Overseas Chinese in the British Empire

The Chinese Consulates  The formation of the Chinese Consulates in Singapore and Penang in 1877 and 1890 respectively, was primarily to s...

Sir Charles Kao KBE, GBM (Hong Kong), PhD (London)  Kao Kuen or Charles Kao was born on 4 November 1933 in Shanghai to Kao Chun-hsian...

Khoo Siew Jin Khoo Siew Jin was born in 1884 in Penang to Khoo Hun Yeang. He was known as a young-business achiever. Khoo Siew Jin was...

Emeritus Professor Tan Sri Khoo Kay Kim, PSM, DPMP, DPMS, JSM, Ph.D (Malaya)  Khoo Kay Kim was born on 28 March 1937 in Kampar, Perak...

Khoo Ewe Aik Khoo Ewe Aik was born in 1893 in Penang to Khoo Ban Seng and Yeoh Cheam Neo. He was a great grandson of Khoo Cheng Lim. ...

KAPITAN KHOO CHEOW TEONG, JP Khoo Cheow Teong was born in 1840 in Penang to Khoo Cheng Lim (b. 1808) and Koh Keng Yean (辜輕煙) daughter...

Khoo Thean Tek There are two variant accounts on the birth time of Khoo Thean Tek (also spelled as Khoo Thean Teik). According to Wri...

LIST OF BRITISH ORDERS, DECORATIONS & MEDALS AWARDED TO THE CHINESE IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND THE BRITISH PROTECTORATES OF THE FE...

Yap Loong Kee was born in Malacca in 1864 to Yap Sam Kee. Yap Loong Kee who was a second generation of Chinese immigrant family had started...

CHEAH KOK PHIN Cheah Kok Phin was born in 1881, and educated at Taiping. He was the son of the Cheah Fook, who was a tin miner in Laru...