The Group started Hor Kew Pte Ltd in 1979. In 1983, it became a HDB building contractor. The company was incorporated in Singapore on 18 June 1999 under the name of Birkins Trading Pte Ltd. The company was converted into a public limited company and adopted its present name on 29 March 2000.Hor Kew is a building construction group providing an integrated range of construction-related products and services. After being awarded its first main building contract in 1983, the Group subsequently embarked on its first property development project in 1986, which marked the start to the completion of several others.In 1990, in view of allowing for vertical integration of the Group’s operations, the Group started the business of manufacturing and supply of prestressed and precast reinforced concrete building components as well as prefinished architectural precast components, and progressed further to venture into the manufacturing and supply of prefabricated architectural metal components.