Tribute to eminent Kapitan China


Performers delighting attendees with a number at the Pinang Peranakan Mansion.

PERSATUAN Peranakan Baba Nyonya Pulau Pinang and Pinang Peranakan Mansion have unveiled a commemorative book for Kapitan China Chung Keng Kwee’s bicentennial.

Authored by Lilian Tong, Yeap Thean Eng, Joshua Tan and Jewel Tan, it celebrates the life and accomplishments of the wealthy overseas Chinese philanthropist and tin magnate, who lived from 1821 to 1901.

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