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Chung On Siew (simplified Chinese: 郑安寿, traditional Chinese: 鄭安壽, 1851 - 25 December 1907) was a prominent mainland Chinese multi billionaire capitalist, industrialist, inventor and philanthropist in both China and the then British Malaya, modern day Malaysia ()(). He was the descendant of an aristocratic family from Henan, China (). Unlike many of his contemporaries, he was invited by the British to develop the then British Malaya. He was a pioneer in the tin mining industry and inventor of the hydraulic mining method (). He was conferred upon the title Justice of Peace by the Queen of England for his contributions in charity and education in the then British Malaya during the late eighteenth - century (). He has a street, Jalan Chung On Siew, named after him in the tin mining town of Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. The street, Jalan Chung On Siew, was selected by Oscar winning Taiwanese Director Ang Lee as a setting for his movie. A new international hotel chain, ibis Styles, was constructed along Jalan Chung On Siew in 2013. The mansion that he built has over 50 rooms and unique architecture as well as properties were returned to his descendants by the Communist government of China in 1984 (). According to a prolific British writer, Arnold Wright, he was one of the biggest owner with many rubber plantations and tin mines in the state of Perak (). Based on the Straits Times published on 4 June 1908, he acquired many other properties in China and retired back to China in 1905 (). == References == * 1. ^ (Researched by his great great granddaughter) * 2. ^ Overseas Chinese of the British Empire, Chung On Siew written by Eugene Khoo * 3. ^ The Meixian Historical Information, the Album of Town East written by Xuanping Yip * 4. ^ The Civil Judgement of Meixian, Volume 38, Guangdong Province * 5. ^ Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya written by Arnold Wright ISBN 9789971491468 * 6. ^ The Straits Times, Page 6, published 4 June 1908 * 7. ^ The Star Publication, published 23 August 2006 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chung On Siew」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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