“Pek Sim Jia” (白心正) – Tea Merchant
by Ang Yik Han The tomb of 白心正 (probably Pek Sim Jia in romanised Hokkien) at Hill 3. Hailing from Anxi (安溪 – An-khoe) county of Fujian, he was the proprietor of Pek Sam Choon (白三春) – a tea importer who was one of the founding members of the Singapore Chinese Tea Importers and Exporters’ Association in 1928. No longer in operation today, the firm was known to still exist in the 1950s when it was run by one […]
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