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Heart and Soul: First Chief Minister of Penang – a Scouter and a patriot

By LONE WOLF
Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, wearing his Pingat Semangat Padi award, at his residence in Penang on Christmas Day, 1988. Photo: Liew Chiok San

The late Tan Sri Datuk Seri Michael Wong Pow Nee was a Scouter and commissioner and also the first Chief Minister of Penang (Aug 31, 1957 – 1969).

The fourth son of Catholic Hakka building developer John Wong Ee Chin and Cecilia Foo Nyuke Yin, he was born on Oct 7, 1911, in Bukit Mertajam, Penang.

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