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BP Healthcare Group was founded on 1st January,1982 by Dato Beh Chun Chuan and his wife Datin Poh Lay See.

Dato Beh Chun Chuan is the founder and Chairman of BP Healthcare Group which includes BP Diagnostic Centre, BP Clinical Lab, BE-P Pharmacy, BP Business Solutions, Labpro, BP Food Testing, BP Ambulatory and BP Properties.

Dato Beh is the founder and shareholder of Hospital Pantai Ipoh and Sunway City (Ipoh) Sdn Bhd.

Hospital Pantai, Ipoh is a joint partnership with Khazanah and Parkway Holdings Limited, which operates a 250 bed sized hospital.

Sunway City (Ipoh) Sdn Bhd is an integrated multi-billion resort township in Ipoh. Dato Beh through its Kinta Valley Resort Sdn Bhd investment control substantial interest in Sunway City (Ipoh) Sdn Bhd.

Dato Beh was a past committee member of Perak Chinese Maternity Hospital. He was also the founder and past President of Malaysian Association of Private Medical Laboratories.

Dato Beh earned his Bachelor of Science from University of Santo Tomas in 1978, and then pursued his graduate studies in Medical Microbiology in 1980 and during which he was awarded a Fellowship from the South East Asia Ministry of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) Tropical Medicine, in the Institute of Medical Research, K.L. He subsequently obtained a Master in Business Administration from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, USA in 1986.

Datin Poh Lay See is a property developer who is involved in her family's investment holdings. Datin Poh comes from a prominent business family in Ipoh, Perak. The Poh family's initial core business in the early 50's was in commodities trading, wholesales and retailing. Today their group diversified into many businesses.

Datin Poh Lay See's father Mr. Poh Chee Meng founded Aun Huat Brothers Group of companies together with his business partners and they later founded many big local and international corporations. The Poh family and its partners jointly built conservatively no less than 100,000 residential, commercial and complexes worldwide.

Mr. Poh Chee Meng is the first founding member of IGB Corporation Bhd which is today Malaysia most renowned property developer.

•    IJM Corporation Bhd which is Malaysia largest construction company

•    Ipmuda Bhd which is one of the biggest building material trading company in Malaysia

•    IGI( Singapore) Ltd which was the largest shareholder and founder of Parkway Holding Ltd

•    Lee Hing Development (Hong Kong)Ltd and it subsidiary Wang Tak is the largest shareholder of Padi
      Bernas Bhd

•    IGA (Australia) Ltd which restored the famous Queen Victoria Building in Sydney, Australia

•    World Square (Australia) Pte Ltd which is the biggest commercial complex in down town Sydney, Australia

•    Jasa Mega Industrial Bhd (today known as Dijaya Bhd), manufacturer of roofing tiles and water piping

•    Rubberex Bhd, manufacturer of house-whole and medical gloves with factories in Malaysia and China

•    Rubber Thread Industries Sdn Bhd manufacturer of rubber threads and have controlling management share in Mega
      First Holding Corporation Bhd