24-454: Bomi is a county in the northwestern portion of the West African nation of Liberia . The county was established in 1984. The county's area is 746 square miles (1,900 km). Bomi is one of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation. Tubmanburg serves as the county's capital. The County has four administrative districts . Bomi is bordered on
48-409: A population density of 113 persons per square mile (44 persons per km). Bomi contains five chiefdoms and 18 clans . The County's principal ethnic groups are Gola , Dei, Mandinka and Kpelle . Bomi County's resources include diamond, rubber, timber, iron ore, gold, water, stone, sand, and fertile agricultural land. Seventy percent of the population engages in agricultural activities, including
72-635: A 30% stake in Penang-based property developer Eastern and Oriental Bhd (E&O) for RM766 million or RM2.30 per share. It was made at a 60% premium to the market price then from three shareholders – E&O managing director Terry Tham, prominent businessman Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah and Singapore stockbroking group GK Goh Holdings Ltd. In 2014, Sime Darby sold 110 million ordinary stock units of RM1 each in Eastern & Oriental Bhd (E&O) to Morning Crest Sdn Bhd for RM319 million or RM2.90 per stock. Upon completion of
96-495: Is an approved insurance broker under Financial Services Act 2013 and regulated by Bank Negara Malaysia. The company provides risk management, insurance and takaful solutions. Sime Darby Berhad has a 60% stake in Sime Darby Lockton Insurance Brokers Sdn Bhd, via its subsidiary, Sime Darby Allied Products Berhad. Lockton Overseas Limited owns the remaining 40% stake. In August 2011, Sime Darby purchased
120-461: Is bordered on the northwest by Grand Cape Mount County , on the northeast by Gbarpolu and Bong Counties, on the southeast by Montserrado County and on the southwest by the Atlantic Ocean . The Lofa River forms the boundary between Bomi and Grand Cape Mount Counties. A tributary of the river forms part of the boundary between Bomi and Gbarpolu Counties. The Saint Paul River forms part of
144-488: Is divided into fifteen counties . Each is administered by a superintendent appointed by the President . Sime Darby Sime Darby Berhad ( Chinese : 森那美 ; MYX : 4197 , referred to as Sime ) is a Malaysian trading conglomerate. Its core businesses operate and serve in the industrial , motors and logistics sectors as well as the healthcare , and insurance segments. The modern Sime Darby Berhad corporation
168-447: The "three Malaysian giants": Sime Darby, Guthrie and Golden Hope, merged into the vehicle entity named Synergy Drive and on 27 November 2007, Synergy Drive was renamed Sime Darby Berhad. Sime Darby had a land bank of 850,000 hectares in 2011. The Malaysian government-linked company Amanah Saham was the largest stakeholder in 2011, followed by the government's Employees Provident Fund and the government-run Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB,
192-682: The Group's "renewed vision for the future and its renewed strategic focus as a pure-play powerhouse in the automotive and industrial equipment segments". Sime Darby is an international conglomerate involved in many types of businesses. Its industrial and motor divisions are the main revenue generators of the business. Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care Sdn Bhd (RSDH) is a 50:50 joint venture owned by Sime Darby and ASX -listed Ramsay Health Care . In Malaysia RSDH owns and operates three hospitals: Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Ara Damansara Medical Centre and ParkCity Medical Centre. While in neighbouring Indonesia,
216-898: The United States and the Lesser Antilles came to Liberia with the help and support from the American Colonization Society and other organizations. The first settlers who left the Caribbean islands were from Barbados . The second set of 345 settlers who came from the Caribbean were from Trinidad and Tobago , followed by 620 from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , another 350 from Saint Kitts and Nevis , and two groups from Grenada . The last group of settlers to arrive were from Saint Lucia . Bomi County, formerly known as Bomi Territory,
240-526: The audit of Sime Darby. Subsequently, Dennis Pinder was alleged that he misappropriated over S$ 3 million. At that time, Sime Darby was one of the largest companies in Singapore and Malaysia. Pinder was jailed after pleading guilty to criminal breach of trust in October 1975. In 1977 Sime Darby Holdings was acquired by Malaysian investors – mainly through Tradewinds (Malaysia) Sendirian Berhad. In December 1979 with
264-513: The boundary between Bomi and Montserrado Counties. Bomi County's climate is generally warm throughout the year. There are two seasons in the year - the rainy season which begins in April and ends in October and the dry season from November to March. The 2008 Liberian census showed that Bomi County had a population of 84,119, making it the eleventh most populous county in Liberia. The County had at that time
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#1733085771021288-594: The company owns and operates two hospitals in Jakarta: RS Premier Bintaro and RS Premier Jatinegara and another RS Premier Surabaya which is located in Surabaya, the capital of East Java. Sime Darby Global Services Centre has 510 employees and provides services such as human resource management, finance, procurement services and IT to operating units in the Sime Darby Group. Some of these services include
