CHEONG YOKE CHOY MANSION

Cheong Yoke Choy, famous philanthropist during the British Malaya era. 

SOURCE: HISTORY INSIGHTS - MALAYSIA

216 Jalan Pudu

Cheong Yoke Choy was a famous philanthropist during the British Malaya era. He was well respected, much loved, and affectionately known as 'The Elderly Philanthropist' for all the charitable work he drove and supported even at an advanced age.

Cheong Yoke Choy's old mansion located on 216 Jalan Pudu in Kuala Lumpur. This photograph was taken before it was paved to make way for Berjaya Times Square. The grand colonial mansion that once stood proudly on the land before it was demolished to make way for Berjaya Times Square, housed officers from the Japanese Army when Japan controlled Malaya during the Second World War. Despite the many rumours flying around, the Japanese did not torture or execute any of their prisoners in the compound. The large backyard behind the mansion did however house a well-equipped bomb shelter.

There stands a corporate building along Jalan Maharajalela (formerly Birch Road), that is named after his son, Cheong Wing Chan. The facade of the building are akin to those buildings (double storey) that once stood in that area, which belonged to the family of Cheong Yoke Choy (known as Woh Sang Garden – named after a famous Qing era imperial officer).

Source and image credit: Wikipedia.

**Note:

This philanthropist also has a street (Lorong Cheong Yoke Choy) in Kuala Lumpur posthumously named after him. There was also another street near Peel Road / Cochrane Road named after him, Jalan Cheong Yoke Choy, located within the government quarters (for its civil service staffs).

However, the entire government quarters area was demolished to make way for development, and so did the road that was named after him.

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