JAMIE LEE meets the partners of IEQ Global who aim to improve Singapore’s indoor environment
THE founders of IEQ Global are passionate about getting rid of dust particles. The company, brainchild of two grandsons of retail magnate CK Tang – Jeffrey and Keith Tang – works closely with corporate clients and households alike to dramatically improve the quality of their office and living space environment.
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| Dust busters: (from left) Jeffrey Tang, Ong Wei Ping and Gan Chih Jou |
Their aim is to bring the clean and fresh air that the two brothers experienced in New Zealand back to Singapore.
Both had previously been based in New Zealand for about 16 years running a chain of hotels known as Heritage Hotel.
The hotel group was started with the $50 million that the family received after their father, the late Tang Wee Cheng, gave up control of Dynasty Hotel to their uncles.
Together with their partners – ex-psychologist Ong Wei Ping and engineer Gan Chih Jou – the brothers began looking at ways to improve the indoor environment since Singapore is ‘very indoors, very air-conditioned’, said managing director Jeffrey Tang in a recent interview with The Business Times. He noted that much of the pollution in Singapore was due to external factors such as forest fires in Indonesia. Continue reading
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