Sunday, February 6, 2011
Hapi CNY and Miner's Arm 4 February 2011
I think we started the annual CNY minum-minum way back in 1993 or earlier, which mean we had met in Ipoh for more than 18+ years. Most of the time it will be at Miner's Arm in old town. once at Oon Keong's place plus a couple of times where we sort of wandered to GreenTown. The number of us would vary from year to year; there was one year where it was only FongFatt and I wandering around GreenTown. We had a good crowd this year though not as many as the year in Oon Keong's place. Interesting characters graced the evening - we had a guru besar cermelang (hope the spelling is correct), someone back from cold cold Russia, an American cow...etc.
Hope we can keep this going as long as possible thought Miner's Arm is a bit of disappointment as it is now a karaoke centre rather than the good old pub that we knew. I miss the horse shoe sofa that we always occupy......
# pics courtesy of TehMC
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Grandson desires to honour a patriarch - The Star
A GRANDSON of the late Leong Sin Nam, one of Ipoh’s famous tin miners and philanthropists, plans to hold an exhibition highlighting the contributions of the patriarch and Perakians in the Chinese Revolution led by Dr Sun Yat Sen.
Dr Leong Oon Keong said this year was the 100th anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising of 1911 which paved the way for the founding of the Republic of China.
“Perakians had contributed significantly in terms of time, money and lives to the Chinese Revolution,” he said, adding that Dr Sun had maintained that the financial con-tributions from the Overseas Chinese were indispensable and often called them the “Mother of the Revolution”.
Looking back: Guests viewing a slide show on Dr Sun Yat Sen during a memorial dinner for Leong Sin Nam at the Perak Kaying
Association.
“His descendants Victor Sun and Leland Sun who visited Ipoh after attending a conference in Penang in November last year also acknowledged and praised the people in Perak for their contributions towards the Chinese Revolution,” he said recently during an annual dinner organised by the Perak Kaying Association in memory of Sin Nam who died on Jan 19, 1940 at the age of 60.
Dr Leong said his grandfather, a Hakka from the Guangdong province in China, was one of the founders of Perak Kaying Association and had bequeathed his bungalow and land in Ipoh to the association.
The bungalow was subsequently demolished and the land sold to help finance the building of the current association building on Jalan Sultan Yussuf in Ipoh.
Great man: A portrait of Ipoh's famous Leong Sin Nam.
Dr Leong said the association holds a memorial service at Leong Sin Nam’s tomb in the Cantonese cemetery off Jalan Gopeng in Ipoh on Jan 19 followed by a Hakka dinner every year.
He said his grandfather, who lived from 1880 to 1940, worked his way up as a mining labourer to own several tin mines and managed several large rubber estates in Perak.
He said Sin Nam was known for his contributions to charity, education, sports and social institutions in Perak. He was the founder of SJK (C) Min Tet in 1913 in Falim and the SJK (C) Wan Hwa in Menglembu in 1914.
Sin Nam held several posts, including that of a member of the Perak State Council, president of the Perak Chinese Association, president of the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce, president of the Perak Kaying Guild, chairman of the Overseas Chinese Mining Association and vice-president of the Khek Community Guild in Singapore.
Tribute to a philanthropist: A street named after Leong Sin Nam in the centre of Ipoh.
He was also chairman of the Malayan Chinese Daily News in Kuala Lumpur and managing director of the Perak Chinese Daily News in Ipoh.
Sin Nam had also received various awards, including meritorious service from the Republic of China and the Order of the British Empire conferred by King George VI.
Dr Leong said his grandfather was a strong supporter of Dr Sun and his successor Chiang Kai Shek in overthrowing Yuan Shi Kai and the warlords after the 1911 revolution in China.
Due to his fame and contributions to China, Leong Sin Nam was appointed Warden of Mines for Yunnan, adviser of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, member of the Economic Committee of the Chinese Government and committee member of the Kwantung Branch of Reconstruction Commission.
During the second Sino-Japanese War, he was chairman of the Perak Overseas Chinese Distress Relief Fund and he gave cash aid to alleviate the wounded in the war zones in China.
A road in Ipoh and another in the Cameron Highlands were named after Sin Nam after his death.
Dr Leong said the ad-hoc committee for the Dr Sun Yat Sen exhibition wished to receive assistance from Perakians who have information, pictures and family links with the Chinese Revolution. He can be contacted at 05-2556302
Dr Leong Oon Keong said this year was the 100th anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising of 1911 which paved the way for the founding of the Republic of China.
“Perakians had contributed significantly in terms of time, money and lives to the Chinese Revolution,” he said, adding that Dr Sun had maintained that the financial con-tributions from the Overseas Chinese were indispensable and often called them the “Mother of the Revolution”.
Looking back: Guests viewing a slide show on Dr Sun Yat Sen during a memorial dinner for Leong Sin Nam at the Perak Kaying Association.
“His descendants Victor Sun and Leland Sun who visited Ipoh after attending a conference in Penang in November last year also acknowledged and praised the people in Perak for their contributions towards the Chinese Revolution,” he said recently during an annual dinner organised by the Perak Kaying Association in memory of Sin Nam who died on Jan 19, 1940 at the age of 60.
Dr Leong said his grandfather, a Hakka from the Guangdong province in China, was one of the founders of Perak Kaying Association and had bequeathed his bungalow and land in Ipoh to the association.
The bungalow was subsequently demolished and the land sold to help finance the building of the current association building on Jalan Sultan Yussuf in Ipoh.
