CHUA Cheng Hock

died at the age 61 on the April 25, 1940 in Ipoh, Malaysia. He was cremated at the Sam Poh Tong, temple.

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Chua Cheng Hock (Bukit Brown)

It started with a leisurely walk with Raymond Goh in Block 3 Division A on a sunny morning and we stumbled upon a Sikh guard barely visible in the thick undergrowth. This alerted us to find out who was the owner of this Sikh guard. It was the tomb of Mr. Chua Cheng Hock (1889-1951). Mr Chua Cheng Hock was one of the directors of the Cycle and Carriage Company. He was also an avid tennis player and played many competitive matches.

Cycle and Carriage Company

Cycle and Carriage Company Ltd was founded in 1899 by the Chua brothers namely Chua Cheng Bok and Chua Cheng Tuan with brothers Chua Cheng Hee and Chua Cheng Hock and Chua Cheng Liat coming in to the business at different periods after that.

The company was in 1926 the sole agency in Malaya for the following:

English Cars:  Crossley, Swift, Singer, Calthrope, Clement, Talbot, B.S.A.

American Cars: Overland, Willys-Knight, Oldsmobile and Cleveland

French Cars: De Dion, Darracq

German Cars: Opel

Italian Cars: Ansaldo

Motor Trucks: Federal-Knight, Brockway and Overland

Motorcycles: B.S.A, Chater-Les, Invieta, Monopole, O.E.C, Blackburne and James

Bicycles: B.S.A, Monopole, Invieta and Massey Harris

When listed in 1926 ,it had an authorised capital of $5 million. In spite of the difficulties it encountered in a number of years, (including the Great Depression, World War I and II ), the company continued to thrive. Cycle and Carriage is one of the major symbols of the vehicular transport growth in this region that still exist to-date.

Contributions

Malaysian Union Seminary (399-1 Upper Serangoon), Air Raid Relief Fund (via the Chinese Relief Fund Committee). He was also a member of the Chee Yang (Chua Si) Kong So Association.

Death

Mr Chua Cheng Hock died on October 8, 1951 at the age of 62, in No 21 Scotts Road. He left behind his wife, 2 sons, Chua Boon Kim and Chua Boon Chin and 2 daughters,Chua Hock Tay and Chua Hock Choo.

His first wife, Madam Ho Hian Goh died on May 14, 1935, leaving behind 2 sons and 1 daughter.

Chua Cheng Hock's Family Chua Boon Hin (eldest son) married a daughter of a well-known Malacca resident, Mr Ho Eng Wah, in 1932. Boon Hin died in 20th January 1946 at the age of 36 at the Alexandra Military Hospital. He left behind his wife, 2 sons and a daughter.

Miss Chua Hock Tay (Phyllis) married Mr Ong Tiang Guan (Wallie), second son of Mr and Mrs Ong Boon Tat, J.P in 1940. (Ong Boon Tat if you recall is the eldest son of Mr Ong Sam Leong). At the brides house in Scotts Road, they were dressed in traditional Manchu wedding outfit with the groom wearing an elaborate jewelled head-dress and richly embroidered robes. Around her neck were many jewelled and gold necklets and she adorned diamond rings and bracelets. At the grooms place, more than 1,000 guest attended the lunch wedding reception given at the New World during the afternoon of September 20, 1940 and a wedding dinner that very night at Bukit Rose at Bukit Timah Road, family home of the Ong's.

Chua Boon Chin (Christopher) married Audrey Chionh Chai Meng, 2nd daughter of Mrs Chionh Doo Chee in 23 July 1961. Mrs Chioh Doo Chee (Ms Chan Keng Boon) was a famous competitive badminton player.

Chua family story

Mr Chua Toh from Fukien (Fujian Province) made his way here as a young man to Malacca. He started out as a nutmeg dealer. He had five sons, Chua Cheng Tuan(eldest), Chua Cheng Bok, Chua Cheng Hee, Chua Cheng Hock and Chua Cheng Liat.  Chua Toh died in 1908 in Malacca and was buried in Bukit Cina.

Chua Cheng Tuan and Chua Cheng Bok as young man worked in Federated Engineering company to gain experience, and later they set up their own business, Federal Stores and later Cycle and Carriage -in High Street, Kuala Lumpur.

Chua Cheng Bok died at the age 61 on the April 25, 1940 in Ipoh, Malaysia. He was cremated at the Sam Poh Tong, temple. He was also a philanthropist, donating an entire entire maternity ward, named the Chua Cheng Bok ward of the Chinese Maternity Ward at Pudu Road.

Chua Cheng Tuan died on March 27, 1912 after forming Cycle and Carriage and getting Chua Cheng Bok to partner him.

Chua Cheng Hee took over as Chairman after the death of Cheng Bok. Cheng Liat was appointed managing director.

Chua Cheng Liat took over as Chairman after Cheng Hee retired in 1949. Cheng Liat died at the age of 64 in June 1957 in his residence at Lloyd Road, Singapore ending a generation of Chua brothers who toiled for Cycle and Carriage. The business was passed on to Cheng Liat's eldest son, Boon Peng.

My story ends here, for now.

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