Foo Tye Sin

Foo Tye Sin
JP
Born1825 (1825)
Bayan Lepas, Penang, British Malaya
DiedNovember 2, 1888(1888-11-02) (aged 62–63)[1]
Light Street, George Town, Penang,  Straits Settlements
Occupation(s)Businessman, tine miner, mediator
Known forPepper King

Foo Tye Sin (simplified Chinese: 胡泰兴; traditional Chinese: 胡泰興; pinyin: Hú Tài Xìng) was a Justice of the Peace and an influential community leader of 19th century.[2] Penang born Foo Tye Sin, a British subject,[3] was a Hakka tin miner who could trace his ancestry to the Yong Ting District, Ting Chou Prefecture, Fujian. He was educated at St. Xavier's Institution[4] and the Penang Free School.[2][4][5] Tye Sin Street (四条路), or Lebuh Tye Sin as it is now known as, is named after him.

  1. ^ "Death of Foo Tye Sin". Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle. 6 November 1888.
  2. ^ a b Historical Personalities of Penang By Historical Personalities of Penang Committee, Published by Historical Personalities of Penang Committee, 1986; Page 55
  3. ^ About Others and Myself, 1745 to 1920 By Archibald Edward Harbord Anson Published by J. Murray, 1920; pp. x, 877, 878
  4. ^ a b The Penang Po Leung Kuk: Records and Recollections (1889–1934): Chinese Women, Prostitution & a Welfare Organisation By Neil Jin Keong Khor, Keat Siew Khoo, Izrin Muaz Md. Adnan Published by Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2004; ISBN 967-9948-32-3, ISBN 978-967-9948-32-5; pp. 53–57
  5. ^ Gangsters into Gentlemen: The Breakup of Multiethnic Conglomerates and The Rise of A Straits Chinese Identity in Penang by Engseng Ho, Department of Anthropology, William James Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 Email [email protected] Presented at The Penang Story œ International Conference 2002 18–21 April 2002, The City Bayview Hotel, Penang, Malaysia organised by The Penang Heritage Trust & STAR Publications