MELBOURNE: A man from humble beginnings in Cameron Highlands is today Australia’s wealthiest Malaysian-born, with a fortune of A$950mil (RM3.06bil) made from coal mining.
Sam Chong (pic), 68, kept a low profile and managed to avoid the limelight until last week when the Business Review Weekly (BRW) named him in its “Rich 200” list.
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