Qian Hu Corporation Limited (Chinese: 仟湖集团) is a Singapore-based ornamental fish service provider, with services ranging from the farming, importing, exporting and distribution of ornamental fish, to their specialty of breeding Dragon Fish (aka Arowana).[1] Qian Hu exports more than 500 species and varieties of ornamental fish.[2] It is located at 71 Jalan Lekar, Singapore 698950 off Old Choa Chu Kang Road.
It is one of the largest ornamental fish exporter,[3][4][5][6] had a 2001 turnover of $22.5 million (in US dollars) and was also the first Singaporean company to achieve the ISO 9002.[7] Other services they offer also include the manufacturing and distribution of more than 5000 types of aquarium and pet accessories locally, as well as worldwide. It exports fish to more than 45 countries across the globe, with primary markets in Japan, China, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, as well as the rest of Europe and North Asia. Qian Hu has offices and outlets in three other countries: Malaysia, China and Thailand.
History
On 12 December 1998, the company was incorporated under the Act as Qian Hu Fish Farm Pte Ltd to take over the partnership of Qian Hu Trading and Yi Hu, respectively established in 1988 and 1989.
Qian Hu Corporation Limited was listed on the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) Stock Exchange of Singapore Dealing and Automated Quotation system (SESDAQ) in the year 2000. By November 2002, it was moved to the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange. In December 2002, Qian Hu was present at the Malaysia International Pet Expo 2002.[8]
In 2015, Qian Hu Corporation's head of research of research and development, Alex Chang Kuok Weai, caused controversy when he smuggled 20 bags of live and dead endangered fish in his luggage into Adelaide, Australia.[9]
References
- ↑ “Company Profile.” Qian Hu Corporation Limited Official Website. 12 Apr. 2008 <"Qian Hu - one stop shop for all your aquarium needs". Archived from the original on April 29, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2008.>
- ↑ “General Information on Our Group.” Qian Hu Corporation Limited - Prospectus dated 28 October 2000. 28 Oct. 2000: 36-49. National University of Singapore. <"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 26, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2008.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)> - ↑ "INFOFISH INTERNATIONAL". INFOFISH. 2005. p. 20. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ↑ Ordóñez de Pablos, Patricia (2012). Business, Technology, and Knowledge Management in Asia: Trends and Innovations: Trends and Innovations. IGI Global. p. 110. ISBN 978-1466626836. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ↑ Lim, Peter H. L. (2009). Chronicle of Singapore, 1959-2009: Fifty Years of Headline News. Editions Didier Millet. pp. 293–372. ISBN 978-9814217750. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Life in a fish tank gets stuffy for exporters". straitstimes.com. May 29, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ↑ Kenyon-Rouvinez, Denise H.; Adler, Gordon; Corbetta, Guido; Cuneo, Gianfilippo (2011). Sharing Wisdom, Building Values: Letters from Family Business Owners to Their Successors. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1–34. ISBN 978-1137510372. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ↑ "International pet expo in MINES come March". New Straits Times. December 13, 2001. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Fish company research head tries to smuggle fish into Australia". asiaone.com. February 12, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.