Ex-banker dies at 75

Wee: Founder of Eastern Oxygen Industries Sdn Bhd.

KUCHING: Former banker Datuk Amar Wee Hood Teck passed away on Friday. He was 75. 

Wee was the founder and chairman of Eastern Oxygen Industries Sdn Bhd, and a younger brother of Singaporean banker Wee Cho Yaw. 

The prominent businessman, who served for 12 years as president of the Kuching Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry until 1978, made significant financial contribution to Chinese education. 

He was also a long-serving chairman of the Sarawak Turf Club. 

Wee left behind widow Datin Amar Kathryn Phang-Wee Geok Lian, four sons and three daughters. 

He will be laid to rest at the Hokkien Cemetery in Jalan Giam, off Jalan Penrissen on Tuesday.