William chong wong biography of nancy
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This story was written by Lily Lee from information provided by Nancy Wong Toi 11 June 2015 and by Anthony Fong, 3 July 2015. Also an interview with Nancy Wong Toi conducted by Lily Lee at No 36 (6E) Banks Apartment, James Cook Crescent, Newmarket, 11 June 2015.
Fong War Jue 方和照 1890-1948
Partner Sing Lee & Co – Broadway Newmarket 1934-1948
In the mid-1930s, Fong War Jue 方和照 was a partner of Sing Lee & Company but his exact starting date is unknown. He was born in 1890, and arrived in Auckland from Suva, Fiji, on the ship Atua, on 24 April 1919 aged 29. He was the eldest of eight brothers from the Fong village of Dun Tou Chuen 敦頭村 in Zhongshan. The sixth brother Fong War Sut visited New Zealand for business several times but lived most of his life in Fiji. He was a clerk at Kwong Tiy and Co (founded in 1918) for over 30 years before returning to Hong Kong to retire. The eighth brother War Git spent several years in New Zealand before returning to live in Hong Kong.
From the mid-1930s, Fong Wah Jue lived at 479 Khyber Pass Road at premises rented by his business partner William Hing. Fong War Jue’s family arrived in New Zealand under the war refugee scheme in June 1940. His wife Fong Low She 方劉氏, a Lowe from Kai Gock (溪角鄉), Zhongshan was accompanied by her
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