Foo Tye Sin was a Justice of the Peace and an influential community leader of 19th century. Penang born Foo Tye Sin, a British subject, was a Hakka tin miner who could trace his ancestry to the Yong Ting District, Ting Chou Prefecture, Fujian Province. He was educated at St. Xavier's Institution and the Penang Free School. Tye Sin Street （四条路), or Lebuh Tye Sin as it is now known as, is named after him.
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