Yeo Hiap Seng Limited is an investment

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 holding company

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 as well as a drink

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 manufacturer in Singapore

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 and Malaysia. It produces its own Asia

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n drinks and has the license from Pepsico

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 to produce Pepsi

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, 7 Up

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, Mountain Dew

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, Mirinda

Mirinda

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 and Mug Root Beer

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. It also produces various food products like the curry chicken

Curry chicken

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.

YHS majority shareholder is Ng Teng Fong

Ng Teng Fong

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's Far East Organization

Far East Organization

Far East Organization is the largest private property developer in Singapore. It was founded by Singaporean billionaire Ng Teng Fong in 1960s. It has two listed subsidiaries, Orchard Parade Holdings Limited and Yeo Hiap Seng Limited...

, and it also develops house

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s and condominium

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s. The company also has operations in over 60 countries which includes Thailand

Thailand

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, China

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, Singapore, Malaysia, United States

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 and franchises in Indonesia

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 and Mauritius

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.

History

The company has its history dated back to 1900. Founded by Yeo Keng Lian, a native of Fujian

Fujian

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, China, it was established in Singapore in 1935 as the Yeo Hiap Seng Sauce Factory.

The company was incorporated in Singapore on 20 December 1955 and was listed on 7 November 1968 and renamed to its present name.

The 1950s saw the company to can curry chicken

Curry

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 and pioneered the bottling of soy milk

Soy milk

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, and package Asian drinks in Tetra Brik aeptic containers

Packaging and labelling

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 using the Ultra-high temperature processing system.

Products

Asian Beverage

• Chrysanthemum Tea
• Ice Lemon Tea
• Winter Melon Tea
• Cintan Instant Noodle
• Soy Bean Drink
• Soy Milk: Vietnamese Style
• Bandung Rose Drink
• Sugarcane Drink
• Water Chestnut Drink
• Grass Jelly Drink
• Lemon Barley Drink
• Longan Red Dates Drink
• Lychee Drink

• Japanese Green Tee
• Ice Peach Tea
• Ice Lemon Tea
• Ice Green Tea
• Oolong Tea
• Grass Jelly
• Lemon Barley
• Justea Green Tea + Aloe Vera
• Justea Green Tea + Aloe Vera + White Grape
• Justea Green Tea + Peach
• Justea Green Tea + Lemon
• Soursop Juice Drink
• Pink Guava Juice Drink
• Coconut Juice Drink

Non-Asian Beverage

• H-TWO-O Original Isotonic Drink
• H-TWO-O Original Sparkling Isotonic Drink
• H-TWO-O Original Sparkling Apple Flavour Isotonic Drink
• H-TWO-O Original Sparkling Black Currant Drink
• Pink Dolphin Water with Amino Acids
• Pink Dolphin Water with Collagen
• Pink Dolphin Water with Vitamin

External links

• Yeo's Website