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1969
-   Incorporated as Hytex Pte Ltd, a manufacturer of polypropylene bags 
 
1973
-   Hytex was listed on the SGX mainboard 
-   Acquired Hypak Sdn Berhad, a manufacturer of high quality packaging materials 
 
1980
-   Acquired Robinson Towers, a 13-storey commercial building in Singapore's financial
    district  
 
1983
-   Renamed Tuan Sing Holdings, an investment holding company  
 
1984
-   Tuan Sing acquired a 64% controlling interest in SPP Limited, a Singapore construction
    company (BPL)  
 
1985
-   Established Statsym Berhad, an electronics assembly and testing company in Malaysia  
 
1991
-   SPP Limited established a representative office in Jakarta  
 
1992
-   Established China joint venture subsidiary and acquired landbank for residential
    development in Shanghai  
 
1993
-   Secured prime site at Oxley Rise to develop a commercial-cum-residential building 
 
1994
-   Acquired the International Factors Building, a 13-storey commercial building in Singapore
    financial hub  
 
1995
-   Tuan Sing acquired 92% of Gul Technologies, a Singapore printed circuit board
     manufacturer 
-   Began developing property projects in Shanghai : Lu Yin Yuan and Xin Shen Gardens  
 
1996
-   BPL was the first Singapore construction company to be awarded ISO 9002 certification for
     bored piling work 
-   Globaltraco was appointed as the sole tyre distributor of Gajah Tunggal's tyres for the 
     Asian and West African markets 
-   Globaltraco acquired Singapore Bandag, a tyre retreading company 
 
1997
-   Gul Technologies was listed on SESDAQ and established a manufacturing plant in the
     Suzhou Industrial Park in China 
-   Acquired 39% of the Grand Hotel Group in Australia  
 
1998
-   Grand Hotel Group acquired the Australian Tourism Group to form one of the largest listed
     hotel investment companies with 25 hotels across Australia  
 
1999
-   Acquired 100% stake in Accudyne Inc and 20% stake in Elliot Technologies, Inc in USA 
-   Gul Tech awarded ISO 14001 certification  
 
2000
-   SPP announced proposed restructuring and capital reduction exercise 
-   GulTech was transferred to the SGX Main board 
-   Gul's Suzhou Plant embarked on its second phase of monthly capacity expansion to
     250,000 sq feet 
-   Hypak initiated expansion plan for new laminated bag production  
 
2001
-   Grand Hotel Group acquired the remaining 50% ownership of Grand Hyatt Melbourne 
-   Established BPL Engineering Malaysia 
-   Gul announced MOU between Gul and Parlex for China JV and global alliance 
-   Gul Suzhou received ISO 9002 and QS 9000 certification 
-   Reactivation of SPP Trading to trade and market industrial products 
-   SPP restructuring completed in July 
-   TSH increase shareholding in SPP to 80.2%  
 
2002
-   Acquired Yewglade Pte Ltd, the developer of Lakeside Ville residential project in Shanghai 
-   Semicon Advanced Technology and Statsym Berhad became a wholly owned subsidiaries 
-   Relocate corporate headquarters to The Oxley 
-   Gul Suzhou expanded monthly production capacity to 400,000 sq feet 
-   Statsym Berhad changed its name to TS-Matrix Berhad  
 
2003
-   Gultech established Gultech China, a joint venture company which will built a PCB plant in
    Wuxi, China 
-   Divested Grand Hotel Management Limited 
-   Globaltraco formed a JV company with Sun tyre Industries to market and distribute tyres
     and related products in Malaysia 
-   SPP Limited changed its name to SP Corporation Limited 
-   Divested Singapore Bandag to SP Corp 
-   Capital Reduction Exercise 
-   SP Corp established a consumer products distribution unit through a joint venture in the
     Philippines  
 
2004
-   Expanded the Group business activities to include retail through the Acquisition of Pan West
     group of companies 
-   GulTech signed an agreement with Matsushita Electronics Components Co. Ltd to
    co-manufacture PCBs with the Any Interstitial via Hole technology in China  
 
2005
-   SP Corp was awarded a coal mining contract worth $74 million and signed coal sales
     agency and management services agreements worth $201.6 million 
-   TS Matrix closed its Petaling Jaya Plant 
-   GulTech closed its manufacturing operations in Singapore 
-   Pan-West incorporated new subsidiaries in Thailand and Shanghai, China

2006
-   SP Corp divested BPL Group of Companies and its' 51% owned subsidiary Global Noble   
    International Corporation in the Philippines
-   Discontinued Testing & Assembly operations with the closure of TS Matrix Penang Plant
-   GulTech ceased to be a subsidiary and become an associated company
-   Tuan Sing, together with Morgan Stanley, made a joint bid for all GHG securities

2007
-  Held Singapore's first international auction for uncompleted condo units of BOTANIKA
-  Following the successful takeover, TSH's share in GHG increased from 25% to 50%.
-  GHG was privatised and removed from the official list of the Australian Securities Exchange
-  GHG commenced a A$40 million refurbishment program for Grand Hyatt Melbourne
-  GHG sold three Marque hotels in Australian for a total consideration of A$72 million
-  Appointed Mr William Liem as Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 January 2008

2008
- Disposed the entire loans owed by its associated company, GulTech, through an asset
  swap with its controlling shareholders for the 129 strata units in Katong Mall
- Successfully bid for Katong Mall, the first full retail collective sale in Singapore
- Botanika obtained Temporary Occupation Permit
- Grand Hyatt Melbourne completed its A$45 million renovation of its public areas and additional retail area
- Established Shanghai Shenyu Interior Decoration Limited in China

2009
- GHG sold Park Hyatt Canberra and Hyatt Regency Adelaide
- Acquired Mont Timah, a 99-year leasehold boutique development with 32 exclusive strata cluster homes located within the immediate locale of Bukit Timah in Nature Reserve in Singapore
- Sold Katong Mall for a consideration of $247.55 million
- The Group sold Harrison Industrial Building
- Acquired a land in Fuzhou, China for future development.

 
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