Billionaire Robert Kuok owns newspapers and a television station but his evasion of the media cloaks him in mystery. Known as the master of networking, he has one of the best links with the leadership of China, one of the fastest-growing economies, but the Johor-born businessman is still very much a Malaysian at heart. CELESTE FONG, who joined the Tourism Ministry delegation which called on Kuok at his Hong Kong office, got a rare glimpse of the man.
MALAYSIAN tycoon Robert Kuok Hock Nien, whose sprawling business empire includes media, hotel, financial services, logistics and mining, is known to shun publicity.