Dato’ Dr. Lee Kong China (1893-1967) was born in a poor family in An Mei Shan, Fujian Province. At 10, he accompanied his father to sail to the South Seas, looking for a living. He was able to continue his education in English and Chinese with the help of others. Due to his the advantage […]
TUN SIR HENRY LEE HAU SHIK JP
Tun Sir Henry Lee Hau Shik (1912-1988) received his childhood education at a primary school attached to the Ling Nan University in Guangzhou, and later his secondary education at Guangzhou Secondary School. He furthered his study at Queen’s College in Hong Kong, and the Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, graduating in a masters’ degree […]
MR. CHONG KHOON LIN
Chong Khoon Lin (1893-1962) was born in Kuala Lumpur. He was the second son of well-known tin miner Chong Yun Hee. Well-educated in Chinese and English and capable, he succeeded and expanded his father’s business empire by venturing into tin mining and rubber plantations. He was the founding director of the Malaysia Chinese Miners Association […]
DATO’ CHAN KWONG HON JP
Dato Chan Kwong Hon (1909-1978), born in Kuala Lumpur, was the eldest son of tin-mine tycoon and philanthropist Chan Chan Moi. He worked with the Kuala Lumpur Electricity Board after completing his education in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur before assisting his father in his business in 1933. During the Second World War he was appointed […]
TAN SRI T. H. TAN
Born in 1914 in Singapore, Tan Sri T. H. Tan worked as a journalist for a Singapore-based English newspaper during his younger days. In 1950s, he started his political career and was appointed Executive Secretary General of MCA and Secretary General of the ruling Alliance in 1953 until 1971. He had close ties with Tunku […]
DATUK CHOONG HAN LEONG JP
Datuk Choong Han Leong (1916-1992), a business tycoon and well-known community leader in Penang, was mainly involved in the hardware, steel and plastic raw materials businesses. In 1972, he restructured his business and formed the Guan Yik Mao Sdn Bhd and set up branches in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Johor Bahru. In 1958, […]
DATUK KOH PEN TING JP
Datuk Koh Pen Ting (1911 -2000) was born in Xiang An, Xiamen, Fujian Province. In 1924, he arrived in Singapore with a relative to work as an apprentice. In 1937, he went to Penang and started a rubber export business with others. Seven years later, he founded the Sin Tong Teck Co.,Limited and later the […]
TAN SRI LEE YAN LIAN
Tan Sri Dr. Lee Yan Lian (1906 – 1933) was born in Fujian Yongchun, China. His grandfather was a renowned gentry in the province while his father once served as a Minister for the Fujian Province. His father passed away when Lee was only 17 and the entire family moved to Xiamen the following year. […]
Tan Sri Datuk Amar Wee Boon Ping
Tan Sri Datuk Amar Wee Boon Ping (1936 – 1998)’s forefathers came from Quanzhou Fujian, but he was born in Simunjan District in Sarawak. The family eventually uprooted and moved to Kuching. Wee ventured into the construction industry in 1960 and quickly emerged as a business leader in Kuching. He later branched into the timber […]
Tan Sri Dato’ Lim Guan Teik
Tan Sri Dato’ Lim Guan Teik (ancestry: Puning, Guangdong) was born in 1935 in one of the small villages along Muda River in Kedah. Under the careful grooming of his father, Lim was accepted into Nanyang University for his Bachelor of Business Administration. In 1967, Nanyang University founder Tan Lark Sye recruited Lim into […]
