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Lin Hengnan
Chinese-Malay publisher (fl. 1800s) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lin Hengnan, also known as Lim Kong Chuan, was the owner of Koh Yew Hean Press and the publisher of Sing Po.[1]
Early life
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.[3]
He began printing the Chinese-language newspaper Sing Po in 1890.[4]
Personal life
He had a son.[4]
References
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