Foo Tye Sin () was a Justice of the Peace and an influential community leader of 19th century.Historical Personalities of Penang By Historical Personalities of Penang Committee, Published by Historical Personalities of Penang Committee, 1986; Page 55 Penang born Foo Tye Sin, a British subject,About Others and Myself, 1745 to 1920 By Archibald Edward Harbord Anson Published by J. Murray, 1920; pp. x, 877, 878 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 InstitutionThe 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; , ; pp. 53–57 and the Penang Free School.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 Tye Sin Street (), or Lebuh Tye Sin as it is now known as, is named after him.
Disturbances at Pinang and Larut He was involved in events leading up to the signing of the Pangkor Treaty that would end the ten-year Larut Wars.The Making of Modern South-east Asia By D. J. M. Tate Published by Oxford University Press, 1979; Item notes: v.1; p. 301, 558 His services were often called for in arbitration proceedings between the Hai San and Ghee Hin societies involved in the Larut Wars.The Impact of Chinese Secret Societies in Malaya: A Historical Study By Wilfred Blythe, Royal Institute of International Affairs Published by Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs [by] Oxford U.P., 1969; p. 134 Foo Tye Sin was one of three Chinese considered respectable enough to sit on the commission of inquiry into the 1867 Penang riots. He was the only non-partisan Chinese at a ceasefire conference called by Lt. Governor Anson at the height of the Larut war, even though he was, according to CS Wong, "...overtly and independent, but covertly a Hai San sympathiser."Chung Keng Quee and the Fourth Larut WarCS Wong, A Gallery of Chinese Kapitäns (Singapore: Dewan Bahasa dan Kebudayaan Kebangsaan, Ministry of Culture, 1963) Foo Tye Sin and Ong Boon Teik were creditors of Ngah Ibrahim the Mantri of Larut. In early 1872, Foo Tye Sin and Ong Boon Teik sued Ngah Ibrahim.The Western Malay States, 1850–1873: the effects of commercial development on Malay politics By Kay Kim Khoo Published by Oxford University Press, 1972; pp. 173, 209, 210
Tye Sin Tat and Co. Foo Tye Sin and Koh Seang Tat, a descendant of Koh Lay Huan, the first Kapitan China of Penang, were business partners in the firm of Tye Sin Tat & Co., ships' chandlers, which was located at Beach Street. They were, together, two of the three Chinese Justices of the Peace in 1874."
The Penang Khean Guan Insurance Company (1886)
He was a founder and member of the board of directors of the Penang Khean Guan Insurance Company. The board was composed thus:
Name of Partners Tan Ley Kum (), Chairman Cheah Chean Eok (), Secretary Lee Phee Yeow (), Chong Moh & Co. Cheah Eu Ghee (), Chie Hin & Co. Khoo Thean Teik (), Chin Bee & Co. Khoo Sim Bee (), Ee Soon & Co. Cheah Tek Soon (), Sin Eng Moh & Co. Ong Beng Tek (), Ban Chin Hong & Co. Foo Tye Sin () Yeoh Cheng Tek (), Hong Thye & Co. Khaw Sim Bee (), Koe Guan & Co. Cheah Leng Hoon (), Eng Ban Hong & Co. Gan Kim Swee (), Aing Joo & Co. Tan Lim Keng (), Kim Cheang & Co. Ong Boon Tek (), Treasurer Logan & Ross: SolicitorsPinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 9 February 1886, p. 2
Pitt Street Kong Hock Temple (1887) Together with Khaw Boo Aun (also spelt Koh Boo Aun), Khoo Thean Teik and Cheah Tek Soon, He was made a trustee of the Pitt Street Kong Hock Temple in 1887, with the power to appoint and remove monks.Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society By Malaysian Branch, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Malaysian Branch, Singapore, 1988; p. 71
Penang Po Leung Kuk (1889) Along with Koh Seang Tat, Khaw Sim Bee, Ong Boon Teik and Ong Beng Teik, he was a founder of The Penang Po Leung Kuk (1889).
References
Further reading The Journals of J. W. W. Birch, First British Resident to Perak, 1874–1875: First British Resident to Perak, 1874–75 By James Wheeler Woodford Birch, Peter Laurie Burns Contributor Peter Laurie Burns Published by Oxford University Press, 1976; p. 22, 158n Capital and Entrepreneurship in South-East Asia By Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown, 1943– Brown Published by St. Martin's Press, 1994; , ; p. 82 The Internationalization of Chinese Revenue Farming Networks by Carl A. Trocki published in Water Frontier: Commerce and the Chinese in the Lower Mekong Region, 1750–1880 By Nola Cooke, Tana Li Contributor Nola Cooke, Tana Li Published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2004; , ; p. 170 Chinese Secret Societies in Malaya: A Survey of the Triad Society from 1800 to 1900 By Leon Comber Published for the Association for Asian Studies by J.J. Augustin, 1959; pp. 125, 309 The Official Catalogue of the Exhibits Published by Mason, Firth of M'Cutcheon, general printers, 1880; pp. xiii, 166, 167 Official record By Melbourne internat. exhib Published by, 1882; pp. xxiv, 500
External links Hong Leong Bank At Foo Tye Sin Mansion Hong Leong Bank At Foo Tye Sin Mansion