Information About
Lien Ying Chow (连瀛洲) (1906–2004) was from Chaoyang district in Guangdong, China. He left for Singapore in 1920 when he was 14, where he started working as a provision shop assistant. In 1929, he founded an import-export firm called Wah Hin and Company, which made a windfall from contracts to supply provisions to British forces in Singapore and Malaya. Respected by the Chinese business community, Lien was elected as the youngest president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 1941.
Additional Details
- Title
- Lien Ying Chow 连瀛洲
- Subject
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- Lien, Ying Chow
- Bankers--Singapore--Biography
- Businessmen--Singapore--Biography
- Philanthropists--Singapore--Biography
- Civic leaders--Singapore--Biography
- Publisher
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- National Library Board Singapore,
- Digital Description
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- Table of Contents
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- Introduction -- Selected books on Lien Ying Chow -- Selected newspaper articles on Lien Ying Chow -- Selected oral history interviews on Lien Ying Chow.
- Copyright
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- All rights reserved. National Library Board Singapore, 2018