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| From left: Andrew Chew, Chew Yew Kong, Chew Hoe Kean, Noelle Chew and Jordan Tan |
Chew Hoe
Kean and his family were first time visitors to the Chew Museum. He was
accompanied by his son Andrew and daughter Noelle and son in law Jordan Tan on his
maiden visit.
He had heard
of the museum from his cousins Datin Sharizan and Chew Hoe Peng and had wanted
to drop by for some time.
Hoe Kean is
the grandson of Chew Boon Hong, the youngest of four brothers that Chew Boon
Juan brought over from China to help him with his business.
He was given
a tour of the museum by cousin Chew Yew Kong, a grandson of Chew Boon Juan as Ignatius
Chew, the museum’s curator was away.
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| (L) Cousins Yew Kong and Hoe Kean (R) Hoe Kean keenly viewing over the family photos |
He described
the house as large with a main hall and two dining rooms.
“Uncle Chew
Choon Siew (the son of Chew Boon Juan) used to visit often. There were twenty
of us staying at No 33 at the time. These included all the married brothers and
the unmarried sisters too.
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| Grandfather's house at 33 Gopeng Road was 'large ...with two dining rooms'. Seated are grandparents Lim Keng Bee and Chew Boon Hong |
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| Chew Hoe Kean (extreme left) and grandfather Chew Boon Hong (sixth from left) with uncles,aunts and cousins |
At one table
grandfather would sit in the middle joined with the sons and grandsons while the
daughters would be at the next table.
My dad Chew
Beng Hee was the eldest and had to sit next to grandfather and I was forced to
sit in between them” laughing as he recalled good memories from long ago.
Hoe Kean
described the museum as a great place to relive and understand our family
history of the Chews.
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| Andrew Chew, Chew Hoe Kean, Noelle Chew and Jordan Tan |
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