Kan Kim-Kee and Chan Yen-Soon, marriage

A fashionable Straits Chinese Wedding was celebrated yesterday afternoon in Stanley Street, when Mr Chan Yen Soon, fourth son of Mr Chan Kim Boon, married Miss Kan Kim Kee, a daughter of Mr Kan Teow Koh's. The reception was held at No. 9 Stanley Street, the residence of Mr Chan Kim Boon. Mr Chan Kim Boon, the bridegroom's father, is a well-known and highly esteemed resident of Singapore, having been for over forty years employed as head book-keeper and cashier to Messrs. Donaldson and Burkinshaw. Amongst the European guests at the wedding were the Hon. H. Fort, Dr and Miss Galloway, Mr C. Dunlop, Mr and Mrs Knowles, Mr and Mrs F.K. Jennings, and the Miss Jennings, Messrs Gilbert S. Carver, B.G.H. Johnson, H. Millard, C.G. Emerson, and C. Everett. The guests were shown over the bride's room, which was gorgeously decorated. The guests then tasted a number of Chinese sweets of which there were a great variety, and drank the health of the happy couple in champagne. [The Straits Times, 5 May 1906, Page 5]