Headman Lau Kah Tii's Official Visit to Fuzhou City

The Foochow headman Lau Kah Tii brought a large delegation from Sibu in 19    to visit Fuzhou City. By that time many of the local rubber planters had prospered.

Dressed in their best, these Nangyang visitors were given rousing welcomes in their own villages. My Headman brought them to Bang Dong, 6D where Wong Nai Siong and he came from.

Then the group was able to meet up with Lin Shen, the President of China.

This memorable photograph of Foochow headman of Sibu, Lau Kah Tii bringing a delegation to meet up with Chinese President Lin Sen (5th from right, bearded) in Fuzhou city was lovingly kept in his own personal album in Sibu and was later used in a publication by his family.

It was a cold day on 2nd Dec in 1936  when they met the President Lin Sen, a Fuzhou..In the photo, Lau is 4th from the right in bow tie.  Some were dressed in coats, especially those from overseas, while some were dressed in the local best, warm long gowns. President Lin Shen was a very well dressed man.

Headman Lau also arranged for the group to meet up with all the Sibu young men who were studying in Fuzhou and Shanghai.

It is good to mention that Headman Lau brought his wife along for this official trip. She too was very well dressed for all the official functions.

It was a very good home coming and a fact finding tour for the group.