MASTER ENTREPRENEUR CATEGORY
ANG KEN CHOON
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Information about the Entrepreneur
Hailing from Kuala Langat in Selangor, Malaysia Mr. Ang Ken Choon’s background is similar to many young men in the 50s and 60s when many relied on physical skills to develop a business.
Despite having attended only primary school, Mr. Ang decided to take on a slightly different route rather than depend on laborintensive opportunities. He started a small business trading in domestic and commercial furniture in 1968 which was the seed that planted the journey of Pilot Construction Sdn Bhd.
In the 70s, Malaysia was seeing a steady influx of Japanese multinationals who have chosen the country as an ideal manufacturing hub. Not wasting an opportunity despite language and communication barriers, Mr. Ang started offering his services to supply quality commercial furniture to these businesses which eventually expanded to customized furniture and renovation works.
Other Interesting Facts about Entrepreneur
In the last 42 years, Pilot Construction’s growth is driven by listening to its customers. The transition from a furniture trader to one of Malaysia’s most trusted construction companies can only be possible with the values that Mr. Ang has injected into the company culture.
Professionalism and taking one’s responsibilities seriously were things that Mr. Ang learned from his customers. A systematic approach with smart time management made the delivery on time an achievable goal and, in turn, give Pilot credibility that cannot be bought.
“It is the actions you do that will make your customers trust you”. Mr. Ang shared, “Our customers were seeing what we were doing physically and how we were working hard to help them”. It was this that its customers started asking Pilot to take on a bigger role in the construction of a building.
Hailing from Kuala Langat in Selangor, Malaysia Mr. Ang Ken Choon’s background is similar to many young men in the 50s and 60s when many relied on physical skills to develop a business.
Despite having attended only primary school, Mr. Ang decided to take on a slightly different route rather than depend on laborintensive opportunities. He started a small business trading in domestic and commercial furniture in 1968 which was the seed that planted the journey of Pilot Construction Sdn Bhd.
In the 70s, Malaysia was seeing a steady influx of Japanese multinationals who have chosen the country as an ideal manufacturing hub. Not wasting an opportunity despite language and communication barriers, Mr. Ang started offering his services to supply quality commercial furniture to these businesses which eventually expanded to customized furniture and renovation works.
Other Interesting Facts about Entrepreneur
In the last 42 years, Pilot Construction’s growth is driven by listening to its customers. The transition from a furniture trader to one of Malaysia’s most trusted construction companies can only be possible with the values that Mr. Ang has injected into the company culture.
Professionalism and taking one’s responsibilities seriously were things that Mr. Ang learned from his customers. A systematic approach with smart time management made the delivery on time an achievable goal and, in turn, give Pilot credibility that cannot be bought.
“It is the actions you do that will make your customers trust you”. Mr. Ang shared, “Our customers were seeing what we were doing physically and how we were working hard to help them”. It was this that its customers started asking Pilot to take on a bigger role in the construction of a building.
"If we make a promise , we must keep it. "
Company Achievements and Role as Entrepreneur
Having to set up the team, Mr. Ang’s ability to instill the right culture is the reason why Pilot Construction has been able to grow and transition smoothly while maintaining the utmost respect and credibility in the field.
In the early 80s, his earnest efforts felt by his customers paved the way to even bigger success. In one instance that he shared, “A customer in the plantation industry was so happy with our services for his worker’s dormitory that he wanted to promote us - he kindly offered to place a sign for us, with our name and details for all acknowledge as a trusted and qualified supplier”.
It is in instances like these, that the company name becomes synonymous with quality work which opened doors for Pilot as the company was appointed by many Japanese multinationals as the main contractor. Throughout the 80’s and into the ’90s, the scale of projects awarded kept growing, and the company was soon known in the circle as the “to go to” construction firm by international Japanese companies with values of RM50 million in the ’80s to today’s figure of RM180 million. From building factories of stringent demands for international electronics and electrical customers such as Micron, Sandisk and Western Digital today to hypermarkets of every brand in Malaysia, Pilot has maintained a high standard of safety, quality and efficiency. A familiar name in the winners’ lists of the Malaysian Occupational Safety & Health professional’s Excellence award (MOSHPA), Mr. Ang believes in safety in all aspects and ensures that the company prioritizes safety over profit. Even after the company’s successes in building manufacturing facilities and hypermarkets, Mr. Ang led the company into a new realm with the construction of the latest landmark on the island of Penang – The Penang Design Village.
