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BP Healthcare Group was founded in 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, a conglomerate 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 Chun Chuan is also the founder and shareholder of Sunway City (Ipoh)- an "integrated billion ringgit resort township" in Ipoh, Dato' Beh and the State Government entered into a joint-venture collaboration with Sunway Berhad to set up Sunway City ( Ipoh) Sdn Bhd (SCI).
Dato Beh is also the founder and shareholder of Hospital Pantai Ipoh which shareholders includes Khazanah (Malaysia's Sovereign Wealth Fund) (http://www.khazanah.com.my), Newbridge Capital (Texas Pacific Group's Asian Arm) and Parkway Holdings (http://www.parkwayholdings.com).
In addition to the above companies Dato Beh is also the founder and shareholder of Rubber Thread Industries Sdn. Bhd which principally engaged in the business of manufacturing and trading in rubber thread products and has substantial interest in Mega First Corporation Berhad (MFCB).
Dato Beh was a board member of Perak Community Specialist Hospital and he was also the founder and 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 Organization (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 and helping 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.
Just like any other undeveloped countries commodities trading was the most lucrative business. These commodity traders controlled and operated in cartel and as such they were the richest men in Malaysia like Kuok Family, Tan Family, Ho Family, Teoh Family, Neoh Family and many others.
Most of these successful merchant traders re-invested their abundant cash profits into properties, plantations and building factories to meet country growing industrialization.
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 1st founding member of IGB Corporation Bhd which is today Malaysia most reknown property developer. Many other reknown Malaysia top companies subsequently spin off from IGB Corporation Bhd such as:-
• 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) a roofing tiles and water piping
• Rubberex Bhd manufacturing house-whole and medical gloves with factories in Malaysia and China
• Rubber Thread Industries Sdn Bhd manufacturing rubber threads and have controlling management share in Mega
First Holding Corporation Bhd
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