Tuesday Report: The Towkays
星期二特写: 星洲头家
Dr. Lim Boon Keng was the first Chinese to be awarded the Queen’s Scholarship to study medicine in England. Beyond his medical practice, he was also an outstanding entrepreneur in cultivating rubber and banking. A social advocate, he launched a controversial queue-cutting campaign among the Chinese and pushed for girls’ education.林文庆获颁英女皇奖学金到英国学医,很快就成为名医。他培植橡胶致富、创立银行，但更热衷于社会改革，发起剪辫子运动、创办新加坡女子学校。
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This series features four prominent self-made entrepreneurs contributing actively to education, community and leaving much legacy in Singapore. They are banker Lien Ying Chow, ointment manufacturer Leung Yun Chee, public transport tycoon Tay Koh Yat and rubber magnate Tan Lark Sye. 早期从中国南来新加坡的华人，当中不少凭着努力致富，成为杰出头家和社会领袖。《星洲头家》第三系列讲述银行家连瀛洲、树胶业巨子陈六使、驱风油翘楚梁润之、交通业富商郑古悦等四人生前的事迹和影响。
A penniless orphan from Guangdong Province of China turned into a banking and hotel tycoon and built two iconic landmarks at Raffles Place and Orchard Road. The programme takes you through the life of Lien Ying Chow and the legacy he had left even after his passing at age of 98. 已故银行家和酒店业先锋连瀛洲，初来乍到新加坡时一贫如洗，23岁却当了头家。他创办华联银行和文华大酒店，建造两座傲视群雄的地标, 曾经位居新加坡富豪榜前列，也将财富投入教育和慈善事业。节目重现连瀛洲生前声影，访问他的孙子、好友及员工，细说他屡创高峰的98年人生。
A penniless orphan from Guangdong Province of China turned into a banking and hotel tycoon and built two iconic landmarks at Raffles Place and Orchard Road. The programme takes you through the life of Lien Ying Chow and the legacy he had left even after his passing at age of 98. 已故银行家和酒店业先锋连瀛洲，初来乍到新加坡时一贫如洗，23岁却当了头家。他创办华联银行和文华大酒店，建造两座傲视群雄的地标, 曾经位居新加坡富豪榜前列，也将财富投入教育和慈善事业。节目重现连瀛洲生前声影，访问他的孙子、好友及员工，细说他屡创高峰的98年人生。
Leong Yun Chee, the founder of Axe Brand Medicated Oil, received a formula from a German doctor and made it a household name through creative advertisings. He set up a clan association to look after his fellow villagers in Singapore and raised funds for Kwong Wai Shiu hospital to help the needy. The avid antique collector also left his legacy as a Shin Min Daily News co-founder with renowned novelist Louis Cha. 斧标驱风油创始人梁润之获得德国医生赠予配方,以创意促销手法...
Leong Yun Chee, the founder of Axe Brand Medicated Oil, received a formula from a German doctor and made it a household name through creative advertisings. He set up a clan association to look after his fellow villagers in Singapore and raised funds for Kwong Wai Shiu hospital to help the needy. The avid antique collector also left his legacy as a Shin Min Daily News co-founder with renowned novelist Louis Cha. 斧标驱风油创始人梁润之获得德国医生赠予配方,以创意促销手法...
Tay Koh Yat, the pioneer entrepreneur in public bus service, first made his fortune in Javanese provision trading. He donated generously to help his homeland Kinmen and played a prominent role in claiming war damages from the Japanese. Tay also put his wealth in a Kuomintang's newspaper, but his most successful venture was one of the largest bus companies in Singapore.
Tay Koh Yat, the pioneer entrepreneur in public bus service, first made his fortune in Javanese provision trading. He donated generously to help his homeland Kinmen and played a prominent role in claiming war damages from the Japanese. Tay also put his wealth in a Kuomintang's newspaper, but his most successful venture was one of the largest bus companies in Singapore.
A young man from a fishing village in China's Fujian, with little education, became a rubber trade tycoon in Singapore. Tan Lark Sye founded the Nanyang University with overwhelming supports from the Chinese community in Singapore and Malaysia in the 1950s. We take you through the life of this towkay whose fate intertwined with the university during a tumultuous time. His descendants revealed the final journey he went through in this programme.
A young man from a fishing village in China's Fujian, with little education, became a rubber trade tycoon in Singapore. Tan Lark Sye founded the Nanyang University with overwhelming supports from the Chinese community in Singapore and Malaysia in the 1950s. We take you through the life of this towkay whose fate intertwined with the university during a tumultuous time. His descendants revealed the final journey he went through in this programme.