Wee Bin

Wee Bin (Chinese: 黃敏; pinyin: Huáng Mǐn) born in China in 1823, was a far-sighted and enterprising Chinese migrant of the mid nineteenth century who, in his time, founded,[1] Singapore's largest Chinese shipping firm.[2][3][4][5] In 1856 at the age of thirty-three, Wee Bin was founder of Wee Bin & Co. chop Hong Guan, in Market Street, a firm that was rapidly becoming prominent in Singapore in the 1860s'[6] and ran the firm according to Western business practices.[7] Wee Bin through his firm, carried on business as Merchants and Shipowners.[1] He incorporated Western practices in his business.[2] Wee Bin at first began business relations with various houses in Bali in the Dutch Indies, and eventually became the greatest importer of products from that port. He also traded in all kinds of earthenware, and later on built up a fleet of over twenty vessels for the Chinese and Dutch Indies trade. With increasing interest in the tin mining industry and the need for more and more people to work the mines, Wee Bin was also responsible for carrying migrant workers from China to work in the Straits Settlements.[8] Wee Bin married the daughter of Kiong Kong Tuan and died in 1868 at the age of 45, leaving an only son, Wee Boon Teck, and an only daughter who became the wife of Lim Ho Puah who would later take over his firm before passing it on to Wee Bin's ultimate heir, Lim Peng Siang (the fourth son of Lim Ho Puah),[9] one of the greatest Chinese entrepreneurs and capitalists of his time.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 One Hundred Years' History of the Chinese in Singapore by Ong Siang Song, 1923
  2. 1 2 Family and State: The Formation of a Sino-Thai Tin-mining Dynasty, 1797-1932 By Jennifer Wayne Cushman, Craig J. Reynolds Contributor Craig J. Reynolds Published by Oxford University Press, 1991; ISBN 0-19-588966-5, ISBN 978-0-19-588966-6; p. 63, 67, 172
  3. ↑ Records and Recollections (1889-1934): Chinese Women, Prostitution & a Welfare Organisation By Neil Jin Keong Khor, Keat Siew Khoo, Izrin Muaz Md. Adnan Published by Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2004; ISBN 967-9948-32-3, ISBN 978-967-9948-32-5; p. 58
  4. ↑ Home port Singapore: a history of Straits Steamship Company Limited, 1890-1965 By K. G. Tregonning, Published by Oxford University Press for Straits Steamship Co. ltd., 1967
  5. ↑ Chinese business enterprise, Volume 4 by Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown, Published by Taylor & Francis, 1996, ISBN 0-415-14293-8, ISBN 978-0-415-14293-9, p 57
  6. ↑ Asian culture, Issue 28 by Singapore Society of Asian Studies, published by Xinjiapo Yazhou yan jiu xue hui, 2004
  7. ↑ Family and state: the formation of a Sino-Thai Tin-mining dynasty, 1797-1932 South-East Asian historical monographs by Jennifer Wayne Cushman, Craig J. Reynolds, published by the Oxford University Press, 1991, ISBN 0-19-588966-5, ISBN 978-0-19-588966-6
  8. ↑ An Official Guide to Eastern Asia, Trans-continental Connections Between Europe and Asia ... By Japan Dept. of Railways, Japan Tetsudōin, Japan Teikoku Tetsudōchō Published by s.n., 1915 Item notes: v.4; p. 32
  9. ↑ Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya: its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources Author: Wright, Arnold (Publication Info: London, Durban, Colombo, Perth (W. A.), Singapore, Hongkong, and Shanghai by Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, limited)

Further reading

  1. Engines of Empire: steamshipping and state formation in colonial Indonesia by Joseph Norbert Frans Marie à Campo, published by Uitgeverij Verloren, 2002, ISBN 90-6550-738-8, ISBN 978-90-6550-738-9
  2. Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij: stoomvaart en staatsvorming in de Indonesische archipel 1888-1914 - Volume 3 of Publikaties van de Faculteit der Historische en Kunstwetenschappen By Joseph Norbert Frans Marie à Campo, published by Verloren, 1992, ISBN 90-6550-403-6, ISBN 978-90-6550-403-6
  3. The Economic Growth of Singapore: Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century by W. G. Huff, published by Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-521-62944-6, ISBN 978-0-521-62944-7
  4. Opium and empire: Chinese society in Colonial Singapore, 1800-1910 - Asia, East by South - Food Systems and Agrarian Change by Carl A. Trocki, published by Cornell University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8014-2390-2, ISBN 978-0-8014-2390-1
  5. Chinese society in nineteenth century Singapore - East Asian historical monographs by Poh Ping Lee, published by the Oxford University Press, 1978, ISBN 0-19-580384-1, ISBN 978-0-19-580384-6
  6. The Foochows of Sitiawan: a historical perspective by Toong Siong Shih, published by Persatuan Kutien Daerah Manjung, 2004, ISBN 983-41824-0-6, ISBN 978-983-41824-0-3
  7. Toponymics: a study of Singapore street names - Geography & environment research by Victor R. Savage, Brenda S. A. Yeoh, Published by the Eastern Universities Press, 2003, ISBN 981-210-205-1, ISBN 978-981-210-205-8
  8. The Great circle: journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History, Volumes 6-9 by the Australian Association for Maritime History, published by The Association, 1984
  9. The Nautical Magazine, Volumes 163-164, Published 1950
  10. Parliamentary papers, Volume 108 by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, published by HMSO, 1906 ( Item notes: v. 108 - 1906)
  11. Parliamentary papers, Volume 93 by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons published by HMSO (His/Her Majesty's Stationery Office), 1909
  12. Corporate behaviour and political risk: Dutch companies in China, 1903-1941 - Issue 102 of CNWS publications - Volume 2 of Studies in overseas history by Frans-Paul van der Putten, Published by the Research School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies, Leiden University, 2001, ISBN 90-5789-061-5, ISBN 978-90-5789-061-1
  13. Rumah Baba: life in a peranakan house, by Peter Lee, Jennifer Chen, Published by the National Heritage Board, Singapore History Museum, 1998, ISBN 981-00-9992-4, ISBN 978-981-00-9992-3
  14. Sociétés et compagnies de commerce en Orient et dans l'océan Indien - Volume 6 of Bibliothèque générale de l'École pratique des hautes études, Bibliothèque générale de l'École pratique des hautes études. Sciences économiques et sociales, Bibliothèque générale de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales by Michel Mollat, Published by S.E.V.P.E.N., 1970
  15. De schatten van Lombok: honderd jaar Nederlandse oorlogsbuit uit Indonesië, Edition 2, by Ewald Vanvugt, Published by Jan Mets, 1995, ISBN 90-5330-160-7, ISBN 978-90-5330-160-9
  16. Perdagangan dan politik di Nusa Tenggara, 1815–1915, by I Gde Parimartha, Published by Perwakilan KITLV, 2002, ISBN 979-428-447-5, ISBN 978-979-428-447-6
  17. Ethnic Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia: a dialogue between tradition and modernity by Leo Suryadinata, Published by the Times Academic Press, 2002, ISBN 981-210-186-1, ISBN 978-981-210-186-0
  18. Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya: its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources Author: Wright, Arnold (Publication Info: London, Durban, Colombo, Perth (W. A.), Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai by Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, limited)


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