Wong Kim Hone, death January 1939, Kuala Lumpur

The death has occurred of Mr. Wong Kim Hone, one of the best-known Chinese architects in Kuala Lumpur. He was 45. A son of the late Mr. Wong Siew Kuan, who was an electrical engineer, Mr. Wong Kim Hone was born in China and was educated at the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur. He began his career with the Penang Hill Railway and was later a partner in the firm of Barnabas and Co. He went into business on his own in 1936. He was a member of the Institute for Architects of Malaya and took a keen interest as an actor member in the Chui Lok Amateur Dramatic Association. Mr. Wong was responsible for a number of the designs of buildings in Kuala Kubu Bharu and the building of the Chui Lok Dramatic Association and the Seventh-Day Adventis Mission School, Kuala Lumpur. A large gathering was present at the funeral which took place on Monday. He leaves besides his widow, two sons, Messrs Wong Kinmen and Wong Peng Kong ; two daughters, Misses Wong Yat Meng and Wong Yat Ying ; a sister, Madam Wong Kim Lin ; and a brother, Mr. Wong Kim Sung, who is in the Chinese Customs Service in Yunnan. [The Straits Times, 15 January 1939, Page 2]