Thanks for starting this thread. I've got Oriental in my radar now. Looks really good. Downside..
1. Founder no longer around, just like Apple;
2. Past performance no guarantee to future performance, ... although it does give one a good guide as to how good a company is.

Will be stocking up some when the market crashes........ which I expect to be imminent, latest by early 2012.

First of all, the company is managed by the children of the above mentioned deceased. Some institutions price in a risk premium for companies that have family legacy issues as they are perceived as not being managed efficiently. Oriental Holdings certainly have a lot more potential if it is being independently managed by someone outside the Loh clan. It can easily be one of the heavy weights in KLSE given its resources especially plantation land. There are rumours that it owns more than half of Pulau Langkawi itself