The Company was incorporated on 19 March 1997 in Bermuda. It was formed to facilitate the then proposed reorganisation and demerger of Tan Chong Motor Hldgs Bhd. The Company is an investment holding company with operations in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Brunei and Indonesia. The Group's history can be traced back to 1966, when the first business unit in Singapore was incorporated as a subsidiary of Tan Chong Motor Hldgs's motor vehicle business in Malaysia, which began almost a decade earlier. The Group comprises the foreign division which has a total of 23 operating subsidiaries and 4 operating associated companies. The principal businesses are as follows:- distribution of motor vehicles in Singapore, Brunei and Hong Kong;- distribution and rental of forklift trucks and other industrial equipment in Singapore;- manufacture of automotive parts in China;- investment in and development of properties in Singapore;- operation of a car rental business in Singapore; and- distribution of tyres in Hong Kong.