The company was founded in 1974 by Mr Lim Hoo Wee. It was eventually incorporated in 1983 as Tong Hai Yang Construction Pte Ltd.

In 1985, Tong Hai Yang was assigned by the Japanese Association Singapore to the construction of a Japanese Temple Building at Chuan Hoe Avenue. A testament to the quality for which Tong Hai Yang is trusted, the building still stands strongly today in the Japanese Cemetery Park.