The Wong Siew Qui Private Papers

Wong Siew Qui (1888 - 1980) – Businessman/politician

Wong Siew Qui, popularly known as S. Q. Wong, was the fourth son of businessman-philanthropist Wong Ah Fook. Born in Singapore in 1888, Wong attended Raffles Institution, before being sent to England to complete his education. He attended Blundell’s School, a private school at Tiverton, before reading law at Cambridge University.

Wong joined the Middle Temple in London, and qualified for the Bar in April 1910. After being called to the Bar, Wong was appointed Attorney-General of Guangdong Province following the 1911 Revolution in China. It was then that he married Ng Yung Chee (1892 – 1943) in Guangdong. Wong had been betrothed to.... Click here to read more.

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