Chen Juexiang
Chen Khuat Siong, of ancestral origin in Gushi County, Huainan Prefecture (now Henan),[1][2] Fujian Province, was born in Singapore and served as General Manager of the Ji You Bank in Hong Kong. He was the second son of the renowned Chinese entrepreneur Tan Kah Kee.
Early Life
Chen was born in Singapore and attended Tao Nan School there. From 1923 he managed his father’s rubber manufacturing factory. After the Japanese invasion of Malaya in 1941, he took refuge in Calcutta, India, and later moved to the wartime capital Yong’an in Fujian Province. In 1943 he joined the school board of the Jimei Schools[3] founded by his father. In 1947 he relocated to Hong Kong and co‑founded Ji You Bank, becoming its executive director and general manager.[4]
Kidnapping Incident
In December 1947, while traveling by the vessel SS Man Fuk from Hong Kong to Xiamen, Chen was kidnapped at sea near Renshan in Huiyang, Guangdong. With the intervention of Li Jishen and after his father paid a ransom of HK$100,000, he was released in April 1948 and returned to Hong Kong.[5]
Later Career
In 1955 Chen went to Singapore and co‑founded Singapore Bank with friends. In 1963 he compiled and published the local gazette Jimei Zhi.[6]
Family
Chen and his wife Wang Suhong had one son and one daughter. Their daughter Chen Peizhen married Hu Ciming, son of Singaporean doctor Hu Zai Kun, in 1953. Their son Chen Kecheng married Huang Shuzhi, daughter of Hong Kong philanthropist Huang Yunzhen, in 1963.
References
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%88%E5%8E%A5%E7%A5%A5#cite_ref-1
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%88%E5%8E%A5%E7%A5%A5#cite_ref-2
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%88%E5%8E%A5%E7%A5%A5#cite_ref-3
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%88%E5%8E%A5%E7%A5%A5#cite_ref-4
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%88%E5%8E%A5%E7%A5%A5#cite_ref-5
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%88%E5%8E%A5%E7%A5%A5#cite_ref-7