Lim Ho Puah
Lim Ho Puah (Chinese: 林和坂; pinyin: Lín Hé Bǎn) was a Hokkien merchant who was born in Amoy in 1841 and came to Singapore at an early age. He entered the service of Wee Bin & Co. in a humble capacity subsequently, and his industry and business intelligence soon attracted the notice of his employer, Wee Bin, and he became the towkay's son-in-law. He was the founder and senior partner of the Wee Bin steamship line and other concerns.[1]
Lim became the sole surviving partner in the firm of Wee Bin & Co. when Wee Bin's grandson Wee Siang Tat (Chinese: 黃祥達; pinyin: Huáng Xiáng Dá) died.[2] The company was liquidated in 1911, when the greater part of the firm's business, including all the large steamers, was taken over by his son Lim Peng Siang (Chinese: 林秉祥; pinyin: Lín Bǐng Xiáng).
During his long residence in Singapore, he took much interest in local public affairs. He was at one time a Director of Tan Kim Ching's Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, and served also as a member of the Chinese Advisory Board and on the Committee of the Po Leung Kuk, and was made a J.P. He died in February 1913 at the age of 72. His remains were interred in China.[3]
References, Sources and Notes
- ^ Seaports of the Far East: Historical and Descriptive, Commercial and Industrial, Facts, Figures, & Resources By Allister Macmillan Compiled by Allister Macmillan Published by W.H. & L. Collingridge, 1925; p. 441, 442
- ^ One hundred years' history of the Chinese in Singapore - Page 115 - by Ong Siang Song - History - 1923
- ^ One Hundred Years' History of the Chinese in Singapore by Ong Siang Song, 1923 - Page 114-116
See also
- Secret Trades, Porous Borders: Smuggling and States Along a Southeast Asian Frontier, 1865-1915 By Eric Tagliacozzo Published by Yale University Press, 2005; ISBN 0-300-08968-6, ISBN 978-0-300-08968-4; p. 382
- Tanjong Pagar: A Pictorial Journey (1819–1989) = Tan-jung Pa-ko Tʻu Pʻien Chi By Tanjong Pagar Constituency (Singapore, Tanjong Pagar Citizens' Consultative Committee, Tanjong Pagar Constituency (Singapore), Tanjong Pagar Citizens' Consultative Committee Published by Tanjong Pagar Constituency, 1989; ISBN 981-3002-27-1, ISBN 978-981-3002-27-2; pp. 88, 139, 181