Lim Ho Puah (simplified Chinese: 林和坂; traditional Chinese: 林和阪; pinyin: Lín Hébǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Hô-póaⁿ) was a Hokkien merchant who was born in Amoy in 30 December[1] 1841 and came to Singapore at an early age. He was employed by Wee Bin & Co., where his abilities were noticed by his employer, Wee Bin. He later married Wee Bin's daughter. He was the founder and senior partner of the Wee Bin Steamship Line and other concerns.[2]
Lim Ho Puah | |
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| Born | December 30, 1841 |
| Died | February 11, 1914 (aged 72) |
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; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûiⁿ Siâng-ta̍t) died.[3] The company was liquidated in 1911, when the greater part of the firm's business, including all the large steamships, was taken over by his son Lim Peng Siang (Chinese: 林秉祥; pinyin: Lín Bǐng Xiáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Péng-siông).
Lim was a Director of Tan Kim Ching's Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, served as a member of the Chinese Advisory Board and on the Committee of the Po Leung Kuk, and was made a Justice of the Peace. He died on 11 February 1914 at the age of 74.[4] His remains were interred in China.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Untitled". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ Macmillan, Allister (1907). Seaports of the Far East illustrated : historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial, facts, figures, & resources. London: Allister Macmillan. pp. 441–442. OCLC 12269431.
- ^ a b Song, Ong Siang (1923). One hundred years' history of the Chinese in Singapore. London: John Murray. pp. 114–116. LCCN 24007821. OCLC 969780955.
- ^ "The Late Mr. Lim Ho Puah". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
Further reading
edit- Eric Tagliacozzo (2005). Secret trades, porous borders : smuggling and states along a Southeast Asian frontier, 1865-1915. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 382. ISBN 0300089686. OCLC 128311615.
- Tanjong Pagar : a pictorial journey (1819-1989) = Danrong Bage tu pian ji. [Singapore]: Tanjong Pagar Constituency. 1989. pp. 88, 139, 181. ISBN 9813002271. OCLC 21873344.