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Eu Tong Sen
Traditional Chinese: 余東璇
Simplified Chinese: 余东璇

Eu Tong Sen (born 1877, Penang; died May 1941, Singapore) was a leading businessman in Malaya and Singapore during the late 19th and early 20th century. Penang (pəˈnæŋ Malay: Pulau Pinang) is a state in Malaysia, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia Singapore British Malaya loosely described a set of states on the Malay Peninsula that were colonized by the British from the 18th and the 19th until the 20th century Singapore His father, Eu Kong, was a Chinese immigrant from Foshan, Guangdong to Gopeng, Perak. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National History Foshan is an old town dated back to many centuries It was famous for its Porcelain industry Guangdong ( EFEO: Kouangtong; Pinyin Guǎngdōng; Postal map spelling: Kwangtung) is a province on the Gopeng is a small town about 20 km south of Ipoh, which is the state capital of Perak in Malaysia. Perak is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is the second largest state in Peninsular Malaysia bordering Kedah and Yala Province of While a child, Eu Tong Sen was sent by his father back to China to study; however, at age 13, his father suddenly died and he inherited the family estate and tin mining business. Two years later, he returned to Malaya to manage the business. [1][2] Aside from his involvement in the tin mining and rubber industries, he was also responsible for extending the family business of traditional Chinese medicine manufacturer Eu Yan Sang into Hong Kong; he felt it was necessary to diversify out of the tin industry, which was coming under increasing government regulation. Traditional Chinese medicine (also known as TCM,) includes a range of traditional medical practices originating in China. Eu Yan Sang (Chinese 余仁生 pinyin Yú Rén Shēng is a healthcare company focusing in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders He also established a remittance business in 1914, which reached throughout Malaya as well as the Dutch East Indies, Hong Kong, and southern China. Remittance can also refer to the Accounting concept of a monetary payment transferred by a customer to a business Remittances are transfers See http//enwikipediaorg/wiki/WikipediaFootnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the tags and the template below His other commercial interests included shareholding in opium farms in Singapore and Penang. Opium is a Narcotic formed from the Latex (ie sap released by lacerating (or "scoring" the immature seed pods of opium poppies ( [1][3]

Outside of his businesses, Eu was an early admirer of the Shaw Brothers and invited them to Singapore as his guests. The Shaw Brothers Studio ( Chinese 邵氏片場 owned by Shaw Brothers (HK Ltd [4] He had a large family, with three wives and twenty-five children. [5] In 1919, Singapore's Wayang Street was renamed to Eu Tong Sen Street in his honour. Eu Tong Sen Street ( Chinese: 余东璇街 is a one-way Road located in the central part of Singapore in the planning areas of Outram [6] He also organised and oversaw the 1928 construction on that same street of the Majestic Theatre, a performing hall for Cantonese opera, and for forming an opera troupe to perform there, all in order to entertain one of his wives who was a fan of Cantonese opera. The Majestic ( is a historic building on Eu Tong Sen Street in Chinatown, Singapore. Cantonese opera is one of the major categories in Chinese opera, originating in southern China 's Cantonese culture. [7] Later, he would become the first non-European commoner to be admitted to the Royal Ipoh Club. [8]

References

  1. ^ a b History. Eu Yan Sang International Ltd. (2000). Retrieved on 2007-08-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus
  2. ^ "Eu Tong Sen". Singapore Infopedia. (1999). Singapore: National Library of Singapore. Retrieved on 2007-08-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus  
  3. ^ LIAN, Kwen Fee; WE Koh Keng (October 2004). "Chinese enterprise in colonial Malaya: the case of Eu Tong Sen". Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 35: 415–432. doi:10.1017/S0022463404000219. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document.  
  4. ^ "名人軼事：邵逸夫　兩個女人成就的一代影視大亨", People's Daily, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-08-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus  
  5. ^ Lee, Pui-Tak (2006). "Voicing from afar: Family and Business Networks in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries". 26th International Economic History Congress, Helsinki, Finland: Department of History, University of Helsinki.  
  6. ^ "Eu Tong Sen Street". Singapore Infopedia. (2003). Singapore: National Library of Singapore. Retrieved on 2007-08-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus  
  7. ^ "Majestic Theatre". Singapore Infopedia. (1999). Singapore: National Library of Singapore. Retrieved on 2007-08-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus  
  8. ^ Anbalagan, V. "Majestic Royal Ipoh Club stands proud", New Straits Times, 23 February 2000. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-08-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus  

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