Chew Boon Hong. The Fourth Brother of Boon Juan.

Chew Boon Hong was Boon Juan's 4^th brother and was also the most learned one.

He came to Kg. Kepayang in the year 1909 after Boon Seong died to help manage Boon Juan’s tin mining and other businesses.

After coming over for more than a year Boon Juan returned to China and assigned Boon Hong  to manage all his (Boon Juan’s) tin mining business.

Besides overseeing Boon Juan’s business he was engaged in tin mining and the rubber growing business and commerce.

Unlike his other brothers he assimilated and actively participated with the community.

Some of the posts that he was involved on the community included

-     Director of the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce 

-        -   Chairman of the Perak Hokkien Association

Picture of Chew Boon Hong taken from the Perak Hokkien Association Magazine

  -  Initiated the establishment of Tao Ye School, Kg Kepayang,  Xing Yuan She School Ipoh, Poi Lam School, Ipoh.

A plaque in a classroom in Methodist Girls School

-          - Donated generously to schools such as St Michael's Institution Ipoh, Anglo Chinese School Ipoh and Methodist Girls School Ipoh. 

-          - Deeply involved in Social Welfare Services.

Chew Boon Hong' home 33 Gopeng Road

Boon Hong had sixteen children altogether, seven sons and nine daughters.

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