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Date : 25 April 2011

Change in Boardroom

LINEAR CORPORATION BERHAD

Date of change

25/04/2011
Type of changeRedesignation
Previous PositionNon-Executive Director
New PositionChairman
DirectorateExecutive
NameLim Hun Beng
Age54
NationalityMalaysian
QualificationsMr. Lim Hun Beng had his early education in Malaysia and
thereafter pursued tertiary education in the UK.
Working experience and occupation Mr. Lim Hun Beng entered into business in his early twenties,
firstly getting involved in various aspects of the family business,
more particulary in business strategic investment and property
investment.

Taman Sri Rambai, Bukit Mertajam in Penang, a mixed
development of 2500 units with a revenue of MYR 250 Million
then, which was completed in the early eighties, was one of
his earlier ventures into property development.

In 1982, the family took over a regional media group operating in
Malaysia, and a public listed company known as Chocolate
'Products Berhad, the manufacturer and franchise holder of the
brand name "Van Houten" chocolates. Chocolates Products
Berhad had a distribution network spanning the Asean region.
Mr. Lim Hun Beng was the Group Managing Director of this
company, and remained so until it was disposed off to the Lion
Group of Malaysia.

In 1989, Mr. Lim ventured into China, seeing that it was an
emerging market with good business potential. With the
experience obtained through the management of Chocolate
Products Berhad, he set up a chocolate manufacturing concern
in Shenzhen, China with China Oil, Foodstuff & Cereal Co. Ltd.
(COFCO), a nationally owned food monopoly. It had a capital
investment of USD 30 Million and was one of the first chcolate
manufacturing companies in China, producing chocolotes under
the brand-name "LeConte" nationwide. Mr. Lim eventually
disposed of his interest in this company in 1992 to venture into
other businesses in China.
Directorship of public companies (if any)Nil
Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuerNone
Any conflict of interests that he/she has with the listed issuerNonel
Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiariesNone


Announcement Info

Company NameLINEAR CORPORATION BERHAD  
Stock Name LINEAR    
Date Announced25 Apr 2011  
CategoryChange in Boardroom
Reference NoCS-110224-34528