Thursday, September 27, 2012

Teng Che Yu aka Tung Yen, death 19 December 1934, Canton (Guangzhou)

SEREMBAN MAN DIES IN CANTON. Veteran Member Of The Kuomintang. Canton, Dec 20. Mr Teng Che-yu, veteran member of the Kuomintang and a former resident of Seremban, Negri Sembilan, died of pneumonia yesterday in Canton. He was 67 years of age. Three days' mourning has been ordered by the South-West Council. --- Sin Kuo Min. [The Straits Times, 20 December 1934, Page 12]

LATE MR. TUNG YEN. From Kuala Pilah To Official Post In China. A correspondent writes: Mr Teng Che-yu, a veteran member of the Kuomintang, whose death was reported in your issue of Dec 20, was better known to many residents and friends in Malaya by his other name of Tung Yen. He was an old resident and a prominent tin miner in Kuala Pilah. He left for Canton in the year 1920 on the invitation of the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen to become Warden of Mines for the Provinces of Kwangtung and Kwangsi. He was a Justice of the Peace and a street in Kuala Pilah, Jalan Tung Yen is named after him. [The Straits Times, 26 December 1934, Page 10]

STATE BURIAL FOR SEREMBAN MAN. Canton, Dec 26.---The South-West Government has wired to the Central Government suggesting that a State burial be given to the late Mr Teng Che-yu, veteran member of the Kuomintang and a former resident of Seremban, Negri Sembilan. This was revealed yesterday by Mr. Siao Fat-cheng, a leading South-West Councillor, in an interview with  pressmen. Mr Teng Che-yu, aged 67, died here of pneumonia on Dec. 19, when three days' mourning was ordered by the Kwangtung Government. --- Sin Kuo Min. [The Straits Times, 26 December 1934, Page 12]

NANKING HONOURS MR. TUNG YEN. Nanking, Dec 28.---At yesterday's meeting of the Central Government, it was decided to issue a mandate concerning the death of Mr Teng Che-yu (Mr Tung Yen), a veteran Kuomintang member and formerly a resident of Seremban, Negri Sembilan. Special mention will be made in the mandate of Mr Teng's services to the Kuomintang, which will be recorded in the Party records. [The Straits Times, 28 December 1934, Page 8]

Mr. Tung Yen. Seremban Man Honoured By Nanking. Nanking, Dec 29. A Central Government mandate yesterday granted $5,000 funeral expenses for the late Mr. Teng Che-yu (Mr. Tung Yen), a veteran Kuomintang member and a former resident of Seremban, Negri Sembilan, who died in Canton recently. Gen. Chan Chai-tong, commander-inchief of the Kwangtung forces has been instructed to represent the Central Government at the funeral of Mr Teng. Sin Kuo Min. [The Straits Times, 29 December 1934, Page 11]

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