Dato Yap

Dato' Yap was appointed to the board of Patimas on 15 July 1992 and held the position of Managing Director from October 1997 to July 2005 before assuming his present position as the Deputy Executive Chairman.

Dato' Yap started his career in 1980 as an auditor in various international accounting firms based in New Zealand and Singapore.Prior to his involvement in the ICT business, he worked as an accountant for a company with diversified businesses in cosmetics, manufacturing, property development and construction where he rose to the rank of Group Financial Controller.His foray into the ICT industry began in 1989 when he joined Automatic Identification Technology Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Patimas, as the General Manager.Thereon, he steered the company to become a major player in the local software industry and the eventual listing of Patimas on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in 1997.

Dato' Yap Wee Hin is the Deputy Executive Chairman of Patimas since July 2005.He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in accounting from Canterbury University, New Zealand and is a member of the New Zealand Society of Chartered Accountants and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

Since the first phase of the development went on sale in April—49 villas designed by Kengo Kuma, priced between $1.3 million and $1.6 million (RM 4.6 million-RM 5.8 million)—more than 40 percent of the buyers have been from outside Malaysia, according to Dato Jeff Yap, executive director of KH Land Sdn Bhd, the project developer.
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Government tax breaks and incentives have helped spark the international market, Yap said. Malaysia's program allowing foreign buyers to easily gain permanent resident status, Malaysia My Second Home, is also a strong selling point, he said. Coupled with the abolition of a real estate gains tax last April, the measure helped Kuala Lumpur real estate values jump 30 percent over the last 12 months, he said.