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Ipoh · Malaysia
Ipoh Stories
Tin, trains and the people who built our hometown.
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China Stories
Stories from China, written in Mandarin.
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Astana · Kazakhstan · Русский
Kazakhstan Stories
Stories from Kazakhstan, written in Russian.
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WHO IS IGNATIUS CHEW? THE BAN HOE SENG MAN WHO SOLD IPOH ITS HONDAS, THEN PUT FOUR FAMILIES ON ONE WALL
His family sold Hondas on Kampar Road for half a century. He steered the business through a crash that wiped out most of Malaysia's Honda dealers. Then he found a book his grandfather's brother had written, and built a museum. This is where YLCO Families begins.
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His family sold Hondas on Kampar Road for half a century. He steered the business through a crash that wiped out most of Malaysia's Honda dealers. Then he found a book his grandfather's brother had written, and built a museum. This is where YLCO Families begins.
EU YAN SANG: HOW A CHINESE MEDICINE SHOP IN GOPENG, NEAR IPOH, BECAME A GLOBAL BRAND, AND HOW EU TONG SEN, THE "KING OF TIN", BUILT IT
You have probably walked past an Eu Yan Sang shop, and many of us think of it as a Singapore brand. But it was born in Gopeng, near Ipoh, in 1879, when Eu Kong opened a small medicine shop for tin miners and called it "Yan Sang": caring for mankind. His son Eu Tong Sen went to school in Ipoh, became the "King of Tin", and opened a medicine shop beside every mine. Here is how one Gopeng shop became a name across Asia, including the uncomfortable chapters.
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You have probably walked past an Eu Yan Sang shop, and many of us think of it as a Singapore brand. But it was born in Gopeng, near Ipoh, in 1879, when Eu Kong opened a small medicine shop for tin miners and called it "Yan Sang": caring for mankind. His son Eu Tong Sen went to school in Ipoh, became the "King of Tin", and opened a medicine shop beside every mine. Here is how one Gopeng shop became a name across Asia, including the uncomfortable chapters.
KAPITANS IN QING MANDARIN ROBES: WHO IS THE MAN IN THE OLD PORTRAIT, AND HOW PERAK'S TIN TYCOONS LIKE CHUNG KENG QUEE GOT RANKS FROM THE EMPEROR OF CHINA
You have probably seen the old portrait of a Kapitan in Qing mandarin robes. We guessed he was one of Perak's tin Kapitans. We were wrong: he is Kapitan Yap Ah Loy of Kuala Lumpur. But Perak had mandarin Kapitans of its own. Chung Keng Quee, Foo Choo Choon and Leong Fee wore Qing ranks, many of them paid for with donations from a price list printed in the newspaper. Here is how to read the robe, and what the titles cost.
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You have probably seen the old portrait of a Kapitan in Qing mandarin robes. We guessed he was one of Perak's tin Kapitans. We were wrong: he is Kapitan Yap Ah Loy of Kuala Lumpur. But Perak had mandarin Kapitans of its own. Chung Keng Quee, Foo Choo Choon and Leong Fee wore Qing ranks, many of them paid for with donations from a price list printed in the newspaper. Here is how to read the robe, and what the titles cost.
DATO' SERI LAU PAK KHUAN: THE IPOH TIN MINER WHO STARTED AS A PUSHCART BOY, AND THE ROAD THAT CARRIES HIS NAME
You may have driven down his name this morning. Lau Pak Khuan started at the bottom of a Perak tin mine, pushing a cart of ore, and rose to own about 20 mines, lead Perak's biggest Chinese associations, survive a grenade attack and become the first Chinese made Dato' Seri by the Sultan of Perak. Today a road and a roundabout in Ipoh Garden carry his name, and our founder sat down for coffee with his son.
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You may have driven down his name this morning. Lau Pak Khuan started at the bottom of a Perak tin mine, pushing a cart of ore, and rose to own about 20 mines, lead Perak's biggest Chinese associations, survive a grenade attack and become the first Chinese made Dato' Seri by the Sultan of Perak. Today a road and a roundabout in Ipoh Garden carry his name, and our founder sat down for coffee with his son.