Tiong Kiew Chiong

Mr TIONG Kiew Chiong was appointed as an executive director of the Company on 2 May 1998. He is the Group Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Group Executive Committee. Mr TIONG is also the Deputy Chairman of One Media, a subsidiary of the Company which has been listed on the Main Board of the HK Stock Exchange since October 2005. Mr TIONG sits on the board of Nanyang Press Holdings Berhad (“Nanyang”), The China Press Berhad (“China Press”), and a number of subsidiaries of the Company. He is also the alternate trustee to Dato’ Sri Dr TIONG Ik King in Yayasan Sin Chew. He has extensive experience in media and publishing business and is also one of the founders of The National, an English newspaper in Papua New Guinea launched in 1993. Mr TIONG obtained his Bachelor Degree of Business Administration (Honours) from York University, Toronto, Canada in 1982.