Hock Seng Lee Berhad (HSL)’s origins date back to the early 1970s when two brothers of the Yu/Yii family acquired a timber dredging vessel, M.T. Hock Seng Lee and established what was principally a sand dredging and land fill operation.
The firm Hock Seng Lee Development Co. was registered in 1974 and corporatised to become Hock Seng Lee Development Company Sendirian Berhad in 1979. Dato Paul Yu Chee Hoe, the younger brother of the Yu/Yii family became the Managing Director, the position he still holds today in Hock Seng Lee Berhad.
The Company bought more vessels to transport sand and other cargo and began acquiring heavy machinery to support their land fill work.
Over the last thirty years, HSL has taken on land reclamation projects of increasing size and complexity acquiring complementary expertise in soil improvement works, shore protection, drainage, rural water supply and wastewater management systems. It is now capable of a wide range of complex marine infrastructure, civil engineering and construction works. It has also diversified into property development under wholly- owned subsidiary Hock Seng Lee Construction Sendirian Berhad.
On 10 June 1996, HSL was listed on the construction counter of the main market Bursa Malaysia – a first for a company from Sarawak. Since its listing, HSL has shown consistently sound financial results and has been regularly ranked among the top construction companies in Malaysia for shareholder value, management excellence and profitability.
In September 2018, Hock Seng Lee Berhad (HSLB) successfully completed the ISO 9001:2015 Surveillance Audit performed by an independent certification authority, Lloyd’s Register, Kuala Lumpur. This is the first Surveillance Audit after HSLB’s certification was upgraded to ISO 9001: 2015 standard in November 2017. HSLB has demonstrated high level of professionalism and the ability to comply with the new standards.
HSL owns one of the most extensive fleets of specialised marine equipment and tunnel boring machines in Malaysia. With a full complement of licences and registrations including CIDB G7 and Class A for PKK and Sarawak’s UPK, HSL is qualified for any major civil and infrastructure works across the country.
Today, HSL employs over 1,000 full time staff. Its head of office is located in Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia where it also has a large workshop and shipyard. Other site and area of offices are located throughout Sarawak.