Vision, Mission & Future Plans
Pilot’s vision remains clear – to establish its position as a leading and trusted construction company for all of its clients with added value construction solutions, and Mr. Ang has laid down a mission to achieve that vision in 2025 by maintaining a professional attitude, embracing innovation, and guiding with clear and good leadership to ensure operational excellence while upholding trust and integrity.
Unlike other companies, Pilot believes in achieving Zero –- a zero that means a lot like its target is to achieve Zero loss-making, zero accidents, zero environmental incidents and zero defects.
For Pilot Construction Sdn Bhd, the next stage in its pursuit of fulfilling its vision would be looking into the expansion of their services into neighboring markets. The company’s experiences and knowledge give it excellent project management skills, coupled with well-trained staff that understand and work with the values that Mr. Ang has nurtured deep into the working culture of Pilot.
A humble gentleman to the end, who now takes time off to golf competitively locally and abroad, Mr. Ang imparts this advice, “The level of education doesn’t determine one’s success but hard work and integrity do. If you remain honest, you will find that your journey is a blessed one with customers who will be there to help you along the way.”
Having to set up the team, Mr. Ang’s ability to instill the right culture is the reason why Pilot Construction has been able to grow and transition smoothly while maintaining the utmost respect and credibility in the field.
In the early 80s, his earnest efforts felt by his customers paved the way to even bigger success. In one instance that he shared, “A customer in the plantation industry was so happy with our services for his worker’s dormitory that he wanted to promote us - he kindly offered to place a sign for us, with our name and details for all acknowledge as a trusted and qualified supplier”.
It is in instances like these, that the company name becomes synonymous with quality work which opened doors for Pilot as the company was appointed by many Japanese multinationals as the main contractor. Throughout the 80’s and into the ’90s, the scale of projects awarded kept growing, and the company was soon known in the circle as the “to go to” construction firm by international Japanese companies with values of RM50 million in the ’80s to today’s figure of RM180 million. From building factories of stringent demands for international electronics and electrical customers such as Micron, Sandisk and Western Digital today to hypermarkets of every brand in Malaysia, Pilot has maintained a high standard of safety, quality and efficiency. A familiar name in the winners’ lists of the Malaysian Occupational Safety & Health professional’s Excellence award (MOSHPA), Mr. Ang believes in safety in all aspects and ensures that the company prioritizes safety over profit. Even after the company’s successes in building manufacturing facilities and hypermarkets, Mr. Ang led the company into a new realm with the construction of the latest landmark on the island of Penang – The Penang Design Village.
Vision, Mission & Future Plans
Pilot’s vision remains clear – to establish its position as a leading and trusted construction company for all of its clients with added value construction solutions, and Mr. Ang has laid down a mission to achieve that vision in 2025 by maintaining a professional attitude, embracing innovation, and guiding with clear and good leadership to ensure operational excellence while upholding trust and integrity.
Unlike other companies, Pilot believes in achieving Zero –- a zero that means a lot like its target is to achieve Zero loss-making, zero accidents, zero environmental incidents and zero defects.
For Pilot Construction Sdn Bhd, the next stage in its pursuit of fulfilling its vision would be looking into the expansion of their services into neighboring markets. The company’s experiences and knowledge give it excellent project management skills, coupled with well-trained staff that understand and work with the values that Mr. Ang has nurtured deep into the working culture of Pilot.
A humble gentleman to the end, who now takes time off to golf competitively locally and abroad, Mr. Ang imparts this advice, “The level of education doesn’t determine one’s success but hard work and integrity do. If you remain honest, you will find that your journey is a blessed one with customers who will be there to help you along the way.”
