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Foo Wan Kien

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Foo Wan Kien (胡万乾; born 1942) is a car dealership businessman in Malaysia. He is the current executive chairman of the City Motors Group Sdn Bhd. He was born in 1942 in the Malaysian state of Perak.[1][2][3][4][5]

Business

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Foo spends most of his time in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Hong Kong instead of his head office in the Foo Yet Kai Building at Jalan Sultan Iskandar. Most of his plantation and aquaculture businesses are in Perak.[4] His other business interests includes construction, property development and investment, plywood and wood products and trading.[2]

Foo Wan Kien became one of the founder members of the Royal Perak Motor Club (RPMC), and took on race organising. 66 was the number that his star driver, Albert Poon used as the competition number for the many Alfa Romeos that were entered by Foo in the years from the 1960s to the 1970s. Foo was also the franchise holder for Alfa Romeo in the period from the 1960s to the early 1990s.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Alfa Romeo Centenary Concours @ Kuala Lumpur Golf Club | bangkoklife.co". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  2. ^ a b The Star's Article on Foo Wan Kien
  3. ^ Nor Asmah Mokhtar. (1996, April 13). Launched: RM30m Palm Villa condo. Business Times,p. 02. ,ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry. (Document ID: 74710471).
  4. ^ a b Yamin Vong (Aug 7, 2005). "Romeo never dies..." New Straits Times.
  5. ^ "企业达人:胡万乾敬业乐业保持热忱 城市摩多稳健增长". Nanyang Siang Pau. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  6. ^ YS Khong (30 September 2007). "Veteran Racers Get Together Again After 50 Years of Racing In Malaysia". Autoworld Malaysia.