Non-executive Director and Chairman (Non-independent)

Ms TIONG Choon
Malaysian, female, aged 55

Ms TIONG Choon was appointed as a non-executive director of the Company on 31 March 2013 and became an executive director on 17 July 2017. She was then re-designated as a non-executive director and appointed as the Chairman of the board of directors of the Company on 1 December 2022.  Ms TIONG has been the Chairman of One Media Group Limited (“One Media”) since 1 April 2018, a subsidiary of the Company which is listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “HK Stock Exchange”). She is a director of Sin Chew Media Corporation Berhad (“Sin Chew”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company in Malaysia and sits on the board of a number of subsidiaries of the Company. She started her career with Rimbunan Hijau Group since 1991 and served in various managerial and senior positions in plantation and hospitality sectors. She holds a Bachelor of Economics Degree from Monash University, Australia. She is currently a non-independent non-executive director of Jaya Tiasa Holdings Berhad, a listed company in Malaysia, and a Trustee of Yayasan Sin chew .

 

Ms TIONG is a daughter of Tan Sri Datuk Sir TIONG Hiew King, a niece of Dato’ Sri Dr TIONG Ik King, a cousin of Ms TIONG Yijia and a distant relative of Mr TIONG Kiew Chiong. Both Tan Sri Datuk Sir TIONG Hiew King and Dato’ Sri Dr TIONG Ik King are substantial shareholders of the Company. In addition, Mr TIONG Kiew Chiong and Ms TIONG Yijia are directors of the Company.

Executive Director & Group Chief Executive Officer

Mr TIONG Kiew Chiong
Malaysian, male, aged 64

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 and Sustainability 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 several subsidiaries of the Company. He is also the alternate trustee to Ms Tiong Choon in Yayasan Sin Chew. He has extensive experience in the 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 in Business Administration (Honours) from York University, Toronto, Canada in 1982.

 

He is a distant relative of Tan Sri Datuk Sir TIONG Hiew King, Dato’ Sri Dr TIONG Ik King, Ms TIONG Choon and Ms TIONG Yijia. Tan Sri Datuk Sir TIONG Hiew King and Dato’ Sri Dr TIONG Ik King are substantial shareholders of the Company. In addition, Ms TIONG Choon and Ms TIONG Yijia are directors of the Company.

Executive Director

Mr WONG Khang Yen
Malaysian, male, aged 56

Mr WONG Khang Yen was appointed as an executive director of the Company on 1 July 2021. He is a member of the Group Executive Committee and Sustainability Committee. He is a director of Sin Chew and the Group Chief Executive Officer of both Sin Chew and Guang-Ming Ribao Sdn Bhd. He also sits on the board of Nanyang.

 

Mr WONG joined the Group in 1992 after he graduated with a Bachelor of Communications (Hons) Degree from the University of Science Malaysia in the same year. He started his career in Sin Chew and became a senior manager in 1997 and the General Manager in 2006. He assumed the post of Group Marketing Director in 2010 and a year later became an executive director of Sin Chew. He currently oversees the Group’s business development, expansion and diversification in Malaysia.

Executive Director

Mr LIEW Sam Ngan
Malaysian, male, aged 66

Mr LIEW Sam Ngan was appointed as an executive director of the Company on 1 July 2021. He is a member of the Group Executive Committee and Sustainability Committee. He is a director of Nanyang and its subsidiaries and is currently the Group Chief Executive Officer of Nanyang. He also sits on the board of Sin Chew and Yayasan Nanyang Press.

 

Mr LIEW joined Nanyang in 1994. He is a Chartered Accountant by profession, a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom. He started his career in one of the major public accounting firms after graduation in 1983. He joined the media industry in 1987 and has since then gained extensive working experience in the media industry. He had worked in New Strait Times Press, Life Publishers and Nanyang. Prior to taking up the operating role in China Press in 2001, he was the Group Financial Controller of Nanyang.

Executive Director

Ms TIONG Yijia
Singaporean, female, aged 39

Ms TIONG Yijia was appointed as an executive director of the Company on 1 July 2021. She is a member of the Group Executive Committee and Sustainability committee. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Ming Pao Newspapers Limited and a director of Ming Pao Holdings Limited and WAW Creation Limited.

 

Ms TIONG joined the Group in 2011. She has extensive experience in business development, media operations, sales and marketing and corporate management. She has been involved in developing the digital business including the WAW digital creative and production arm and the Power Up e-commerce platform to complement the Group’s media offerings in Hong Kong. Ms TIONG graduated from the University of Melbourne, Australia, with a Bachelor Degree in Commerce (Economics and Management) and a Bachelor of Arts (Art History and Politics) Degree.

