Song Ong Siang

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Sir Song Ong Siang (Chinese: 宋旺相, b.1871, Singapore-1941) was the first ever Chinese in Singapore/Malaya to be knighted[1] and a member of Singapore's Legislative Council, serving between 1919-1927.

Apart from being a lawyer who had set up his own firm, Song also served as a voluntary preacher and laid the foundation stone for Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church. With his friend, Lim Boon Keng, they co-founded the Singapore Chinese Girls' School.[2]

[edit] Reference

  1. ^  Singapore National Library Board, "Song Ong Siang"
  2. ^  Singapore Chinese Girls' School, "Our History"
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