IN 1901, Rev Wong Nai Siong led the first batch of 72 Foochows to Sibu. Another two groups followed the next year, bringing the total number of pioneering immigrants to 1,118.
After three years in Sibu, Wong returned to China where he died in 1925. His replacement was Rev James Matthew Hoover.
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