Boey Chuan Poh
梅泉寶
Boey Chuan Poh
梅泉寶
民囯乙丑年
七月十四日
Boey Chuan Poh
Age 56
Died 7th Moon on 14
1926
49 Devonshire Road, the sole proprietor of Union Times
總滙新報館東主
In the obituary notice also include name of Ngo Yam Chiang (Ngo Yam Cheang)
Bin Chan House
Marriage of widow of TEO Cheng Eng and daughter of Mr and Mrs Tan Chew Kim to Boey Chuan Poh
Tan Chew Kim 53th birthday , Feb 1911
Friends
LEE Soon Hee
Tan Siew Eng is Mrs Boey Chuan Poh
The Weekly Sun
Publisher: Singapore : Union Times Press, 1910-1913.
Place of Publication: Singapore
Frequency: Weekly
Language: English
Copies Held: Aug 1910 - Nov 1913
Digitised Copies: Aug 1910 - Nov 1913
Further Reading
https://mymindisrojak.blogspot.com/2014/10/boey-chuan-poh-and-family-bukit-brown.html
Debunking the Myth of Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Written by Charles Goh
Thursday, 15 December 2011
A tomb discovery by Raymond Goh in Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery revealed a startling Myth that everyone had accepted as a fact for a hundred years!
http://api.sg/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=183&Itemid=113
UNRAVELLING THE NAME OF HOUSE CALLED BIN CHAN
To verfiy the identity of Boey Chuan Poh, API's Raymond Goh did a historical background check and reveal, among other things, this Obiturary:-
Translated, it meant:-
Boey Chuan Poh was a honorary gentleman who contributed much to society, He has been in the newspapers industry for more than 20 over years, and always seek for the welfare and benefits of humanity and the world, irregardless of political ideologies. His comments and opinion were accurate and has been appreciated by locals and foreigners. His death due to sickness was sudden and everyone was sadden by his early demise.
Yet his name suffered an injustice by being the person who attributed the naming of a Villa named as Bin Chan House (now Wang Qing Yuan – Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall), as being named after his concubine or Mistress.
DEATH.
The Straits Times, 21 August 1926, Page 8
49 Devonshire Road, the sole proprietor of Union Times
Age 53
Leaves behind a widow and two daughters to mourn his loss
Father Boey Ah Sam
Widow
Tan Siew Kim (daughter of Tan Chew Kim)
Boey Siew Kam (Boey Siew Kim)
Boey Siew Geok
无标题
南洋商报, 21 August 1926, Page 4
總滙新報館東主
In the obituary notice also include name of Ngo Yam Chiang (Ngo Yam Cheang)
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5
The Straits Times, 8 March 1902, Page 1
Bin Chan House
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
The Straits Times, 14 July 1910, Page 7
Marriage of widow of TEO Cheng Eng and daughter of Mr and Mrs Tan Chew Kim to Boey Chuan Poh
LOCAL NEWS.
Weekly Sun, 25 February 1911, Page 7
Tan Chew Kim 53th birthday , Feb 1911
Page 7 Miscellaneous Column 2
Weekly Sun, 12 April 1913, Page 7
Friends
Koh San Tee
Ngo Yam Cheang
Lee Soon Hee
E Foon Seng
Tan Jim Seng
Wee Tiang Seng
SEMBRONG RUBBER ESTATES.
The Straits Times, 29 July 1913, Page 9
LEE Soon Hee
Ngo Yam Cheang
Weekly Sun Press
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3
Malaya Tribune, 6 October 1937, Page 6
Tan Siew Eng is Mrs Boey Chuan Poh
Boey Peck Kam was his daughter
The Weekly Sun
Publisher: Singapore : Union Times Press, 1910-1913.
Place of Publication: Singapore
Frequency: Weekly
Language: English
Copies Held: Aug 1910 - Nov 1913
Digitised Copies: Aug 1910 - Nov 1913
Further Reading
https://mymindisrojak.blogspot.com/2014/10/boey-chuan-poh-and-family-bukit-brown.html
Debunking the Myth of Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Written by Charles Goh
Thursday, 15 December 2011
A tomb discovery by Raymond Goh in Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery revealed a startling Myth that everyone had accepted as a fact for a hundred years!
http://api.sg/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=183&Itemid=113
UNRAVELLING THE NAME OF HOUSE CALLED BIN CHAN
To verfiy the identity of Boey Chuan Poh, API's Raymond Goh did a historical background check and reveal, among other things, this Obiturary:-
Translated, it meant:-
Boey Chuan Poh was a honorary gentleman who contributed much to society, He has been in the newspapers industry for more than 20 over years, and always seek for the welfare and benefits of humanity and the world, irregardless of political ideologies. His comments and opinion were accurate and has been appreciated by locals and foreigners. His death due to sickness was sudden and everyone was sadden by his early demise.
Yet his name suffered an injustice by being the person who attributed the naming of a Villa named as Bin Chan House (now Wang Qing Yuan – Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall), as being named after his concubine or Mistress.