Datuk Edward Ong - "His Story, His Glory and His Call"Register Now

DATUK EDWARD ONG, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Founder of the Sutera Harbour Resort

TOPIC: “His Story, His Glory and His Call”

DESCRIPTION: Datuk Edward will talk about the challenges in his faith and entrepreneurial journey in course of his business dealings in Asia as a result of his response to God’s call. He will also share the lessons his learned in his journey of faith.

BIO: Datuk Edward is an accomplished builder and property developer. By the age of 40, Datuk Edward through his OCK group in Singapore had completed numerous highly acclaimed projects including The Singapore General Hospital, Apollo and Adelphi Hotels, Regency Park Condominium and civil engineering works in 3 MRT Stations. The group operations also covered projects and assignments in Malaysia, Burma and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island – Saipan and Guam.

Datuk Edward was the recipient of the ELO Entrepreneurial Leaders Award at the "ELO World Conference 2014: Vancouver."  To view a video profile of Datuk Edward:  http://www.entrepreneurialleaders.com/2014EntrepreneurialLeadersAwardRecipientinVancouve

He accepted the Lord at the age of 40 despite strong family objections and thus began his journey of faith. Although he had achieved success in the eyes of the world by the age of 40, he began to realize that success without purpose is life without meaning. The Lord then challenged him to risk everything for Him and Datuk Edward began the iconic Sutera Harbour Resort project in obedience to the Lord.

In the mid-90s, he started the Sutera Harbour Resort project which is designed as a world-class resort in the heart of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia on 384 acres of prime seafront reclaimed land. The Resort offers two 5-star hotel accommodations, the Pacific Sutera Hotel (500 rooms) and the Magellan Sutera Resort (456 rooms). This is complemented by a 27-hole Graham Marsh designed championship golf course with day and night golfing, 104-berth marina and extensive facilities at Sutera Harbour Marina, Golf & Country Club. The total project cost was USD450 million. The Resort employs 1,800 staff, being the second largest employer in the state. It is now the iconic resort of Sabah. The journey to complete this project had been fraught with challenges and obstacles, ranging from physical, mental, political and financial that seemed insurmountable from a human’s point of view but with the Lord all things are possible. He had worked in His amazing way to ensure the completion of the project for His glory.

Currently, Datuk Edward is embarking out of his comfort zone on a new journey of faith to develop a USD300 million integrated resort in Dili, Timor-Leste, complete with a 492-room hotel, golf course, hillside villas, a business park and condominiums. The resort is expected to employ at least 1,200 staff at completion. This will also be a project not so much for its financial achievement but more of giving back to the society, to provide training to the locals and with the skills learned, to give them a chance of a better life for them and their families.