Wee Boon Teck

Wee Boon Teck (born 1850), the only son of Wee Bin materially improved and strengthened the position of the firm of Wee Bin & Co. and died on 22 September 1888 at the comparatively early age of 38.[1] He was on the Committee of Tan Tock Seng Hospital and Po Leung Kuk. He was a man of a kindly and charitable disposition, a notable instance being his gift of $4,000 to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, which bequest was invested by Government for some twenty years and was then applied towards the cost of building one ward bearing his name in the present Hospital in Moulmein Road.[2] Boon Teck Road is named after him.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Asian culture, Issue 28 by the Singapore Society of Asian Studies Published by Xinjiapo Yazhou yan jiu xue hui, 2004
  2. ↑ One Hundred Years' History of the Chinese in Singapore by Ong Siang Song, 1923
  3. ↑ Toponymics: a study of Singapore street names By Victor R. Savage, Brenda S. A. Yeoh published by Eastern Universities Press, 2003, ISBN 981-210-205-1, ISBN 978-981-210-205-8
  4. ↑ Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya, Wright Arnold

Further reading

  1. Singapore: days of old By Illustrated Magazine Publishing Co. (Hong Kong) "A special commemorative history of Singapore published on the 10th Anniversary of Singapore Tatler." published by Illustrated Magazine Publishing Co.,Ltd., 1992, ISBN 962-7093-19-X, 9789627093190
  2. Home port Singapore: a history of Straits Steamship Company Limited, 1890-1965 - Page 65 - by K. G. Tregonning - Business & Economics - 1967
  3. Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping By Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping (Firm) published by Cox and Wyman, printers, 1878
  4. Opium and empire: Chinese society in Colonial Singapore, 1800-1910 By Carl A. Trocki
  5. One Hundred Years of Singapore: Being Some Account of the Capital of the Straits Settlements from Its Foundation by Sir Stamford Raffles on 6 February 1819 to 6 February 1919, Gilbert Edward Brooke, Volume 1 of One Hundred Years of Singapore, Walter Makepeace, Authors: Walter Makepeace, Gilbert Edward Brooke, Roland St. John Braddell, Edited by Walter Makepeace, Gilbert Edward Brooke, Roland St. John Braddell, Published by J. Murray, 1921
  6. The directory & chronicle of China, Japan, Straits Settlements, Malaya, Borneo, Siam, the Philippines, Korea, Indo-China, Netherlands Indies, etc. Published 1892
  7. Tan Tock Seng, pioneer: his life, times, contributions, and legacy By Kamala Devi Dhoraisingam, Dhoraisingam S. Samuel
  8. Singapore, then & now by Ray K. Tyers - Singapore - 1976
  9. The Nautical Magazine, Volumes 163-164 Published 1950
  10. A gallery of Chinese kapitans by Choon San Wong - 1963 Page 31
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, April 13, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.