Sye Leong was born in Xiqiao County (Covers Xiqiao town and Danzao town in modern maps), Nanhai District, Foshan, Guangdong and started a small medicine shop in Chinatown, Singapore before investing in a rubber plantation and diversifying his investments into property.
Choon Yin was born in Hubei and fled the Nian Rebellion to Southern China. Together with his husband they donated to the Fukien/Kawngtund and Malayan Floor relief and she continued to involve herself in charitable causes such as the Honon-Shenshi-Kansu Famine.
This website is dedicated to the Sai Leong Phoon family.
When the “Phoon” brothers first arrived in Australia they noticed that there were some Chinese in Australia with the surname spelt “Poon” so not to cause confusion they collectively agreed to add a “h” to their English surname “Phoon”.
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