Leadership of Trade and Mercantile Organisations and Public Councils
He was ah honourable chairperson of the Hong Kong Fujian Chamber of Commerce between 1930 and 1941. He was one of the leading men among the Chinese merchants of Singapore and was greatly respected by the community. He took an active interest in the formation of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and has been one of its Presidents. He was a member of the Chinese Advisory Board, on which he has served for many years as one of the representatives of the Hokien (Fukien) community, and was a J .P .He was a director of a number of public companies, including the Central Engine Works Ltd. and the Central Motors Ltd. In his later years he was of a retiring disposition in so far as public activities were concerned, and though offered a seat on the Legislative Council on several occasions he had been obliged to decline it, having to give his whole attention to the numerous industries which he had built up.
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