QUAH Beng Kee, 柯孟淇

Quah Beng Kee O.B.E., J.P. - Municipal Commissioner, Penang / Chinese member for Penang on the Legislative Council / Penang Harbour Board / Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. / Free School, Penang / Roberts' College, Calcutta, India / Residence: Bishop Street

Education in Pinang is supported staunchly by Mr. Quah Beng Kee, who has been a Municipal Commissioner for Georgetown since 1902. He is the son of Mr. Quah Joo Moye, a well-known coconut planter of the settlement, and was born in 1872. He was educated at the Pinang Free School and at Roberts' College, Calcutta. Afterwards he entered the service of a Pinang business house, and subsequently he and his brothers started business as shipowners and general merchants, under the style of Beng Bros. They founded the Guan Lee H in Steamship Company, of which Mr. Quah Beng Kee is now the sole proprietor. He is on the committee of the Chinese Chamber of Com^ merce and of the Chinese Town Hall, and is a member of the Pinang Association. His enthusiastic support of education is shown by the fact that he has generously conceded free passages on any of his launches to all children on the mainland of Province Wellesley desiring to attend schools at Pinang. Mr. Quah Beng Kee, in 1894, married the daughter of the late Mr. Chew Choo In, Captain China of Deli, Sumatra. He has two residencesaa town house at 95, Bishop Street, Pinang, and a country seat, " Castledale," in Province Wellesley.

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