We regret to announce the death of Mr. Leong Fee which took place at his residence in Leith Street at 2 p.m. yesterday. Mr. Leong Fee, who was Mr. Tye Kee Yoon's predecessor as Chinese Vice-Consul in Penang, had been ailing for some time. He was advised a change of climate and went on a tour to Japan from which country he only returned a few days ago by the N.D.L. steamer Yorck. Mr. Leong Fee went to Ipoh but, owing to a relapse of his illness, came over to Penang on Saturday. The deceased, who was 56 years of age married the daughter of Mr. Cheah Choon Seng. He leaves a widow, ten children, two sons-in-law and a daughter to mourn his loss. The funeral takes place on the 21st instant, when the remains will be removed from his residence in Leith Street for interment at the Cantonese Cemetery, Mount Erskine. The cortege will take the following route: Leith Street, Muntri Street, Stewart Lane, China Street, Beach Street, Malay Street, Carnavon Street, Prangin Road, Burmah Road and Mount Erskine. Mr. Leong Fee, who was born and educated in China, came to Penang about thirty-six years ago. Here he remained for six months only before migrating to Ipoh which was then a small collection of attap houses surrounded by dense jungle. After a year in business he turned to in mining and stuck in the Tambun mine which comprise some of the richest tin lands in the F.M.S. This property he first helf in conjunction with Mr. F.J.W. Dykes for coffee cultivation. The venture did not succeed and when Mr. Dykes entered Government service, Mr. Leong Fee bought up his moiety of the estate and abandoned the coffee project for tin mining.---Straits Echo. [Weekly Sun, 13 April 1912, Page 6] [Weekly Sun, 13 April 1912, Page 6]
The funeral of the late Mr Leong Fee took place yesrerday morning, when his remains were removed from his residence in Leith Street to the Cantonese Cemetery at Mount Erskine for interment. The funeral was in the "reformed" style. The cortege, nearly half a mile long, passed through Leith Street, Farquhar Street, Pitt Street, China Street, Beach Road, Malay Street, Carnavon Street, Prangin Road, Burmah Road and Mount Erskine Road. The coffin which was surmounted by a cover, overlaid with evergreens and studded with flowers, presented quite a novel appearance. This is the first occasion in a Chinese funeral in which the usual embroidered cover or Quan Tah (Hokien) and Koon-Cgoy-Thoe (Cantonese) were discarded. The lion on the top of the cover---signifying that the deceased was of the male sex---was not unlike the Koon-Choy-Thoe. The frame-work in which the photograph of Mr. Leong Fee was placed was also covered with evergreens and so were the other paraphernalia carried in the procession. On each side of the coffin walked Messrs. Leong Eng Khean and Leong Tek Khean (sons of the deceased). There was very little Chinese music but the Town Band and two batches of the Cinematograph Band played the Dead March. Forty wreaths were sent ; these were carried by the employees of the deceased who came from the F.M.S. to attend his funeral. They marched three abreast. Nearly a thousand people attended the funeral and every section of the community was represented. Several Europeans came specially from the F.M.S. At Mount Erskine food and refreshments were served. At 1 p.m. the coffin was lowered into the middle of the three family vaults.---S.E. [Weekly Sun, 27 April 1912, Page 6]
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