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Eddie Ong s digital move | The Edge Markets

BUSINESSMAN Datuk Eddie Ong Choo Meng who, in the last few years, has invested in several public-listed companies that manufacture gloves, agrochemicals, furniture, plastic and industrial products has now ventured into fibre optics. Last month, Datuk Seri Mukhriz Tun Dr Mahathir, son of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, ceased to be a substantial shareholder of Opcom Holdings Bhd which he co-founded in 1994 after disposing of 24.63 million shares, or a 15.28% stake, in the fibre-optic manufacturer. Few are aware that Ong was the buyer of that block of shares, which were acquired at 84 sen apiece, or a total of RM20.69 million, on Feb 10. This made him the largest shareholder of Opcom. Ong is also a major shareholder of listed companies such as Hextar Global Bhd, SCH Group Bhd, Rubberex Corp (M) Bhd and, most recently, SWS Capital Bhd.

20 Buildings Not to Miss in Australia

© Bardocz Peter/Shutterstock.com From the Rose Seidler House and Mooloomba House to the Sydney Opera House, these 20 buildings are examples of some of Australia’s most architecturally and historically important structures. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Mark Irving (2016). Writers’ names appear in parentheses. Rose Seidler House With the uncompromisingly modern Rose Seidler House, Harry Seidler introduced east coast Modern to a country more used to building and living in cottages that would not have looked out of place in late-19th-century Britain. An Austrian émigré, Seidler first studied architecture in Canada before leaving for New York to be taught by Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer. After finishing his studies, Seidler worked in Breuer’s studio before leaving for Australia, a journey he made via Brazil and Oscar Niemeyer’s studio. The influence of these Modernist

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