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Back row. Chew Boon Juan, China Consulate official, Ong Choo Tin, Lo Chung Liang, Chew Gaik Swee, Chew Gaik Heng, Khaw Cheng Bor, China official. Front row children: Mimi Ang, Yeoh Saw Kin and Ong Heng Leong |
Chew Gaik
Swee was Chew Boon Juans’s last child. She
was 19 when she married a China national Lo Chung Liang.
The date of
their marriage was 7 December 1946. The wedding was held in Penang at the Burma Road Gospel Hall and the reception was at Chew Boon Juan's home at 4 North Bridge road.
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At the Burma Road Gospel Hall
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Newly married Lo Chung Liang and Chew Gaik Swee
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It was a
grand wedding with a lot of Swee’s nieces and nephews acting as bridesmaid,
flower girls and page boy. It certainly made for a beautiful wedding.
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The reception was held at Chew Boon Juan's home at 4 North Bridge road. Note the auspicious 7 tier wedding cake.
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the garden party reception ... |
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........ with Chew Boon Juan seated next to the Gaik Swee and her husband. |
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Ong Choo Tin d/o 2nd aunt Gaik Hoon, Khaw Cheng Bor s/o 1st aunt Gaik Tuan, Chew Gaik Heng d/o Chew Boon Hong, Mimi Ang d/o 8th aunt Gaik See, Ong Heng Leong s/o 5th aunt Gaik Cheng, Yeoh Saw Kin d/o 3rd aunt Gaik Tiew.
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Gaik Heng and Choo Tin.
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Chew Boon Juan's sons-in-law Ong Chee Suan, Yeoh Ghim Cheow, Lo Chung Liang
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Chew Gaik Swee and Lo Chung Liang
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Photos were
taken at the Burma Road Gospel Hall and Chew Boon Juan’s home. All photos are from the collection of Yeoh Ghim Cheow.
JAG