312-558: The incorporation of two new Malaysian entities, Sime Darby Berhad (SDB) and Consolidated Plantations Berhad (CPB), Sime Darby moved its headquarters to Kuala Lumpur and became a Malaysian registered and managed concern. The company was founded in Singapore in 1821 by Alexander Guthrie. It was the first British trading company in South East Asia. Guthrie introduced rubber and oil palm in Malaysia in 1896 and 1924 respectively. Guthrie Group
336-561: The national capitalization agency). CEO of the firm was Datuk Mohd Bakke Saleh, who was also the CEO of Bank Islam , another government-linked company, in 2010. In November 2017, Sime Darby Berhad listed its subsidiaries, Sime Darby Plantation Berhad and Sime Darby Property Berhad on the Bursa Malaysia’s Main Market, creating three distinct pure-play companies . The demerger of the giant into separate “pure plays” aimed to unlock
360-522: The northwest by Grand Cape Mount County , on the northeast by Gbarpolu and Bong Counties, on the southeast by Montserrado County and on the southwest by the Atlantic Ocean . As of the 2022 Liberian census, Bomi had a population of 133,668, making it the nation's eleventh most populous county. From 1822 until the Liberian Declaration of Independence from the American Colonization Society on July 26, 1847, some 3,198 freed people of color from
384-585: The other in coffee plantations – when he left his job as a mercantile assistant in Singapore. Henry Darby was a wealthy 50-year-old English banker who owned property in Northern Malaya . A senior partner of the audit firm of the Sime Darby group was found dead in September 1973. In two suicide letters, he alleged he was doped and deceived by Dennis Pinder, chairman and managing director of Sime Darby, related to
408-424: The processing of account payables and receivables, book keeping services, human resource administration and payroll services, procurement services (sourcing and vendor registration), corporate card services as well as information technology services (such as server hosting). In May 2019, Sime Darby Berhad’s Global Services Centre was acquired by DXC Technology. Sime Darby Lockton Insurance Brokers Sdn Bhd (26364-U)
432-558: The production or exploitation of rice (the staple food ), cassava , sweet potatoes , eddoes , plantains , vegetables, rubber, palm oil , and livestock or in fisheries. 20% participate in business and trading. Local governments employ 10%. The Sime Darby rubber plantation , the second largest in Liberia, is located within the county. Bomi is divided into four administrative districts: 6°45′N 10°45′W / 6.750°N 10.750°W / 6.750; -10.750 Counties of Liberia The Republic of Liberia
456-564: The sale, Sime Darby's equity stake in E&;O reduced to about 22% (excluding treasury stocks). In 2016, Sime Darby who then owned a 22.2% stake in E&O sold a 10% stake for RM323.3mil or RM2.45 per share to E&O group managing director Datuk Seri Terry Tham. Until 2020, Sime Darby held a 30% stake in Tesco Malaysia (M) Sdn. Bhd. , one of the largest food retailer chains in the country with over 60 locations in Malaysia. In April 2020, it
480-581: The value of the companies and provides the visibility on each firm’s performance. Jeffri Salim Davidson is the current group chief executive officer, Mustamir Muhamad is the chief financial officer and Datuk Thomas Leong Yew Hong is the group chief strategy officer. Permodalan Nasional Berhad has a 52% stake in Sime Darby Bhd. In May 2024, Sime Darby Plantation Berhad was rebranded to SD Guthrie Berhad. On 15 November 2024, Sime Darby Berhad announced it will be rebranding as simply Sime, in an effort to reflect
504-501: Was created in 2007 through a merger of three companies. In October 1910, British businessmen William Sime and Henry Darby established Sime, Darby and Co., a fledgling player in the lucrative rubber industry. The company later diversified to cultivating palm oil and cocoa and met with enormous success. At the time of the company's founding, William Middleton Sime was a 37-year-old Scottish adventurer and fortune seeker. He had two failed ventures behind him – one in import-export business and
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#1733085771021528-609: Was first part of Montserrado County. The military regime of Samuel Doe established Bomi County in 1983. A legislative act later confirmed the County as being a separate entity. Bomi means “LIGHT” in the Gola language , recognizing the County's status as the first site for iron ore mining in Liberia. The Liberia Mining Company extracted iron ore in the territory during the 1950s and 1960s. The company closed its operations in 1979. Bomi County has an area of 746 square miles (1,900 km). The County
552-724: Was made a public company in 1987 and was subsequently listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) in 1989 in what was then the largest public issue in Malaysia. In 1905 Harrisons and Crosfield , a British tea and coffee trading company, purchased several small estates in Malaysia for £50,000 and amalgamated them to form the Golden Hope Rubber Estate . In 1982 Harrisons and Crosfield sold three large plantation groups – Golden Hope, Pataling, and London Asiatic – to Malaysian concerns for £146 million. The business
576-558: Was renamed Golden Hope Plantations Berhad in 1990 after Pemodalan Nasional Berhad took majority equity of the company. Its interests originally were in tropical agriculture but, while plantations have remained a core business interest, the company has diversified into other areas including glycerine manufacture, fruit juices and real estate. The group now has 83 subsidiaries based in seven countries. The main estate and plantations are Carey Island and Banting in Selangor . In January 2007,
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