<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Tiong Nam Logistics Holdings Bhd has set up a new unit in China to expand its logistics business to that country.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Called Tiong Nam Logistics Solutions (Shenzhen) Co Ltd, it is held by wholly-owned subsidiary Tiong Nam Logistics Solutions Sdn Bhd.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Tiong Nam's venture into China came after it was reported that Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd plans to set up a regional distribution hub in Malaysia to cater its fast-growing business in the region.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Earlier, in an interview with <em>The Edge Financial Daily</em> in November last year, Tiong Nam managing director and founder Ong Yoong Nyock said the homegrown logistics firm is creating an Asean-wide cross-border road transportation network that will link Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam with its hub in Guangzhou, China, riding the wave of e-commerce boom.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Tiong Nam is the largest trucking company in the country with about 2,000 lorries of various capacities, including open, box, bonded and refrigerated containers.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Shares of Tiong Nam closed 10 sen or 6.2% higher at RM1.71, with 6.88 million shares traded, for a market capitalisation of RM714.99 million.</p></div>

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KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Tiong Nam Logistics Holdings Bhd has set up a new unit in China to expand its logistics business to that country.

Called Tiong Nam Logistics Solutions (Shenzhen) Co Ltd, it is held by wholly-owned subsidiary Tiong Nam Logistics Solutions Sdn Bhd.

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