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Berjaya Group Berhad
Address: Level 18, Menara Shahzan Insas, 30 Jalan Sultan Ismail 50250 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMalaysia	FISCAL YEAR-END: April
PHONE: +60-3-935-8888	1998 Revenues: $1,921.3
FAX: +60-3-241-5719	1998 Net Income:
WEB SITE:http://www.berjaya.com.my	# EMPLOYEES: 22,000
Key People: CEO: Tan Sri Dato' Seri Vincent C. Y. Tan	COMPANY TYPE: Public EXCHANGE: Kuala Lumpur

Background Information The Berjaya Group is a major public-listed Malaysian conglomerate with an annual turnover in excess of RM7.4 billion . Through the entrepreneurial leadership of its Chairman/CEO, Tan Sri Dato' Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun, the Group has been transformed into a diversified entity through partnerships, acquisitions, joint-ventures and new start-ups. Today, with a total employee strength of over 22,000, the Group is engaged in the following core activities: Gaming & Lottery Management Financial Services Consumer Marketing and Direct Selling Vacation Time-share, Hotels, Resorts & Recreation Development Property Investment & Development Berjaya Group's diversified interests extend to the international arena. The group believes in developing business alliances to accelerate growth and create business opportunities. Sports Toto, the sole national lotto operator with over 680 outlets, offers a choice of seven different games. These fall into two categories viz digit type (4-D, 5-D, 6-D) and lotto type games (4/49, Super 6/49 Jackpot, 6/42 Jackpot). Since privatisation in 1985, the turnover of Sports Toto has increased from RM76 million to RM2.2 billion in 1998 through the upgrading of its computer facilities, efficient management, and dynamic promotional and advertising campaigns. The company also contributes 10% of its pre-tax profits to the National Sports Council and sponsors selected sporting events and community services annually in response to the Government's call for a caring society. On the international scene, the Group is supplying and maintaining a computerised on-line lottery system in the Luzon Region in the Philippines and appointed as a consultant cum project manager to restructure and improve the operation and administration of the Department of National Lotteries in Ghana.