Singapore Voters’ Lists in 1890’s
Appointment of Municipal Commissioners in Singapore started from 1856 to 1912. Local qualified residents were invited to elect some of these commissioners. Our great-grandfather Yeo Poon Miah's name first appeared in 1887 in the electoral rolls until 1912.
选民名册的信息
新加坡人口在1871年还不到10万人,但到了1921年却增长到超出40万人。由于这时期的人口剧增,为更好地管理市镇卫生,殖民地政府屡屡修改法案,陆续增加新加坡本市的自主治理权。
Yeo Cheow Kaw and Huang Yan Pei
Huang Yan Pei (1878-1965) was a renowned Chinese national educationist from the late Qing dynasty and to the People's Republic. In Feb of 1919, he and our grandfather Yeo Cheow Kaw, met in Rangoon.
楊昭固与黄炎培
黄炎培(1878-1965),为晚清、民国知名教育家,先后以“实业救国”,“教育救国”为己任。1919年曾赴东南亚考察华侨教育,包括缅甸。在仰光期间见到祖父 楊奠安 / 楊子贞 / 楊昭固。临别赠字。
Yeo Cheow Kaw and National Donations
These pages taken out from the Chinese Government Gazette in 1913 December acknowledged the donations from various Overseas Chinese to support the new Republic. ..
楊昭固与国民捐
中华民国于民国二年十二月二十日由国务总理兼财务总长熊希龄就国民捐颁发奖状发布的公文中,祖父楊昭固分别以楊子贞、楊子贞夫人与使头公司(植德堂)、建德堂的名字捐了钱。 其他大款捐钱人士,好多都是《缅甸印象》里的人物。