Yong Tai Berhad has informed that its Managing Director cum Chief Executive Office Dato Leong Sir Ley has relinquished her position with the group effective 31 January.
Dato’ Leong Sir Ley, aged 48, is the Founder, Chairman and Group President/CEO of Sheng Tai International group of companies, which is headquartered in Malaysia with offices in Kuala Lumpur and Melaka, and also with regional offices in Japan (Tokyo and Osaka) and China (Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing)
She started her career in legal practice chambering at the law firm of Messrs. Maxwell Kenion Cowdy & Jones in 1999 and was called to the Bar on 30 September 2000. In 2001, Dato’ Leong started her own legal practice of S.L. Leong, Kartina & Partners with the first office in Ipoh,and subsequently opened two more offices in Petaling Jaya and Shah Alam respectively. The law firm of S.L. Leong, Kartina & Partners specializes in providing legal advice on international corporate contracts and agreements to clients including overseas clients.
In 2012, Dato’ Leong started Sheng Tai International Limited in Hong Kong and Sheng Tai International Sdn Bhd in Malaysia. And in 2016, relinquished her partnership in S.L. Leong, Kartina & Partners as she decided to exit legal practice to pursue full time her passion in the real estate industry.
In 2017, she ventured into property development by becoming the White Knight in reviving several abandoned projects in Melaka, namely the MITC Business Centre @ Hotel project, which Dato’ Leong successfully rehabilitated and converted into the present day Ames Hotel (a 5-star business hotel), and the MITC Business Centre @ Serviced Suites project, which Dato’ Leong successfully rehabilitated and converted into the present day MetraSquare Serviced Suites, both of which were completed in the year 2019.
In 2019, she launched her brainchild iconic project known as The Sail in Kota Laksamana, Melaka with an estimated gross development value of RM6.5 Billion.
