Chan Mah Phee
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Chan Mah Phee | |
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 Chan Mah Phee | |
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| Occupations | businessman, land-owner and investor |
| Spouse | Aye Mya |
| Children | Chan Chor Hlaing, Chan Chor Khine, Chan Chor Paing |
Chan Mah Phee (Chinese: 曾廣庇; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chan Kóng-pì; born in Amoy, China) was a Hoklo Chinese businessman, land-owner, investor and philanthropist who founded numerous successful ventures in Rangoon (now Yangon), Burma, in 1800s and 1900s.
Rangoon
Chan Mah Phee founded his most successful business Taik Leong Co. in Rangoon in 1883. The company dealt primarily in oil, rice and tobacco. Chan Mah Phee was also a director of The Chinese Steamship Co., Limited.[1] Chan was the largest Chinese land owner and most important Chinese rice-dealer in Burma.[2] In a Rangoon where communities remained voluntarily segregated down ethnic lines, he managed to be a prominent figure in Rangoon with many connections which extended far beyond the municipality's Chinese community.