Tracing Chan clan’s history

Family history: Chan at the recent launching of his book ‘Family Ties’ in Kota Kinabalu.

KOTA KINABALU: A chest brought back to Sandakan from China in 1931 by the grandmother of Sabah’s prominent naturalist Datuk Chan Chew Lun was left unopened for 90 years.

When it was finally opened, her family found two well-wrapped pieces of Chinese attire still in pristine condition that were placed with pepper seeds to keep them dry and a packet of firecrackers to keep insects away.