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People
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TRIBUTE
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We
have listed these people here, where they
will remain in our history books, in tribute
to the contributions they have made to our lives here in
Singapore.
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CHEW
Choo Keng - Singapore Biscuit
King |
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Born
1916 in Tong An, a county near Xiamen, the capital
of Fujian, China |
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Died 9
Jul 2001 in Singapore at the age of 86. Had 5
wives, 23
children, 34 grandchildren, and 4 great-grand
children. |
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Founded
the Khong Guan brand, a household name here |
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HISTORY: |
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Left
China at the age of 19 to come to Singapore |
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Worked
for TAN Kah Kee at the Khiam Aik biscuit factory |
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Changed
his original name CHEW Zhu Keng to CHEW Choo Keng
at the behest of TAN Kah Kee |
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Set up
Khong Guan Biscuit Factory in 1947 with S$60,000 |
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Religion:
Buddhist |
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Dialect: Hokkien |
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NG
Eng Teng |
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Died of
pneumonia on 4 Nov 2001 at the age of 67. A 1981
Cultural Medallion winner, Mr NG is best known as
the grandfather of Singapore sculpture and the man
behind the bronze statue - Mother-And-Child -
outside Liat Towers in Orchard Road. |
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He was a
bachelor. |
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Some
1,000 of his works have been donated to the National
University of Singapore (NUS) where there is a
gallery in his name. |
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Mohamed
Mustafa |
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Died
on 17 Jul 2001, at the age of 85, of kidney
failure in Apollo Hospital in Chennai, India. He
was laid to rest in is home village at Juanpur,
Utta Prakesh. |
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He
left behind a wife, six children and six
grandchildren. |
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He
also left behind a S$280 million retail
enterprise, Mohamed Mustafa & Samsuddin Co,
now run by eldest son, Mustaq Mohamed, 50. |
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Mohamed
was born to farmer parents in India. He came to
Singapore in 1952, from Muar, Malaysia - where
he had been peddling wares since 1950 - and sold
foodstuff using a make-shift cart. |
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business in 1971 when he opened a shop in
Campbell Lane. |
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TANG
Choon Keng |
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Died
in September 2000, aged 98. |
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Founded
the popular department store C.K.Tang in
1932. |
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He
died at his home with his family by his side nine
days before his 99th birthday. |
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Former Cabinet stalwart Lim Kim San dies
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Singapore's first Foreign Affairs Minister S Rajaratnam dies
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Former President Devan Nair dies
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Former President Wee Kim Wee dies
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Writer Augustine Goh Sin Tub dies
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Theatre Doyen Kuo
Pao Kun dies
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Educator Brother Joseph McNally dies
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Writer Gopal Baratham dies of pneumonia
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