Onwards and upwards: Sunway Group celebrates its 40th anniversary

Sea of Red: Sunway staff joined as volunteers to stop hunger.

Sunway Group just celebrated its 40th anniversary, and its list of accomplishments looks to continue well into the future.

Rome wasn’t built in a day. But neither was Bandar Sunway, a township which came to exist as a tin ore producer. In fact, looking at sepia-toned pictures of the once-active and later derelict mining pool, it’s hard to fathom how 40 years of human endeavour has created a self-sustained enclave for more than 200,000 people right smack in the Klang Valley, a mere 20 minutes away from the city centre.