Photograph of Ong Tiang Wee (T W Ong, 1909–1999)

Title
Photograph of Ong Tiang Wee (T W Ong, 1909–1999)
Year/Period
1998
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Dimension
Gross measurement: 30.0 x 25.0 cm,
Image size: 35.6 x 28.0 cm
Accession No.
2020-00198
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This photograph shows Ong Tiang Wee (1909–1999). The son of Ong Boon Tat, a prominent Peranakan businessman and owner of New World Park, Ong was a barrister and partner of the law firm Laycock and Ong at Malacca Street (1941–1986); Member of Singapore Municipal Commission (1934–1948); President of Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys' Association (1946–1947); President of Straits Chinese British Association and the Peranakan Association, Singapore (1948–1992); and Member of Board of Directors of Overseas Assurance Corporation Limited (1937–1996).