LOS ANGELES, August 1, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- A smorgasbord of special vegetarian foods catering to both American and Oriental tastes will soon be more accessible for U.S. consumers, thanks to a new marketing and distribution firm.
Shao Tong Chun Health Vegetarian Foods (USA) Holdings LTD (Shao Tong) (Pink Sheets:STVG) is the new name of Mighty Star, Ltd. Shao Tong is part of a Singapore-based family of companies that manufacture the specialty items at their plants in China, Hong Kong and Singapore.
The products are suitable for both vegetarians and the stricter vegan lifestyle. They include prewashed and predried seaweed for Japanese sushi and seasoned seaweed, Japanese radish, and pickled ginger straw. The company also produces soybean protein, textured soy protein, many kinds of boiled mushrooms and hundreds of vegetarian health food products. The Singapore Healthier Choice Health Promotion Board awarded the company the Healthier Choice Mark.
The company has also designed a line of products for the American market and American tastes. Products are manufactured using soybeans, natural plant extracts and vegetarian flavorings and spices.
These companies promote "healthy living through vegetarian foods." The related operations conduct business in Singapore, Hong Kong, China and the Philippines. In addition to the new U.S. operation, the company plans to develop operations in Europe and Australia.
Shao Tong's symbol is STVG. It is part of the Hong Kong Kam Kee Foodstuffs Trading Company, LTD. (Kam Kee) family of companies. Kam Kee owns two food production plants in Fujian, China, and Singapore, Shao Tong Chun Health Vegetarian Foods Mfg (SG) Pte Ltd., Shao Tong Chuan Vege-Foods (China Fujian Lian Cheng) Co., Ltd., and conducts a joint venture at a third plant, Lian Yun Gang Fu-Xin Foodstuffs Co., Ltd. in Jiang Su, China. Its direct sales and marketing companies are Shao Tong Foodstuffs I & E (Singapore) Pte, Ltd., Hong Kong Kam Kee Foodstuffs Co., Ltd., and Shao Tong Chuan Foodstuffs (Philippines) Co., Ltd. The company owns a vegetarian foods research center in Singapore. Kam Kee employs more than three hundred employees all over the world.
Shao Tong's companies are run by Cheong Kam Lam, its founder and president. Mr. Lam is a dynamic and visionary leader who has overseen the tremendous growth of the Kam Kee Foodstuffs Trading Company, LTD. (Kam Kee) family of companies, established in 1981. Mr. Lam seeks to promote a healthy vegetarian lifestyle throughout the world by producing and distributing high-quality vegetarian foods with superior taste.
The company exports foods to Japan, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and other South East Asian countries.
Shareholders and interested parties should contact Robert H. Appert, attorney at law, for further information at 1208 S. San Gabriel Blvd., San Gabriel, CA 91776. Telephone (626) 285-9868; Facsimile (626) 285-9870.
For product information, send e-mail inquiries to the international headquarters at lamcheongkam@yahoo.com.hk or fax to the Singapore office at 65-6383-3086. The company website is: www.hkkamkee.com.
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