Showing posts with label Saw Choo Theng. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saw Choo Theng. Show all posts

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Lim Beng, death 9 October 1963, Penang

DEATH. Madam Lim Beng, beloved mother  of Saw Choo Theng and Saw Seng Kew passed away peacefully on 9th October, 1963 at No 31, Gurney Drive, Penang at 8.40 a.m. at the age of 101, leaving behind her beloved family of over 130 children, grand children and great grand children to mourn their loss. Funeral will take place on Sunday, 20th October, 1963 and the cortege will leave the above premises at 11.00 am sharp for interment at Batu Gantong Cemetery. [The Straits Times, 16 October 1963, Page 10]

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Quah Cheng Cheok and Saw Eng Kim, marriage January 1956, Penang

Wedding with a $100,000 sparkle when millionaire's son take a bride. A Radiant bride, Miss Quah Cheng Cheok, feeds the bridegroom, Mr. Saw Eng Kim, eldest son of Penang rubber millionaire, Mr. Saw Choo Theng, a piece of cake at their wedding reception. It was Penang's grandest wedding of the New Year. A thousand guests attended the reception. [The Straits Times, 18 January 1956, Page 7]