Lim Hee Liat

Kimly has engaged Willis Towers Watsons Consulting (Singapore) to help gauge the hourly rates to be paid.

Lim and Chia have both resigned as directors of Kimly on Nov 11, 2021.

SINGAPORE (Sept 24): Catalist-traded Kimly is acquiring its very first coffeeshop in Singapore for $14 million.

SINGAPORE (Jan 14): Kimly, the coffeeshop operator, is seeking the re-election of its executive chairman Lim Hee Liat (main image) who is under investigation, at an annual general meeting (AGM) to be held on Jan 30.

SINGAPORE (Dec 18): Coffeeshop chain Kimly says Tuesday that the group’s daily operation have not been affected by “recent events” involving executive chairman Lim Hee Liat and executive director Chia Cher Khiang.

SINGAPORE (Dec 5): Coffeeshop chain Kimly’s executive chairman Lim Hee Liat (right) and executive director Chia Cher Khiang (left) were arrested by the Commercial Affairs Department on Dec 4, but are now out on bail.

SINGAPORE (March 13): Coffeeshop operator Kimly might look attractive based on relative valuation, but lacks any compelling, sustainable competitive advantage, says KGI Securities in an unrated report on Monday.

SINGAPORE (March 10): Lim Hee Liat, the founder of coffeeshop operator Kimly Group, was a regular “kopi kid” whose life revolved round coffeeshops.