The death took place at Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning of Mr. Loke Chow Kit, J.P., son of Mr. Loke Kum Choon, and a native of Penang. After being educated at Penang Free School, he entered the commercial house of Messrs. Katz Bros., Penang. Later on he joined the firm of Messrs. Huttenbach and Co., and when that firm extended their business to Kuala Lumpur he was sent there as assistant manager. At that time, says the Malay Mail, Towkays Loke Yew and Chow Ah Yok were appointed by the Government lessees of the railway lines in Selangor, and they made Mr. Chow Kit traffic manager. This position he held until the Government took over the railway on the expiration of the lease. Mr. Chow Kit then joined Mr. Loke Yew in the General Farm of Selangor and afterwards in the Revenue and General Farms of Pahang and Negri Sembilan. He was appointed general manager of the farms. Later he was the farmer of Negri Sembilan, opium and spirits farmer of Malacca, a shareholder in the opium farm of Hongkong. He was the proprietor of Chow Kit and Co., Kuala Lumpur. Together with his brother, Mr. Loke Chow Thye, he was a large shareholder in the Serendah and Jeher Hydraulic Tin Mining Companies, which concerns were floated by him and his brother as limited liability companies during their trip to Scotland a few years ago. Mr. Chow Kit had been at one time and another a director of the Milling and Mining Co., Ltd., the Federal Dispensary Co., Ltd., the Jeher Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ltd., the Serendah Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ltd., the Malay Cement Co., Ltd., and Agent for the China Mutual Life Insurance Co., Wee Bin Steamship Co., and Koe Guan Steamship Co. He was president of the Straits China Association and of the Oriental Stand, acting president of the Weld Hill Club, trustee for the Kong Siew Wooi Koon, a Visiting Justice of the Gaol and Vagrant Ward, and a member of the committee of the Tai Wah Hospital. He was recently made a Justice of the Peace. [The Straits Times, 30 August 1918, Page 10 and ]
The remains of the late Mr. Loke Chow Kit, J.P., senior partner of Chow Kit and Co., Ltd., Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, were removed from his residence, Desswood, Ampang Road, Kuala Lumpur, at 11 a.m. on Sunday, to The Klang at Port Swettenham, to be taken to Penang, where the funeral takes place to-day. As a mark of respect the Singapore firm of Chow Kit and Co., Ltd., closes to-day. [The Straits Times, 3 September 1918, Page 7]
The funeral of Loke Chow Kit took place at Penang in the reform style from Bishop Street to Mount Erskine cemetery. It was largely attended by Penang and F.M.S. friends of the deceased. [The Straits Times, 4 September 1918, Page 8]
The funeral of the late Mr. Loke Chow Kit took place in the " reform style ' at Penang on Tuesday morning. The remains were conveyed to Mount Erskine Cemetery for interment. The funeral was attended by a large number of relatives and friends, many of them from the F.M.S. and Singapore. After the usual formalities in the house the procession started at about 10.30 and followed a route through China Street, Beach Street, Malay Street, Carnavon Street, and finally halted at Pranging Road where every kind of conveyance from motor cars to humble ricsha were requisitioned by the followers, who proceeded to the burial ground. Special arrangements had been made for the convenience of those attending the funeral. The procession was a fairly long one and one of its novelties was the carriage upon which the head priest sat. It was tastefully decorated and was the best seen in the last few years. There were in addition several groups of Chinese musicians behind whom were carriers of banners and scrolls from the various local clubs and communities, after which came two motor cars decked with wreaths and flowers one of them containing a large photograph of the deceased. Last came the mourners and the coffin which was enveloped in a pall of pink and green silk with gold and silver trimmings especially ordered for the occasion. (Straits Echo) [The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 7 September 1918, Page 10]
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