 

She is a niece of Tan Sri Datuk Sir TIONG Hiew King and Dato’ Sri Dr TIONG Ik King, a cousin of Ms TIONG Choon and a distant relative of Mr TIONG Kiew Chiong. Both Tan Sri Datuk Sir TIONG Hiew King and Dato’ Sri Dr TIONG Ik King are substantial shareholders of the Company. In addition, Ms TIONG Choon and Mr TIONG Kiew Chiong are directors of the Company.

Independent Non-executive Director

Mr IP Koon Wing, Ernest

Chinese, male, aged 63

 

Mr IP Koon Wing, Ernest was appointed as an independent non-executive director, the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee of the Company on 1 July 2021. He graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (formerly known as the Hong Kong Polytechnic) in 1984 with a Professional Diploma in Accountancy. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. 

 

Mr IP has over 35 years of experience in accounting and auditing. Mr IP joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong in 1985 and became a partner in 1993. He retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong in July 2019. In August 2019, Mr IP joined the Fung Group, which comprises Li & Fung Limited (a company formerly listed on the Main Board of the HK Stock Exchange), Fung (1937) Management Limited and Convenience Retail Asia Limited (a company listed on the Main Board of the HK Stock Exchange (stock code: 0831)). Mr IP is currently the Group Chief Financial Officer of the Fung Group.

 

Mr IP has held various key positions in regulatory authorities and business associations. He was a member of the Listing Committee of the HK Stock Exchange from 2003 to 2009 and a member of the Dual Filing Advisory Group of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong from 2008 to 2014. Currently, Mr IP is a member of the Takeovers and Mergers Panel and the Takeovers Appeal Committee. Mr IP has been the Past President of the Hong Kong Business Accountants Association since 1 January 2024. He is also a member of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and a Vice President of the Council for the Promotion of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Cooperation.

 

Mr IP is currently an independent non-executive director of Ping An OneConnect Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (“OneConnect Bank”) and OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd (“OneConnect”) (a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (stock code: OCFT) and HK Stock Exchange (stock code: 6638)), respectively. OneConnect Bank is a member of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.

Independent Non-executive Director

Ms LIM Seang Lee

Malaysian, female, aged 64

Ms LIM Seang Lee was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company on 1 April 2025. She is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and Nomination Committee of the Company. She obtained a Bachelor of Law from University of Bristol, United Kingdom in 1983. Ms LIM was admitted as Barrister at Law of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, United Kingdom in 1984, and as Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1985.

 

Presently, Ms LIM is practicing under her own law firm, Messrs. Lim Seang Lee & Associates, Penang, Malaysia in the provision of services to its clients on corporate and commercial matters including regulatory compliances, labour and employment, as well as drafting pertinent documents. She has 39 years in active legal practice with extensive court experience in company, commercial, banking and land law, particularly in the areas of shareholders’ disputes and contractual and property disputes.

 

Currently, Ms LIM Seang Lee is an independent non-executive director of PBA Holdings Berhad, a listed company in Malaysia.

Independent Non-executive Director

Mr YONG Voon Kar

Malaysian, male, aged 67


Mr YONG Voon Kar was appointed as an independent non-executive director, the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company with effect from 1 June 2025. Mr YONG holds a Bachelor of Business Studies degree majoring in Accounting from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. He has been a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia and New Zealand and is a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 1984. Mr YONG is a Chartered Accountant by profession. He joined Ernst & Young (“EY”) Malaysia in 1984 and was admitted as a Partner in 1996 before becoming the Managing Partner of EY East Malaysia office from 2002 until his retirement in 2018. With an extensive experience in assurance, corporate recovery and corporate finance, he had been the lead audit partner of major East and West Malaysia public and non-public listed companies covering a wide range of industries.


Mr YONG had served in various governance and advisory roles in the EY global and regional network from 2008 to 2015. He had also served at EY’s highest governance level — the Global Governance/Advisory Council from 2013 to 2015.


Currently, Mr YONG Voon Kar is an independent non-executive director of KKB Engineering Berhad and Jaya Tiasa Holdings Berhad, which are listed companies in Malaysia. He is also a Trustee of Yayasan Sin Chew, a foundation carrying out charitable activities and a director of Global Shepherds Berhad, a company limited by guarantee dedicated to social and charitable causes.