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'''Tye Kee Yoon''' was a [[Vice Consul]] of [[China]] in [[Penang]], one of the founders of the [[Kek Lok Si]],<ref>The eye over the golden sands: the memoirs of a Penang family By Kean Siew Lim</ref> and was part of a group known as [[The Five Great Sponsors]].<ref>Monographs on Malay subjects, Volumes 61-63, MBRAS, Page 71</ref><ref>Penang postcard collection 1899-1930s By Salma Nasution Khoo, Malcolm Wade</ref><ref>Streets of George Town Penang - Page 37 - by Su Nin Khoo</ref><ref>Penang Sketchbook - Page 95 - by Kon Yit Chin, Chen Voon Fee</ref> He owned property in Perak and was proprietor of a business named Chop Hen Choong Toong.<ref>Kinta Valley: pioneering Malaysia's modern development By Salma Nasution Khoo, Abdur-Razzaq Lubis, ISBN 983-42113-0-9, ISBN 978-983-42113-0-1</ref> He was a vice consul between 1907 and 1911 and an Acting Consul-General of Singapore [!911-12] toward the end of the Qing Dynasty and a philanthropist of Lebuh Tye Kee Yoon fame.He was one of the largest individual property owner in the state and was touted as one of the richest man in Penang after his passing as documented in the newspapers of that era.He contributed handsome donations to schools, hospitals, temples and may other philanthropic establishments, among which are the King Edward Memorial Hospital, the Adventist Hospital, the Penang Free School, the Chung Hwa Confucian School and the |
'''Tye Kee Yoon''' was a [[Vice Consul]] of [[China]] in [[Penang]], one of the founders of the [[Kek Lok Si]],<ref>The eye over the golden sands: the memoirs of a Penang family By Kean Siew Lim</ref> and was part of a group known as [[The Five Great Sponsors]].<ref>Monographs on Malay subjects, Volumes 61-63, MBRAS, Page 71</ref><ref>Penang postcard collection 1899-1930s By Salma Nasution Khoo, Malcolm Wade</ref><ref>Streets of George Town Penang - Page 37 - by Su Nin Khoo</ref><ref>Penang Sketchbook - Page 95 - by Kon Yit Chin, Chen Voon Fee</ref> He owned property in Perak and was proprietor of a business named Chop Hen Choong Toong.<ref>Kinta Valley: pioneering Malaysia's modern development By Salma Nasution Khoo, Abdur-Razzaq Lubis, ISBN 983-42113-0-9, ISBN 978-983-42113-0-1</ref> He was a vice consul between 1907 and 1911 and an Acting Consul-General of Singapore [!911-12] toward the end of the Qing Dynasty and a philanthropist of Lebuh Tye Kee Yoon fame.He was one of the largest individual property owner in the state and was touted as one of the richest man in Penang after his passing as documented in the newspapers of that era.He contributed handsome donations to schools, hospitals, temples and may other philanthropic establishments, among which are the King Edward Memorial Hospital, the Adventist Hospital, the Penang Free School, the Chung Hwa Confucian School and the Kek Lok Si Temple along with Cheong Fatt Tze and three others and are the five leading benefactors to the temple. He passed away in Penang in 1919 at the age of 71.The Shih Chung School premises which was known as "The Chinese Residency" belonged to Tye Kee Yoon. Cheong Fatt Tze was the owner of the Blue House in Leith Street and Tye Kee Yoon the Red House. His two sons succeeded him as Chinese Consuls after him. The miniature statues of the five great sponsors sits on top right wing at the Jade Emperor Temple and also at the Grand Room of the Kek Lok Si I believe. |
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Revision as of 08:35, 5 February 2015
Tye Kee Yoon was a Vice Consul of China in Penang, one of the founders of the Kek Lok Si,[1] and was part of a group known as The Five Great Sponsors.[2][3][4][5] He owned property in Perak and was proprietor of a business named Chop Hen Choong Toong.[6] He was a vice consul between 1907 and 1911 and an Acting Consul-General of Singapore [!911-12] toward the end of the Qing Dynasty and a philanthropist of Lebuh Tye Kee Yoon fame.He was one of the largest individual property owner in the state and was touted as one of the richest man in Penang after his passing as documented in the newspapers of that era.He contributed handsome donations to schools, hospitals, temples and may other philanthropic establishments, among which are the King Edward Memorial Hospital, the Adventist Hospital, the Penang Free School, the Chung Hwa Confucian School and the Kek Lok Si Temple along with Cheong Fatt Tze and three others and are the five leading benefactors to the temple. He passed away in Penang in 1919 at the age of 71.The Shih Chung School premises which was known as "The Chinese Residency" belonged to Tye Kee Yoon. Cheong Fatt Tze was the owner of the Blue House in Leith Street and Tye Kee Yoon the Red House. His two sons succeeded him as Chinese Consuls after him. The miniature statues of the five great sponsors sits on top right wing at the Jade Emperor Temple and also at the Grand Room of the Kek Lok Si I believe.
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- ^ The eye over the golden sands: the memoirs of a Penang family By Kean Siew Lim
- ^ Monographs on Malay subjects, Volumes 61-63, MBRAS, Page 71
- ^ Penang postcard collection 1899-1930s By Salma Nasution Khoo, Malcolm Wade
- ^ Streets of George Town Penang - Page 37 - by Su Nin Khoo
- ^ Penang Sketchbook - Page 95 - by Kon Yit Chin, Chen Voon Fee
- ^ Kinta Valley: pioneering Malaysia's modern development By Salma Nasution Khoo, Abdur-Razzaq Lubis, ISBN 983-42113-0-9, ISBN 978-983-42113-0-1
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