MASTER ENTREPRENEUR CATEGORY
ANG KEN CHOON
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Information about the Entrepreneur
Hailing from Kuala Langat in Selangor, Malaysia Mr. Ang Ken Choon’s background is similar to many young men in the 50s and 60s when many relied on physical skills to develop a business.
Despite having attended only primary school, Mr. Ang decided to take on a slightly different route rather than depend on laborintensive opportunities. He started a small business trading in domestic and commercial furniture in 1968 which was the seed that planted the journey of Pilot Construction Sdn Bhd.
In the 70s, Malaysia was seeing a steady influx of Japanese multinationals who have chosen the country as an ideal manufacturing hub. Not wasting an opportunity despite language and communication barriers, Mr. Ang started offering his services to supply quality commercial furniture to these businesses which eventually expanded to customized furniture and renovation works.
Other Interesting Facts about Entrepreneur
In the last 42 years, Pilot Construction’s growth is driven by listening to its customers. The transition from a furniture trader to one of Malaysia’s most trusted construction companies can only be possible with the values that Mr. Ang has injected into the company culture.
Professionalism and taking one’s responsibilities seriously were things that Mr. Ang learned from his customers. A systematic approach with smart time management made the delivery on time an achievable goal and, in turn, give Pilot credibility that cannot be bought.
“It is the actions you do that will make your customers trust you”. Mr. Ang shared, “Our customers were seeing what we were doing physically and how we were working hard to help them”. It was this that its customers started asking Pilot to take on a bigger role in the construction of a building.
Hailing from Kuala Langat in Selangor, Malaysia Mr. Ang Ken Choon’s background is similar to many young men in the 50s and 60s when many relied on physical skills to develop a business.
Despite having attended only primary school, Mr. Ang decided to take on a slightly different route rather than depend on laborintensive opportunities. He started a small business trading in domestic and commercial furniture in 1968 which was the seed that planted the journey of Pilot Construction Sdn Bhd.
In the 70s, Malaysia was seeing a steady influx of Japanese multinationals who have chosen the country as an ideal manufacturing hub. Not wasting an opportunity despite language and communication barriers, Mr. Ang started offering his services to supply quality commercial furniture to these businesses which eventually expanded to customized furniture and renovation works.
Other Interesting Facts about Entrepreneur
In the last 42 years, Pilot Construction’s growth is driven by listening to its customers. The transition from a furniture trader to one of Malaysia’s most trusted construction companies can only be possible with the values that Mr. Ang has injected into the company culture.
Professionalism and taking one’s responsibilities seriously were things that Mr. Ang learned from his customers. A systematic approach with smart time management made the delivery on time an achievable goal and, in turn, give Pilot credibility that cannot be bought.
“It is the actions you do that will make your customers trust you”. Mr. Ang shared, “Our customers were seeing what we were doing physically and how we were working hard to help them”. It was this that its customers started asking Pilot to take on a bigger role in the construction of a building.
"If we make a promise , we must keep it. "
Company Achievements and Role as Entrepreneur
Having to set up the team, Mr. Ang’s ability to instill the right culture is the reason why Pilot Construction has been able to grow and transition smoothly while maintaining the utmost respect and credibility in the field.
In the early 80s, his earnest efforts felt by his customers paved the way to even bigger success. In one instance that he shared, “A customer in the plantation industry was so happy with our services for his worker’s dormitory that he wanted to promote us - he kindly offered to place a sign for us, with our name and details for all acknowledge as a trusted and qualified supplier”.
It is in instances like these, that the company name becomes synonymous with quality work which opened doors for Pilot as the company was appointed by many Japanese multinationals as the main contractor. Throughout the 80’s and into the ’90s, the scale of projects awarded kept growing, and the company was soon known in the circle as the “to go to” construction firm by international Japanese companies with values of RM50 million in the ’80s to today’s figure of RM180 million. From building factories of stringent demands for international electronics and electrical customers such as Micron, Sandisk and Western Digital today to hypermarkets of every brand in Malaysia, Pilot has maintained a high standard of safety, quality and efficiency. A familiar name in the winners’ lists of the Malaysian Occupational Safety & Health professional’s Excellence award (MOSHPA), Mr. Ang believes in safety in all aspects and ensures that the company prioritizes safety over profit. Even after the company’s successes in building manufacturing facilities and hypermarkets, Mr. Ang led the company into a new realm with the construction of the latest landmark on the island of Penang – The Penang Design Village.
