Hoo Ah Kay

Hoo Ah Kay
Hoo Ah Kay
Traditional Chinese	胡亞基
Simplified Chinese	胡亚基
Jyutping	Wu4 Aa3-gei1
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Hú Yàjī
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Wu4 Aa3-gei1

Hoo Ah Kay
CMG
Hoo Ah Kay CMG
胡亞基
Born	1816; Whampoa, Canton, Qing Empire ; (now Huangpu District, Guangzhou, China)
Died	27 March 1880 (aged 63–64)
Other names	Whampoa
Occupation	Businessman
Office	Member of the Legislative Council of Singapore ; Extraordinary Member of the Executive Council of Singapore; Honourable Consul of Singapore to China, Japan and Russia;

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↑ Godley 2002, p. 217.
1 2 Godley 2002, p. 67.
1 2 "'Whampoa' was the first of Singapore's towkays" . Retrieved 5 March 2021.
1 2 3 Pilon, Maxime (2012). The French in Singapore: An zaxIllustrated History (1819–today). Editions Didier Millet. pp. 43–. ISBN 9789814260442.
↑ Ooi, Keat Gin (2004). Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to Timor. R–Z. Vol. 3. ABC-CLIO. p. 681. ISBN 9781576077702.
↑ Zaccheus, Melody (29 October 2013). "Botanic Gardens gets pioneer Hoo Ah Kay's artefacts". The Straits Times. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
↑ Godley 2002, p. 68.
↑ Corfield, Justin (2010). Historical Dictionary of Singapore. Scarecrow Press. pp. 57–. ISBN 9780810873872.
↑ Baker, James Michael (2005). The eagle in the Lion City: America, Americans and Singapore. Landmark Books. pp. 45–. ISBN 9789814189040.
↑ Takashi, Shiraishi (1993). The Japanese in colonial Southeast Asia. SEAP. pp. 13–. ISBN 9780877274025.
↑ Tarling, Nicholas (2010). Studies in the Social History of China and South-East Asia: Essays in Memory of Victor Purcell. Cambridge University Press. p. 257. ISBN 9780521133746.
↑ Zangger, Andreas (2013). The Swiss in Singapore. Didier Millet. p. 37. ISBN 978-9814385688.
↑ Mangan, James A. (2003). Sport in Asian Society: Past and Present. Routledge. pp. 72–. ISBN 9780714653426.
↑ Thiam, Derek (2007). Singapore in Global History. Amsterdam University Press. p. 156. ISBN 9789048514373.
↑ Warren, William (2000). Singapore: City of Gardens. Tuttle. p. 75. ISBN 9789625931555.
↑ Marshall, P.J. (2001). The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire. Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521002547.
↑ "Seniors roped in to share stories about Whampoa". The Straits Times. 15 December 2016.

Bibliography

Godley, Michael R. (2002). The Mandarin-Capitalists from Nanyang: Overseas Chinese Enterprise in the Modernisation of China 1893–1911. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521526951.

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[FOOTNOTEGodley2002217-1] Godley 2002, p. 217.

[FOOTNOTEGodley200267-2] 1 2 Godley 2002, p. 67.

[towkay-3] 1 2 "'Whampoa' was the first of Singapore's towkays" . Retrieved 5 March 2021.

[French_1-4] 1 2 3 Pilon, Maxime (2012). The French in Singapore: An zaxIllustrated History (1819–today). Editions Didier Millet. pp. 43–. ISBN 9789814260442.

[5] Ooi, Keat Gin (2004). Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to Timor. R–Z. Vol. 3. ABC-CLIO. p. 681. ISBN 9781576077702.

[6] Zaccheus, Melody (29 October 2013). "Botanic Gardens gets pioneer Hoo Ah Kay's artefacts". The Straits Times. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[FOOTNOTEGodley200268-7] Godley 2002, p. 68.

[8] Corfield, Justin (2010). Historical Dictionary of Singapore. Scarecrow Press. pp. 57–. ISBN 9780810873872.

[9] Baker, James Michael (2005). The eagle in the Lion City: America, Americans and Singapore. Landmark Books. pp. 45–. ISBN 9789814189040.

[10] Takashi, Shiraishi (1993). The Japanese in colonial Southeast Asia. SEAP. pp. 13–. ISBN 9780877274025.

[11] Tarling, Nicholas (2010). Studies in the Social History of China and South-East Asia: Essays in Memory of Victor Purcell. Cambridge University Press. p. 257. ISBN 9780521133746.

[12] Zangger, Andreas (2013). The Swiss in Singapore. Didier Millet. p. 37. ISBN 978-9814385688.

[13] Mangan, James A. (2003). Sport in Asian Society: Past and Present. Routledge. pp. 72–. ISBN 9780714653426.

[14] Thiam, Derek (2007). Singapore in Global History. Amsterdam University Press. p. 156. ISBN 9789048514373.

[15] Warren, William (2000). Singapore: City of Gardens. Tuttle. p. 75. ISBN 9789625931555.

[16] Marshall, P.J. (2001). The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire. Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521002547.

[17] "Seniors roped in to share stories about Whampoa". The Straits Times. 15 December 2016.

Hoo Ah Kay CMG
胡亞基

Born	1816 Whampoa, Canton, Qing Empire (now Huangpu District, Guangzhou, China)
Died	27 March 1880(1880-03-27) (aged 63–64)
Other names	Whampoa
Occupation	Businessman
Office	Member of the Legislative Council of Singapore Extraordinary Member of the Executive Council of Singapore Honourable Consul of Singapore to China, Japan and Russia