Country Heights mulls Chinese healthcare hub

Malaysia Chronicle KUALA LUMPUR- Country Heights Holdings Bhd (CHHB) is mulling setting up a hub in Kuala Lumpur or Sarawak to house a hospital for traditional Chinese medicine, a university and college.

CHHB founder Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew said Malaysia needs a good 300-bed hospital so the public can seek treatment using Chinese medicines and methods from acupuncture to cupping.

“I believe this concept will work here. As it is, a lot of people are going to China for this purpose. If we can do that here, it will promote health tourism,” Lee said in an interview with Business Times recently.

“This is a knowledge-based business which is why it’s going a bit slow. I plan to build the hardware first. Once I have all the infrastructure and resources in place, I will proceed with the next step to seek approval to build the hub,” he said.

In its efforts to expand and diversify its health business, CHHB has set up a traditional Chinese and healthcare centre at Golden Horses Health Sanctuary, located at the Mines Wellness City (MWC).

MWC, formerly, Mines Resort City, is an integrated health and wellness resort city in Sri Kembangan, here.

“In the last few years, people have been more willing to spend money on their health. They are paying more attention to food, exercise and wellness. This is why from property development, I

diversified into health.

“I have told my successor, which is my daughter, to expand in all these areas. I am not an industrialist. I just believe everything can create an economy, including organic planting,” Lee said.

Lee also wants CHHB to set up 10 wellness centres in Southeast Asia and Malaysia to promote health.

“Our philosophy is more on partnerships. We will look for partners with strong financing, and who can understand and accept our business model,” he said.

--Business Times