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Tong-Sen EU [1877-1941]

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Submitted by David on Sat, 2013-01-19 22:23
Names
Given: 
Tong-Sen
Family: 
Eu
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1877-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
1941-05-11

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eu_Tong_Sen

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Submitted by David on Sun, 2013-01-20 17:13.

Reported in the Hong Kong Telegraph, May 12, 1941, page 8:

The sudden death occurred yesterday of Mr Eu Tong-sen, Malayan tin magnate and big Hongkong property owner.

[...] Death was due to heart failure.

[...]

Moving to Hongkong in 1927, Mr Eu began investing in real estate and building palatial castles for his family and modern apartments for letting. A popular legend, denied by Mr Eu, was that he had been told by a soothsayer that he would continue living as long as he continued building.

Two celebrated landmarks in the Colony were his castles "Euston" and "Eucliff", in Bonham Road and Repulse Bay Road. Built of the finest materials and decoration largely with expensive fittings imported from the Continent, these homes were said to have cost more than $500,000 each. On a similar scale of grandeur was his Taipo castle where he died.

Big Property Owner

Among his real estate holdings were "Eu Gardens", a block of up-to-date apartment in Argyle Street, Kowloon, and similar blocks in Blue Pool Road, Wongneichong, and Repulse Bay Road.

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