Profile: Bill Ng, the Singaporean high-flyer who wants to 'make history' with Rangers

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The chairman of Singaporean club Hougang United has a reputation as a hard-nosed businessman.

 

Singaporean businessman Bill Ng, who is leading one of the consortiums bidding to buy Rangers, claims to have been a fan of the club since he was a boy.

 

But in Scotland Ng, whose five-man consortium is offering £20m for the Ibrox club, is a largely unknown quantity.

 

His family's wealth can be traced back to the Chinese Hokkien clan associations who make up Singapore's business elite.

 

The clans were formed in the early days of modern Singapore after it was established as a British trading post in 1819. Waves of Chinese immigrants arrived, helping to swell the population of the port from 1,000 to 10,000 in just six years.

 

Ng's father was a prominent clan leader from the 1940s right through to the 1980, while his mother's parents founded Singapore's largest broking firm, Ong & Company Stockbrokers.

 

When Ng took over S-League football club Hougang United questions were asked about his commitment to football, but the club is currently in sixth place and on course for its best ever league finish.

 

He is also a keen motor racing enthusiast who is one of the marshals at the Singapore Grand Prix.

 

Ng has said he wants to see Rangers make history rather than be history and has pledged to maintain the club's heritage.

 

However, in Singapore he is known as a hard-headed businessman whose only concern is making a positive return on his investment.

 

He has business contacts in Hong Kong and China, as well as Malaysia, where he flew on to after announcing his bid for Rangers in London on Monday.

 

 

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[forlanssister 3,097]

Pfffffttt not even a bit of opium smuggling/trading boring sods!!!