Teacher Wong Kiong Ching is one of the most incredible Chinese Kapitan in the Baram.
He was brought to Sarawak when he was a baby by his parents who decided to join the Foochow Settlement in Lubok Nibong-Poyut, initiated by Pioneer Hii Nguong Sherng.
As a little boy barefooted, he tapped rubber alongside his parents and went to school after his chores. During the Japanese occupation he was sent to live among the Ibans in Sg Peking to hide from the merciless killing of the Chinese by the Japanese. Thus he and his brother were saved.
After the Japanese Occupation his parents sent him to Sibu to study at the Methodist Secondary School where boarding facilities were available. There he completed his Chinese Middle school and went on to be trained as a teacher.
Upon his retirement from the Sarawak Education Service, he was made a Chinese Kapitan to serve the community in Marudi.
He has also written documents about the history of the Chinese in Marudi. A true Chinese gentlement who is upright and God fearing.
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