Overseas Chinese in the British Empire

Toh Khay Beng 杜啟明, JP One of the oldest and renowned general stores in Taiping, was the Taik Ho & Co. (得和公司), stationed at No 82, ...

Lam Looking His name is pronounced as ‘Lam Loke Ying.’ Born in Penang on 16 November 1864, Lam was a native of Yihui 邑會 , Guangdong. H...

CHU KIK MOON 朱戟門, JP Chu Kik Moon J.P., was a prominent resident of Seremban, perhaps he was the only man in the town to have sent all h...

QUAH BENG KEE 柯孟淇, OBE, JP Quah Beng Kee was descended from a well established Straits Chinese family. His father Quah Joo Moye was bo...

Kwa Chooi Seng Kwa Chooi Seng was born in Penang. He was the eldest son of Kwa Soo. Kwa Soo was a merchant in Penang, where he came to ...

(revised on 22 Nov 2011 & 25 Nov 2012) Perlis is the smallest state in the Malay Peninsular. The history of the Chinese settlements i...

CHOONG CHENG KEAN Choong Cheng Kean was born on 16 June 1857 in Xianglu Village, Amoy to Choong Chuo. Being the only son of a poor fa...

According to historical records, the Kapitan post was originally created during the Portuguese and Dutch rules in Malacca and the Dutch Eas...

Kapitan Yap Kwan Seng was the fifth Chinese Kapitan of Kuala Lumpur and also marked as the last one upon his death. Famously known as th...

The Chee family is noted as one of the oldest Chinese families in Malacca. The arrival of the Chees were dated during the early time of the...