A Splendid Little Colony: British Singapore 1819 - 1963


Tchan Chun Fook


Tchan Chun Fook posing with the regalia of the Straits Chinese British Association in 1900.

Source: Song Ong Siang. One Hundred Years History of the Chinese in Singapore..
Observe the eclectic combination of English bowler hat and Chinese attire, so characteristic of the Straits-Chinese community in their pre-WWII heyday.


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