GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF FOUNDING OF OCBC SHOWING: FRONT ROW: KHOO SOO HONG (SECOND FROM LEFT), TAN CHIN TUAN (FOURTH FROM LEFT), YEO THIAN SIEW (FIFTH FROM LEFT), TAN ENG KIAM (SIXTH FROM LEFT), ONG PIAH TENG (SEVENTH FROM LEFT).  BACK ROW: YAP PENG GEK (LEFT), KWA SIEW TEE (THIRD FROM LEFT), CHEW HOCK LEONG (SIXTH LEFT) AND MR TEO (RIGHT), C 1932
Group photograph taken in 1932 during founding of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), which is the merger of three banks - Chinese Commercial Bank Limited (1912), Ho Hong Bank Limited (1917) and Oversea-Chinese Bank Limited (1919). Standing in the front row are Mr Tan Chin Tuan (fourth from left), General Manager Ong Piah Teng (fifth from right) and Assistant Manager Khoo Soo Hong (second from left).  The man in the back row at the highest position could be identified as Mr Lim K.C.
1932
20060000782 - 0102
2006-004673-OPT
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Ong Piah Teng Collection, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore
Updated with contributions by Chen-Yang on 8 June 2023.

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Group photograph taken in 1932 during founding of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), which is the merger of three banks - Chinese Commercial Bank Limited (1912), Ho Hong Bank Limited (1917) and Oversea-Chinese Bank Limited (1919). Standing in the front row are Mr Tan Chin Tuan (fourth from left), General Manager Ong Piah Teng (fifth from right) and Assistant Manager Khoo Soo Hong (second from left).  The man in the back row at the highest position could be identified as Mr Lim K.C.

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