Great man: A portrait of Ipoh's famous Leong Sin Nam. Dr Leong said the association holds a memorial service at Leong Sin Nam’s tomb in the Cantonese cemetery off Jalan Gopeng in Ipoh on Jan 19 followed by a Hakka dinner every year.
He said his grandfather, who lived from 1880 to 1940, worked his way up as a mining labourer to own several tin mines and managed several large rubber estates in Perak.
He said Sin Nam was known for his contributions to charity, education, sports and social institutions in Perak. He was the founder of SJK (C) Min Tet in 1913 in Falim and the SJK (C) Wan Hwa in Menglembu in 1914.
Sin Nam held several posts, including that of a member of the Perak State Council, president of the Perak Chinese Association, president of the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce, president of the Perak Kaying Guild, chairman of the Overseas Chinese Mining Association and vice-president of the Khek Community Guild in Singapore.
Tribute to a philanthropist: A street named after Leong Sin Nam in the centre of Ipoh. Sin Nam had also received various awards, including meritorious service from the Republic of China and the Order of the British Empire conferred by King George VI.
Dr Leong said his grandfather was a strong supporter of Dr Sun and his successor Chiang Kai Shek in overthrowing Yuan Shi Kai and the warlords after the 1911 revolution in China.
Due to his fame and contributions to China, Leong Sin Nam was appointed Warden of Mines for Yunnan, adviser of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, member of the Economic Committee of the Chinese Government and committee member of the Kwantung Branch of Reconstruction Commission.
During the second Sino-Japanese War, he was chairman of the Perak Overseas Chinese Distress Relief Fund and he gave cash aid to alleviate the wounded in the war zones in China.
A road in Ipoh and another in the Cameron Highlands were named after Sin Nam after his death.
Dr Leong said the ad-hoc committee for the Dr Sun Yat Sen exhibition wished to receive assistance from Perakians who have information, pictures and family links with the Chinese Revolution. He can be contacted at 05-2556302
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Lamb sausages, chicken thigh, Baramundi and dark ale in Sydney
Greetings from DownUnder.
It was great meeting up with Raj, Patrick and Toong Meng just now. We had really nice and salty lamb sausages, beers etc in this place call RedOak Boutique Pub where the beers were brewed in house.
It was great meeting up with Raj, Patrick and Toong Meng just now. We had really nice and salty lamb sausages, beers etc in this place call RedOak Boutique Pub where the beers were brewed in house.
Cheers...KeeKuang
# pics kinda blurr, not becos of shaky hands but not enough AUD to buy better camera
# Avtar - if you do read this mail you may like to contact Raj and the rest of Ipoh Mali ppl who are now living in Oz
Monday, July 12, 2010
FW: Guess who was conducting and singing in Ipoh tonight.....
Well, it was a great food and complete with a great singing finale in Ipoh tonight for the Ipoh Mali boys and gals and according to our icon, the short video is a prelude for one of next year ACS dinner's presentations....or more of a kind of akan datang thingy and box office event.
Also I have included some pics, errr...quite blur la and also missed couple of you folks using my old defunk pda....more and better pics to come when our Ipoh Mali architect and Christine (guess who....) can email over better quality shorts taken with their more cangih cameras.
Cheers...keekuang
Thursday, June 17, 2010
DElicious Again Tues 15 June 2010
Pics courtesy of Chin Tuck Seng....our official photographer and his message for the rest.
Cheers..KeeKuang
Hello everyone,
Some of us ACSians managed to squeeze some time to attend last night's dinner 15 June at Delicious Restaurant in Bangsar attended by the usual very supportive kaki's namely Kee Kuang, Nyat Keong, Hong Yik, Dr Sukdershan, Dr Manjit (who despite his very busy dental schedule managed to grace the occassion), Mun Ngor (who took time off again to come all the way from Batu Pahat), Chi Wi (back for hols from Taiwan). Edmund Ewe resurfaced after so many years absence & we wish our brother a warm welcome.
2. We were also very lucky as the usual guys gathering this time was graced by 3 ladies from Form Six Sc. C ie Wai Lan, Lay Ian and Sook Fun (if not mistaken came all the way from Ipoh).
3. Our brother King Loon only arrived after dinner ended but all was not lost as some of us adjourned with him for teh tarik at Devi's Corner
4. Some snaps of the gathering for remembrance. If the photos are too large perhaps can download & saved for viewing.
5. Good news as Dr Manjit has proposed to arrange a future gathering of ACSians possibly at Selangor Club, Bukit Kiara (he is a member). We look forward to this and hope many can attend.
Rgds
Tseng
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Makan Minum Rock Garden June 10 - pics courtesy of TSeng
Pics taken by TuckSeng and as he mentioned, we hope more of 75/73 will join in these Makan2 and Minum2 sessions. Cheers...KeeKuang
Everyone,
Last set of snaps from Rock Garden Makan 5 Jun 2010. Hope some of our ACS friends who have not attended these gatherings can make it the next round.
rgds
tseng
tseng
Fwd: ACS Makan Minum Jun 2010
Hi all,
Had a great time makan and minum at ACS gathering at Rock Garden 5 jun 2010. Some new additions (guys most have not seen for some years) who managed this time to join the regular gathering, Wan Meow Kwan, Lee Mun Ngor & Thum Wai Seng. Some photos for remembrance. Snaps were sent earlier but maybe encountered errors.
rgds
Tuck Seng
Sunday, August 30, 2009
ACS Reunion Dinner 2009
ACS Reunion Dinner held on 29th August 2009 at Hee Lai Ton Restaurant, Ipoh.
A nostalgic event with about 800 people attending. Met some old friends. Can you recognise them all?
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