GO Boon Chan

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Go Boon Chan Through the enterprising spirit of the brothers Go Boon Kwan and Go Boon Chan, the Ho Ho Biscuit Factory was established in November 1898 in Chin Swee Road, and converted into a limited liability company in 1900. In this factory, machine-made biscuits are manufactured, and the daily output is about 4,000 pounds. The premises are spacious, clean and well ventilated. Everything is done by machinery, except the " icing " of fancy biscuits and the packing in boxes. By machinery the sugar is ground and sifted, and the flour is mixed and kneaded into dough. Then the prepared dough is passed under a roller and thence on to the stamping and cutting press. The cakes fall into trays and pass on to men who carry them to the oven. During the passage through the oven, the biscuits are baked. At the exit of the oven, the trays are met by an attendant who removes them to a receptacle ready to receive them, thence they are taken to the packing rooms, papered, labelled and made ready for export, principally to Java and the F.M.S. In 1902 at the Hanoi Exhibition the Company obtained a diploma and bronze medal for their biscuits. The business has flourished wonderfully, and, after the death of Mr. Go Boon Chan, it has been under the able management of Mr. Gaw Khek Khiam, one of our best known, influential and public-spirited young men. Mr. Go Boon Chan (who changed the spelling of his surname to Gaw) was born in Samarang, but settled down in Singapore after he had made his fortune in the place of his birth, and became a naturalised British subject. He died on the 30th August 1911, leaving several sons, the three youngest, Khek Swee, Khek Chew and Khek Jim, being enrolled as volunteers in the S.V.I. at the outbreak of the War in 1914 and doing their bit cheerfully for about two years in that tedious and strenuous form of military service‹guard duty. The second son was Mr. Gaw Khek Khiam, who was born in Samarang on the 3rd March 1885, and received his English education at Raffles Institution, Singapore. Proceeding to England, he did a three years' course at the Redruth School of Mines, Cornwall, and obtained in 1904 the school certificate. He won the first prize of the City and Guilds of London Institute (a silver medal and a sum in cash) for his paper on " The Raising and Preparation of Ores generally," and the bronze medal of that Institute for his paper on " Mine Surveying." His father having settled down in Singapore and become naturalised while he and his younger brothers were still infants, the status of naturalised British subjects has been acquired by the children by operation of law. A man of enlightened and progressive views, Mr. Gaw Khek Khiam takes a keen and active interest in all matters relating to the public welfare. He is a shrewd and smart man of business, and in addition to managing the business of the Ho Ho Biscuit Factory Limited, he is a Director of the Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. and the Managing Director of the Chinese Commercial Bank, and a member of committee of the Straits Chinese British Association. He also served 'as a member of the Income-tax Committee in 1916, and of the Commission in 1917 to inquire into the shortage of subsidiary silver in active circulation. Since 1917 he has served on the Rent Assessment Board and attended its weekly meetings regularly. He was appointed a J.P. in 1918. His pleasant and obliging manners and sociable qualities have made him a popular figure among the Chinese community. His sound and intelligent views on public questions, which he has the ability of expressing fluently and effectively, have marked him out as one of our rising young men. From ONE HUNDRED YEAR'S HISTORY OF THE CHINESE IN SINGAPORE, SONG ONG SIANG, pg 321-323 Changed spelling of Surname to Gaw. •Change Date: 22 MAR 2002 at 00:00:00

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Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown•Change Date: 3 NOV 2005 Children1.Has Children Khek Sin GAW 2.Has Children Khek Khiam GAW b: 3 MAR 1885 in Samarang 3.Has No Children Khek Swee GAW 4.Has No Children Khek Chew GAW 5.Has No Children Kek Law GO 6.Has No Children Kek Chim GO

One Hundred Years' History Of The Chinese In Singapore
Page 460, Footnote 50: Also known as 'Gaw Boon Chan', 'Goh Boon Chan', 'Gaw Boon Tjhan', and 'Go Boen Tjhan'.

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