some sort. It’s not too late though,” he says jokingly.

MIEA Specialized Category Award 2010 and MIEA Real Estate Agent of the Year 2009

Formed on Valentine’s day 2002, Zerin Properties has since grown to be among Malaysia ‘s leading real estate mergers and acquisition team with offices in Singapore , Sydney , New Delhi , Jakarta and London . Their high-profile deals spans from the sale of Four Seasons in Langkawi to Intercontinental in Hanoi.

MIEA Real Estate Agent of the Year 2010 and MIEA Real Estate Agency of the Year 2009

David Ong, the Founder and President of the Reapfield Group of Companies, has successfully turned the Reapfield brand into a credible household name. David started his business together with his wife Serene 26 years ago in humble beginnings, and today the group has about 711 negotiators and 13 offices.

He just keeps ticking.

To him, being in the property development business is not only competition, “It’s a gamble – to conceive and to introduce a new concept that has never been used before, to develop and see it penetrate the market.”

In a man’s lifetime he may come across only a handful of indelible people; this man is one of them.

Through the doors of Malaysia Pacific Corporation Bhd (MPCB), you will find an impressionable personality and a visionary thinker greeting you to his office with a smile and a handshake; a man of many respects, Dato’ Bill CP Ch’ng, President and CEO of MPCB.

The Property Man of the Year 2010 had not expected it, he says. Actively served as President of FIABCI Malaysian Chapter from 1994 to 2000 and World President in 2005/2006, he vowed never to be a candidate. The thought was left idle, but the honor came…

It’s not to say that we have been spared by what’s happening in the US. While Malaysia is largely unaffected, the retail industry has suffered a dent. But now the road ahead looks promising with the better GDP announced.