At the Helm of the KPJ Group
DR YOONG
In 1972, he established the ENT Department in Hospital
Ipoh. His last posting with the Ministry of Health was as
FOOK NGIAN
Head of ENT Surgery in General Hospital Kuala Lumpur
before venturing into private practice in 1975. In private
Aged 68, Dr Yoong Fook
practice, he was ENT Consultant at Our Lady's Hospital
Ngian is a Director of KPJ
in Ipoh from 1975 to 1982. He has been Resident ENT
and was appointed to
Consultant in Ipoh Specialist Hospital since 1983 and is one
the Board of KPJ on
of its founding-doctors. He has been the Medical Director of
7 July 2005. He
Ipoh Specialist Hospital since 1994 until December 2006.
is an Independent
Non-Executive
He is a Life Member of the Malaysian Medical Association
Director of KPJ
and a Past-Chairman of the Perak branch. He is also a Past-
and a member
President of the Perak Medical Practitioners' Society.
of the Medical
Advisory Committee and Chairman of the Clinical Governance
He is an active member of the Rotary Club of Greentown
Action Committee of KPJ.
and a Past-President of the club. Dr Yoong is a Trustee of
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the Hope Haemodialysis Society, an NGO which provides
He received his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor
subsidised haemodialysis for poor patients.
of Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Sydney in
1966. He obtained his post-graduate qualification in
In 1997, Dr Yoong was conferred the Perak State Award of
Otolaryngology in 1972 and was conferred a Fellow of
Darjah Paduka Mahkota Perak (PMP).
the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is also
a Fellow of the College of Surgeons of Malaysia and
Other than as disclosed, he does not have any family
a member of the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia.
relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of
He was employed by the Ministry of Health from 1966
the Company. He has no personal interest in any business
to 1975. During this period, he worked as a Medical
arrangement involving KPJ. He has not been convicted for
Officer in the field of Anaesthesiology, Accident and
any offence, and has attended all four (4) Board of Directors'
Emergency Medicine, General Surgery and as Registrar
Meetings of the Company in the financial year ended
in Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Surgery. He left for Britain
31 December 2008.
in 1970 for further training in ENT Surgery.
DR KOK CHIN LEONG
Aged 52, Dr Kok Chin Leong is a Director of KPJ and
Kebangsaan
Malaysia.
was appointed to the Board of KPJ on 7 July 2005.
He was conferred a
He is an Independent Non-Executive Director of KPJ
Fellow of the Royal College
and a member of the KPJ Clinical Governance Policy
of Physician of United
Committee since 2001 and presently the Chairman for
Kingdom in 1990
the Committee since 2005 and the Advisor for KPJ's
and
registered
Clinical Information System since January 2003.
as full medical
practitioner with
He received his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor
the Malaysian
of Surgery (MBBS) in 1982 from University of Malaya
Medical Council
and completed his post-graduate studies in Paediatrics
in
1983.
(Master of Medicine Paediatrics) in 1990 from Universiti
His medical
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