2015, ISBN: 9675719206

[EAN: 9789675719202], Neubuch, [PU: George Town, Penang, Malaysia : Areca Books], CHEAH, CHEANG LIM, -- 1875-1948. CHINESE MALAYSIA PULAU PINANG (STATE) BIOGRAPHY. BUSINESSMEN BUSINESSMEN… Mehr…

[EAN: 9789675719202], Neubuch, [PU: George Town, Penang, Malaysia : Areca Books], CHEAH, CHEANG LIM, -- 1875-1948. CHINESE MALAYSIA PULAU PINANG (STATE) BIOGRAPHY. BUSINESSMEN BUSINESSMEN. CHINESE., xxii, 225 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm. 'Growing up during the era of British colonial expansion in Malaya, Cheah Cheang Lim believed that economic progress should yield the fruit and flower of social progress. He was born to a Penang Hokkien family in Taiping and started out as a postal assistant on the Perak frontier. He was then recruited by his cousin Foo Choo Choon, the Tin King of Tronoh Mines fame, who bankrolled Wu Lien-Teh s anti-opium movement. Cheah himself became an owner of tin mines and rubber plantations. He endowed the Perak Maternity Hospital and provided leadership to the Hokkien community in Cantonese-speaking Ipoh. A federal councillor for two terms (1927 33), he lobbied for the restoration of the Queen s Scholarship, calling upon the British Empire to live up to its promises.', Books<

2015, ISBN: 9675719206

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[EAN: 9789675719202], Neubuch, [PU: Penang : Areca Books], WOOD-CARVING -- MALAYSIA THEMES, MOTIVES. MALAYSIA., 23.6 cm x 15.8 cm, 248 pages. 50+ photographs in colour & black/white. 'Gro… Mehr…

[EAN: 9789675719202], Neubuch, [PU: Penang : Areca Books], WOOD-CARVING -- MALAYSIA THEMES, MOTIVES. MALAYSIA., 23.6 cm x 15.8 cm, 248 pages. 50+ photographs in colour & black/white. 'Growing up during the era of British colonial expansion in Malaya, Cheah Cheang Lim believed that economic progress should yield the fruit and flower of social progress. He was born to a Penang Hokkien family in Taiping and started out as a postal assistant on the Perak frontier. He was then recruited by his cousin Foo Choo Choon, the ‘Tin King’ of Tronoh Mines fame, who bankrolled Wu Lien-Teh’s anti-opium movement. Cheah himself became an owner of tin mines and rubber plantations. He endowed the Perak Maternity Hospital and provided leadership to the Hokkien community in Cantonese-speaking Ipoh. A federal councillor for two terms (1927–33), he lobbied for the restoration of the Queen’s Scholarship, calling upon the British Empire to live up to its promises.', Books<

2015, ISBN: 9789675719202

George Town, Penang: Areca Books, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. New. This is a two book in two parts. The first 67 pages are a biography of Cheah Cheang Lim written in the 1930s with … Mehr…

George Town, Penang: Areca Books, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. New. This is a two book in two parts. The first 67 pages are a biography of Cheah Cheang Lim written in the 1930s with the cooperation of the subject. This is followed by an essay of similar length by Khoo Salma Nasution setting the subject within his historical and social context. Cheah was a noted Straits Chinese tin mine owner, rubber planter and philanthropist and politician in the first half of the 20th century. 225 pages with appendices, a bibliography and an index as well as a Foreword by Khoo Kay Kim. Weight: 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia, Areca Books, 2015, 6<