My Great Grand Father We know from a court case in 1939 that my great grand father is not buried[…]
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Grave of Yap Swee – (GF) 葉良恭/葉瑞雲
Well this page will be a work in progress. I have been trying to translate the grave stones for my[…]
Read moreA day at Menglembu
Well this was what the trip was all about. Meeting he family and going to the places where my Father[…]
Read moreYap Temple
I was wandering around Georgetown with our little group. We were heading to a temple. While looking for it we[…]
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Yap Yit Poh – Graduation
My father completed his studies for Medicine at Sydney University on 19 December 1958. His graduation day was 28 January[…]
Read moreYap Yit Poh arrives in Derby
The ship, MV Gorgon, on which Yap Yit Poh was travelling, was a coastal trader belonging to the Blue Funnel Line. It[…]
Read moreYap Yit Poh Departs Singapore
Yap Yit Poh, departed Singapore for Australia to study Medicine at Sydney University under the Colombo Plan. The Singapore Free[…]
Read moreSEVEN WIDOWS TO SHARE ESTATE (Yap Swee GF)
The case here is reported in both the Malaya Tribune on 18 December and the Straits Times on 19 December.[…]
Read moreYAP TOW ON v. WOON NGEE YEW & ORS.
Here are are the Supreme Court Justice, J. Murray-Ansley’s findings in the case of Yap Tow Onn vs Woon Ngee[…]
Read moreCHILD GIVES EVIDENCE IN “SEVEN WIDOWS” CASE
The press has now started calling the case the Seven Widows Case. This is in a way an allusion to[…]
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