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Lin Hengnan
Lin Hengnan, also known as Lim Kong Chuan, was the owner of Koh Yew Hean Press and the publisher of ''Sing Po''. Early life Lin was born in Kinmen. Career He arrived in Singapore in 1861 and founded Koh Yew Hean Press. He published a Chinese-Malay dictionary, the '' Tong Yi Xin Yu'', in 1877. Due to its popularity, the dictionary was reprinted in 1883 under the title of ''Hua Yi Tong Yu''. He began printing the Chinese-language newspaper ''Sing Po ''Sing Po'' (, also known as the ''Xing Bao'' and ''Sing Pau''), was a Chinese-language newspaper in Singapore. The newspaper was the second Chinese-language daily newspaper in Singapore, after ''Lat Pau ''Lat Pau'' () was one of the earliest C ...'' in 1890. Personal life He had a son. References {{Reflist 1906 births 1990 deaths ...
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Sing Po
''Sing Po'' (, also known as the ''Xing Bao'' and ''Sing Pau''), was a Chinese-language newspaper in Singapore. The newspaper was the second Chinese-language daily newspaper in Singapore, after ''Lat Pau ''Lat Pau'' () was one of the earliest Chinese language, Chinese-language newspapers published in Singapore under the Straits Settlements. It was first published in December 1881 by See Ewe Lay () under Lat Pau Press Ltd (). It was published for ...''. The newspaper closed down in 1898 was replaced by the '' Jit Shin Pao'' a year later. History ''Sing Po'' was first published on 14 February 1890 by Koh Yew Hean Press as the second Chinese-language daily newspaper in Singapore. The paper was founded by Lin Hengnan, who was the proprietor of Koh Yew Hean Press, on No. 101, Telok Ayer Street. The paper was published daily, except on Sundays and public holidays. Issues of the newspaper were printed in red ink. Despite not having a political agenda, the paper had a pro-China politi ...
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Kinmen
Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), only east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, from which they are separated by Xiamen Bay. Kinmen is also located west from the closest shoreline of the island of Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait. The county consists of the major island of Kinmen along with several surrounding islets, as well as Wuqiu Township remotely located northeast from the rest of the county., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Kinmen is one of two counties that constitute Fuchien Province; the other is Lienchiang County (Matsu). Kinmen's strategic location in the Taiwan Strait has caused numerous confrontations, making it a visible embodiment of political change on cross-strait relations. In August 1958, Kinmen was heavily bombarded by the People's Liberation Army during the Second Taiwa ...
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Hua Yi Tong Yu
Hua or HUA may refer to: China * Hua, as in Huaxia and Zhonghua, a name of China ** Hoa people, Chinese people in Vietnam * Hua (state), a state in ancient China, destroyed by Qin * Hua (surname), a Chinese surname * Hua County, in Anyang, Henan, China * Hua County, Guangdong, now Huadu District, in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China * Hua County, Shaanxi, now Huazhou District, in Weinan, Shaanxi, China * Mount Hua, a mountain in Shaanxi, China Other uses * Hua Islet, Wangan Township, Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan (Republic of China) * Hua language (other), a name used for several unrelated languages * Hua's lemma, in analytic number theory * Harkat-ul-Ansar (HuA), a Pakistan-based Islamic paramilitary organization * Heard Understood Acknowledged, possible origin of ''hooah'', a U.S. Army battle cry * Redstone Army Airfield in Alabama, U.S. * ''Turbonilla hua'', a species of sea snail in the family Pyramidellidae * ''Hua'' (gastropod), a genus of freshwater snails ...
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1906 Births
Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, and establish a national assembly, the National Consultative Assembly, Majlis. * January 16–April 7 – The Algeciras Conference convenes, to resolve the First Moroccan Crisis between French Third Republic, France and German Empire, Germany. * January 22 – The strikes a reef off Vancouver Island, Canada, killing over 100 (officially 136) in the ensuing disaster. * January 31 – The 1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake, Ecuador–Colombia earthquake (8.8 on the Moment magnitude scale), and associated tsunami, cause at least 500 deaths. * February 7 – is launched, sparking a Anglo-German naval arms race, naval race between Britain and Germany. * February 11 ** Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical ''Vehementer Nos'', de ...
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