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| Chew Boon Hong arrived in Ipoh in 1910 after the death of Chew Boon Seong |
In 1909 Chew Boon Seong, the eldest of the Chew
brothers passed away. He was 36 years old.
The funeral arrangement was managed by the third
brother Boon San. It included transporting the coffin with the body back to
China.
Boon Juan took over all of his brother’s business
including Ban Hoe Seng Rice Shop, Ipoh. Later the rice shop ceased operating
and was converted to a shop dealing with rubber and tin ore business.
Boon Juan, in addition, took over the responsibility
of looking after and educating his children including sending one son to study
Law in England.
Boon Seong when he was alive sent most of his money
back to China where he had built a mansion. He had three wives two of them in
China. When the communist took over the country the mansion was confiscated and
was used partly as a school and the other half by the military.
Subsequently Boon Juan requested that his youngest
brother Boon Hong to come over to help him in his business.
Boon Hong was then a teacher preparing for the
Imperial Examination. Being the last brother he oversaw the funeral arrangements of Boon
Seong and all other family matters before departing.
In 1910 Chew Boon Hong, at the age of 24, paid 50 dollars
as ship fare to set out from China for a voyage bound south to Penang, Malaya.
He then took a train to Ipoh. At the Ipoh Railway
Station Boon Juan sent a horse cart to pick him up to take him to Ban Chin Hoe
Tin Ore Shop, Kampong Kepayang.
At Kampong Kepayang the workers at the Shop praised the brothers for
their fraternal love between them.
“I
love my brothers.
Whatever
I have I also want them to have.
We
came from a poor background.
When
I prosper I also want my brothers to prosper as well”
by
… Chew Boon Juan
End.
Next. Kampong Kepayang, the town where Chew Boon Juan
made his fortune.
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