Famous People with Name Chew

Chew Choon Eng            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Chew Choon Eng: is a male badminton player from Malaysia.Chew competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Chan Chong Ming.

Chew Pok Cheong            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Chew Pok Cheong: is a Malaysian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he played for the Malaysia national cricket team between 1992 and 2002. Chew was born in Johor in 1970, and first represented Malaysia at Under-19 level, playing in the Youth Asia Cup

Thomas Edward Manley Chew            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Edward Manley Chew: was a lumber merchant and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Simcoe East in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1911 and from 1921 to 1925 as a Liberal.

Ng Poon Chew            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Ng Poon Chew: was an author, publisher, and advocate for Chinese American civil rights. He published the first Chinese language daily newspaper to be printed outside of China. Born in the Guangdong province of Southern China, Ng moved to California in 1881, where he first worked as a domestic servant on a ranch. He became a student of U.S. culture, studying English, adopting Western dress, and converting to Christianity. He joined the seminary and in 1892 became the first Chinese Presbyterian Minister on the American West Coast. He was assigned to a ministry in Los Angeles, but after a fire destroyed his mission, he decided to focus his efforts on establishing a Chinese language newspaper instead. After a year of publishing his L.A.-based weekly, Hua Mei Sun Bo, Ng moved to San Francisco where he started the first Chinese language daily outside of China: Chung Sai Yat Pao. His newspaper generally promoted an assimilationist viewpoint, encouraging Chinese American readers to adapt to North American values.