Value Investing in Asia

Acknowledgments

This book is only possible with the effort of so many people. First and foremost, we are extremely grateful to the team at John Wiley & Sons. We would like to thank Thomas Hyrkiel and his team for accepting our proposal; we can never thank you enough for believing in us. Next, our project editor, Jeremy Chia, who has spent countless hours helping us with the publishing process. If it were not for Jeremy, you would not be reading our book right now. We would also like to thank Gladys (Syd) Ganaden, who helped us, two hopeless designers, immensely in the coordination of the design of the book, as well as Tan Chin Hwee, who kick-started our Wiley journey by introducing us to Thomas and his team.

We became evangelists for value investing through books written by Benjamin Graham, David Dodd, Philip Fisher, Robert Hagstrom, Barton Biggs and Bruce Greenwald. Without their books, we would not be who we are as investors today. These are the men who planted the trees for us to sit under, and we hope to be able to spread their wisdom here in Asia.

We are also deeply appreciative that the following individuals were willing to share years of their investment wisdom for this book. Their perspectives broadened our understanding on the Asian investing climate and we hope you will benefit from their advice as much as we did from them: David Kuo, Tan Chong Koay, Wong Kok Hoi, Yeo Seng Chong, Wong Seak Eng, Kevin Tok and Eric Kong.

Over the years, we have formed a close-knit investment ...