{"id":6015,"date":"2025-07-07T14:17:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T06:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.acccim.org.my\/past-presidents\/tan-sri-datuk-ter-leong-yap\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:17:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T06:17:37","slug":"tan-sri-datuk-ter-leong-yap","status":"publish","type":"past-presidents","link":"https:\/\/acccim.org.my\/en\/past-presidents\/tan-sri-datuk-ter-leong-yap\/","title":{"rendered":"Tan Sri Datuk Ter Leong Yap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Experience and Other Affiliations:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Executive Chairman of Sunsuria Berhad<\/li>\n
  2. President of National Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (NCCIM) (2016 \u2013 Present)<\/li>\n
  3. President of The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) (2015 \u2013 Present)<\/li>\n
  4. President of The Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Kuala Lumpur & Selangor (KLSCCCI) (2012 \u2013 Present)<\/li>\n
  5. President of Klang Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCCI) (2001 \u2013 2009)<\/li>\n
  6. Director of Xiamen University Mala ysia\uff082012.10.30 \u2013 Present\uff09<\/li>\n
  7. Director of Bank of China (M) Bhd (2010 \u2013 2017)<\/li>\n
  8. Member of World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention (WCEC) Advisory Committee<\/li>\n
  9. Vice Chairman of Hin Hua High School<\/li>\n
  10. Vice Chairman of Pin Hwa High School<\/li>\n
  11. Director of Kuen Cheng High School<\/li>\n
  12. Honorary Director of Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation (2017 \u2013 Present)<\/li>\n
  13. Chairman of Malaysia Venture Capital Management Bhd (Mavcap) (2024 \u2013 Present)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Awards\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Panglima Setia Mahkota (PSM), 2017<\/li>\n
    2. Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN), 2011<\/li>\n
    3. Ahli Mangku Negara (AMN), 2001<\/li>\n
    4. National Unity Ambassador \u2013 Department of National Unity and Integration (JPNIN), 2016<\/li>\n
    5. The Edge Malaysia Outstanding Property Entrepreneur Award, 2017<\/li>\n
    6. Business Excellence Person of the Year \u2013 Sin Chew Business Excellence Awards, 2014<\/li>\n
    7. Outstanding Malaysian Hokkien Award \u2013 Federation of Hokkien Associations of Malaysia, 2008, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Achievements in ACCCIM\uff1a<\/strong>
      \nTan Sri Ter Leong Yap first joined ACCCIM in 1997<\/span>, before being elected as the President in 2015<\/span>, he served as the Deputy President, Vice President, Treasurer, National Council Member, Chairman of several working groups and organizing chairman for several big events. During his service as the Chairman for ACCCIM Socio-Economic Research Committee<\/span>, he proposed the suggestion to then President Tan Sri William Cheng to establish The Socio-Economic Research Centre (SERC) as the think tank for ACCCIM.<\/p>\n

      He also led ACCCIM and its constituent members in the efforts to promote national unity and integration. A series of events were organized to promote national unity and strengthen the communication between races, the events included the Moments of Unity, Moments of Unity<\/span> 2.0<\/span>– Raising national flag for Merdeka Celebration, My Hero Award, Unity Internship Programme and etc. To recognize the efforts of ACCCIM, the National Unity and Integration Department awarded ACCCIM with the \u201c<\/span>Unity Partner Award\u201d<\/span> in 18th<\/span> May<\/span>, 2016<\/span>. On 6th<\/span> September<\/span> 2016<\/span>, ACCCIM President Tan Sri Ter Leong Yap is appointed as the \u201c<\/span>National Unity Ambassador\u201d<\/span>. <\/p>\n

      Based on various historical sources and documents collected by the ACCCIM, including the discovery of four (4) pre-Second World War primary historical documents, ACCCIM National Council at a meeting held on 20th<\/span> April<\/span> 2016<\/span> unanimously resolved to officially revised its founder year to 2nd<\/span> July<\/span>, 1921<\/span>. In May<\/span> 2016, in conjunction with the Grand Dinner in Celebration of ACCCIM 95th<\/span> Anniversary and SERC Global Economic Conference 2016<\/span> held at One World Hotel, Selangor, ACCCIM set-up an ACCCIM Historical Gallery and published a Booklet<\/span> on ACCCIM History to display ACCCIM historical documents and photos of the pre-second world war<\/span> period, recalling ACCCIM\u2019s history and to pay tribute to our forefathers and predecessors for their selfless dedication and contribution.<\/p>\n

      Committed to promote Malaysia-China economic activities and the Belt and Road Opportunities. Sunsuria Berhad represented by Tan Sri Ter signed an agreement with China Development Bank and Xiamen University in October<\/span> 2014<\/span>, witnessed by the Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Prime Minister of Malaysia to push forward the establishment of the Xiamen University Malaysia Campus. In Nov<\/span> 2015<\/span>, he was among the 10<\/span> Malaysian top business leaders invited to attend a closed-door seminar with the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, he spoke as a representative at the event. In March<\/span> 2016<\/span>, he was invited by the Chinese Government to attend the Conference of the Fourth Session of the 12th CPPCC National Committee<\/span>, to promote the Malaysian Innovation City Project<\/span> in the China–<\/span>Malaysia Qinzhou<\/span> Industrial Park<\/span>.<\/p>\n

      In November<\/span> 2016, Tan Sri Ter was elected as President of the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (NCCIM), he was re-elected in 2018<\/span>. NCCIM traces its origin back to 1962<\/span>, where by virtue of a cabinet decision gave rise to the need for its establishment, it became the leading commerce and industry organization that represents the 3 major races, manufacturers and foreign investments. Meanwhile, NCCIM under the leadership of Tan Sri Ter, has organized numerous important events, including NCCIM Economic Forum, 2019 Chinese New Year Open House, received Kings, Presidents, Premiers and Prime Ministers from different countries, and etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6017,"parent":0,"template":"","president-year":[17,16,15,14,13,12,11],"class_list":["post-6015","past-presidents","type-past-presidents","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","president-year-17","president-year-16","president-year-15","president-year-14","president-year-13","president-year-12","president-year-11"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acccim.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/past-presidents\/6015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acccim.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/past-presidents"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acccim.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/past-presidents"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/acccim.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/past-presidents\/6015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acccim.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acccim.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"president-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acccim.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/president-year?post=6015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}