Yeap Chor Ee. Photo courtesy of House of Yeap Chor Ee Yeap Chor Ee. Photo courtesy of House of Yeap Chor Ee
Yeap Chor Ee. Photo courtesy of House of Yeap Chor Ee
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The King’s Chinese: how Penang’s ‘Grand Old Man’ Yeap Chor Ee went from penniless barber to one of Asia’s richest men

  • Chinese migrant Yeap Chor Ee became one of Malaya’s most prominent men
  • His story is being told for the first time by his great-granddaughter

Topic |   Malaysia
Zoe Low
Zoe Low

Updated: 5:11pm, 10 Nov, 2019

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Yeap Chor Ee. Photo courtesy of House of Yeap Chor Ee Yeap Chor Ee. Photo courtesy of House of Yeap Chor Ee
Yeap Chor Ee. Photo courtesy of House of Yeap Chor Ee
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