tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post4332990714838853704..comments2024-03-11T17:19:06.567-07:00Comments on My Chew Joo Chiat Story: KING OF KATONGPhilip Chewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471104380601032313noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-84214378735481955142012-03-10T07:53:42.349-08:002012-03-10T07:53:42.349-08:00I am afraid it would be impossible for anyone this...I am afraid it would be impossible for anyone this side of heaven to talk with Lee Beow Guan, my late father. He went home to the Lord a decade ago.KH Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836166081184508639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-82650006084924946982010-07-17T09:32:41.644-07:002010-07-17T09:32:41.644-07:00He might have a pigtail in 1877. After he had pros...He might have a pigtail in 1877. After he had prospered and married a Peranakan lady, do you expect him to see him in a pigtail or parting hair and a suit when chairing meetings in his bank and tin mining corporation?Philip Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471104380601032313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-90424821012869872922010-07-17T08:07:44.461-07:002010-07-17T08:07:44.461-07:00The fact that his only portrait in public domain s...The fact that his only portrait in public domain shows him in a suit with side-parting hairstyle doesn't help. We expect to see Chinamen in pigtails and chinese robe like Whampoa, not in a suit like Lim Boon Keng. I was quite surprised when Tan Tock Seng turned out to be Straits Chinese, I thought he kept a pigtail from his portrait?!Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-62983111403248238102010-07-16T13:46:17.480-07:002010-07-16T13:46:17.480-07:00Lee Beow Guan lives in Batu Pahat, Johore. If only...Lee Beow Guan lives in Batu Pahat, Johore. If only somebody could talk to him about it. My purpose is to stop any inaccurate account of Chew Joo Chiat from spreading. He had been labelled as a Peranakan in many websites. After my blog many had removed the word 'Peranakan'. Still, some websites have not changed.Philip Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471104380601032313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-5918417691522924642010-07-16T02:45:37.854-07:002010-07-16T02:45:37.854-07:00I guess Lee Beow Guan can tell us where he heard t...I guess Lee Beow Guan can tell us where he heard that from :P<br /><br />It could be a translation from dialect, maybe a title to that effect.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-77326561232408668262010-07-11T18:38:05.940-07:002010-07-11T18:38:05.940-07:00unk Dicko, nobody has heard or refer Chew Joo Chia...unk Dicko, nobody has heard or refer Chew Joo Chiat as King of Katong before the book JOO CHIAT a living legacy, was published. If I don't correct the inaccuracy,it'll be taken as true.Philip Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471104380601032313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-29900562027560629522010-07-03T01:50:59.690-07:002010-07-03T01:50:59.690-07:00I think the term or precise word "king" ...I think the term or precise word "king" can be used in a number of ways with different meaning.<br />Generally if it means he was "the leading patron, towkay, light" then in Katong...it should be acceptable.<br />But if used as only the tradtional Chinese knew it from history...then it may be a little bit off.<br />Whatever...the fact remains Chew Joo Chiat was a very important figure in the life and times of Katong, Joo Chiat and elsewhere.Unk Dickohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07050766265321887439noreply@blogger.com