Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Singapore farms however, did nothing related to agriculture. The farmers purchased raw opium which was imported from other states, processed it into chandu, and distributed it to local opium shops for retail consumption by the Chinese coolies population. [2] Before the 1840s, no exact record of opium farms was found.
Chee came to Singapore at the age of 16 and became employed at Lim Tiang Wah & Co. as a cashier. He was employed at Leack, Chin Seng & Co four years later. [2] In 1890, he became a trustee of the Keng Teck Whay society. [3] In 1900, he became a partner of the General Spirit and Opium Farm in North Borneo. He was later appointed the farm's manager.
The Majoor-titulair also had interests in other revenue farms, rice, sugar, plantations, shipping, warehousing and property all the way to Singapore, where he allegedly maintained a secret stake in the British colony’s opium farm. [1]
After spending two years there, he moved to Singapore in 1889 and joined the syndicate which monopolised spirit and opium farms until 1906. In the 1890s, he translated various Chinese works into Baba Malay. [1] In December 1901, he became the labour contractor for the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, which later became the Singapore Harbour Board. [2]
Cheang was born to Cheang Sam Teo, a Chinese migrant from the Changtai District of southern Fujian, China.He was the eldest of four sons born to his mother Bek E Neo. When his father died, his brother Cheang Hong Guan filed a lawsuit against Cheang (and against Wee Bock Seng, Low Thuan Locke and Tan Beng Chie) alleging forgery of his father's
Singapore, the tiny Southeast Asian city-state, is an unlikely place for a farming revolution. With tiered fish farms, vegetable plots atop office buildings and lab-grown shrimp, the island aims ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!