SARAWAK: Rimbunan Hijau executive chairman and Media Chinese International Limited honorary chairman Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King has passed away at 11a.m. today.

Tiong, 95, is survived by his wife, two sons and four daughters.

Besides timber business, Tiong is also a Chinese media tycoon, controlling a number of Chinese newspapers in Malaysia and Hong Kong.

Tiong was instrumental in merging several Chinese newspaper groups—Sin Chew Media Corporation Bhd and Nanyang Press Holdings Bhd to form Media Chinese International Limited (MCIL), a holding company for a large portfolio of Chinese-language media outlets.

Tiong was born on March 18, 1934 and the eldest of nine in the family—he has five younger brothers and three younger sisters.

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