Vision, Mission & Future Plans
Pilot’s vision remains clear – to establish its position as a leading and trusted construction company for all of its clients with added value construction solutions, and Mr. Ang has laid down a mission to achieve that vision in 2025 by maintaining a professional attitude, embracing innovation, and guiding with clear and good leadership to ensure operational excellence while upholding trust and integrity.
Unlike other companies, Pilot believes in achieving Zero –- a zero that means a lot like its target is to achieve Zero loss-making, zero accidents, zero environmental incidents and zero defects.
For Pilot Construction Sdn Bhd, the next stage in its pursuit of fulfilling its vision would be looking into the expansion of their services into neighboring markets. The company’s experiences and knowledge give it excellent project management skills, coupled with well-trained staff that understand and work with the values that Mr. Ang has nurtured deep into the working culture of Pilot.
A humble gentleman to the end, who now takes time off to golf competitively locally and abroad, Mr. Ang imparts this advice, “The level of education doesn’t determine one’s success but hard work and integrity do. If you remain honest, you will find that your journey is a blessed one with customers who will be there to help you along the way.”
Having to set up the team, Mr. Ang’s ability to instill the right culture is the reason why Pilot Construction has been able to grow and transition smoothly while maintaining the utmost respect and credibility in the field.
In the early 80s, his earnest efforts felt by his customers paved the way to even bigger success. In one instance that he shared, “A customer in the plantation industry was so happy with our services for his worker’s dormitory that he wanted to promote us - he kindly offered to place a sign for us, with our name and details for all acknowledge as a trusted and qualified supplier”.
It is in instances like these, that the company name becomes synonymous with quality work which opened doors for Pilot as the company was appointed by many Japanese multinationals as the main contractor. Throughout the 80’s and into the ’90s, the scale of projects awarded kept growing, and the company was soon known in the circle as the “to go to” construction firm by international Japanese companies with values of RM50 million in the ’80s to today’s figure of RM180 million. From building factories of stringent demands for international electronics and electrical customers such as Micron, Sandisk and Western Digital today to hypermarkets of every brand in Malaysia, Pilot has maintained a high standard of safety, quality and efficiency. A familiar name in the winners’ lists of the Malaysian Occupational Safety & Health professional’s Excellence award (MOSHPA), Mr. Ang believes in safety in all aspects and ensures that the company prioritizes safety over profit. Even after the company’s successes in building manufacturing facilities and hypermarkets, Mr. Ang led the company into a new realm with the construction of the latest landmark on the island of Penang – The Penang Design Village.
Vision, Mission & Future Plans
Pilot’s vision remains clear – to establish its position as a leading and trusted construction company for all of its clients with added value construction solutions, and Mr. Ang has laid down a mission to achieve that vision in 2025 by maintaining a professional attitude, embracing innovation, and guiding with clear and good leadership to ensure operational excellence while upholding trust and integrity.
Unlike other companies, Pilot believes in achieving Zero –- a zero that means a lot like its target is to achieve Zero loss-making, zero accidents, zero environmental incidents and zero defects.
For Pilot Construction Sdn Bhd, the next stage in its pursuit of fulfilling its vision would be looking into the expansion of their services into neighboring markets. The company’s experiences and knowledge give it excellent project management skills, coupled with well-trained staff that understand and work with the values that Mr. Ang has nurtured deep into the working culture of Pilot.
A humble gentleman to the end, who now takes time off to golf competitively locally and abroad, Mr. Ang imparts this advice, “The level of education doesn’t determine one’s success but hard work and integrity do. If you remain honest, you will find that your journey is a blessed one with customers who will be there to help you along the way.”