KUALA LUMPUR (April 24): Ekovest Bhd managing director Lim Keng Cheng today assured shareholders that he remains active as the group's MD, despite having ceased as a substantial shareholder of the group.

"Please be assured that I am actively working as Ekovest Bhd and DUKE MD per my mandate given by both companies' shareholders. This morning I have just completed a site walk with Datuk Bandar DBKL at Sungai Bunus as part of our ongoing CSR efforts under the River of Life project," Keng Cheng, who is the nephew of Ekovest's executive chairman Tan Sri Lim Kang Hoo, said in a statement.