Close family. (l-r) Ignatius Chew,Christine Yeoh Choo Hoon (3rd from left) and after her Datuk Lim Si Boon. |
There was so
much of camaraderie amongst the cousins that night that I sought to ask Christine
Yeoh what it was that gave them all such family unity.
“It’s been
that way from our grand-parents time, four generations ago. We were a strict family but among us cousins
we grew up together and we remained very close.
My great
grandfather was Yeoh Kuan Joo married Lim Siew Tong who was the sister of
Lim Seok Tan, Datuk Lim Si Boon great grandfather.
That was
well before the war and the families have been close since.
Christine
explained that during her Grandmothers time whenever there was an event all the
families came together.
Chew Boon Juan ( 2nd from left) and Yeoh Khuan Joo (7th from left) at the wedding of Boon Juan's 7th daughter |
In the 1930’s
Yeoh Kuan Joo’s son Yeoh Ghim Cheow was married to Chew Gaik Tiew the daughter
of Chew Boon Juan while in the 40’s another Yeoh daughter Yeoh Suan Bee married Chew Choon Kok thus continuing the relationship of the families.
In recent
times, Christine said her father the late Datuk Yeoh Kian Teik and the late
Datuk K.K. Lim, Lim Si Boon father were good friends and drinking buddies for a
long time.
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