Qian Hu Corporation Limited () is a Singapore-based ornamental fish service provider, with services ranging from the farming, importing, exporting and distribution of ornamental fish, to their specialty of breeding Dragon Fish (aka Arowana). Qian Hu exports more than 500 species and varieties of ornamental fish. It is located at 71 Jalan Lekar, Singapore 698950 off Old Choa Chu Kang Road. It is a leading and one of the largest ornamental fish exporter, had a 2001 turnover of $22.5 million (in US dollars) and was also the first Singaporean company to achieve the ISO 9002. Other services they offer also include the manufacturing and distribution of more than 5000 types of aquarium and pet accessories locally, as well as worldwide. Singapore exports one-third of the world's ornamental fish and Qian Hu has been a major contributor to this massive trade. It exports fish to more than 45 countries across the globe, with primary markets in Japan, China, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, as well as the rest of Europe and North Asia. Qian Hu has offices and outlets in three other countries: Malaysia, China and Thailand, and hopes to eventually expand its reach even further across the Asian region. History The beginnings of Qian Hu go back to the 1980s when Yap Tik Huay, father of current Managing Director Kenny Yap, and Yap Tik Huay's brother, Yap Hey Cha ran a pig farm, rearing pigs as a family business. During that time, however, the Singapore government was in the midst of making efforts to relocate and eventually wipe out all pig farms in the country not only because of the pollution they were causing, but also to make room for other urban and residential developments. The Yap family's pig farm was no exception to the government's actions and in 1985, they had no choice but to convert their pig farm into a fish farm. By this time, three of Yap Tik Huay's sons, Yap Peng Heng, Yap Hock Huat and Yap Kim Choon, had begun working in the family business to lend a helping hand. The cubicles that originally penned in pigs were converted to concrete ponds for breeding guppies meant to be sold to local ornamental fish exporters. In the Great Singapore Flood of 1989, the family's entire stock of over 4000 fish was washed away in a heavy thunderstorm. Left with nothing, the Yaps had to start