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Tan Sri Loke Wan Tho (simplified Chinese: 陆运涛; traditional Chinese: 陸運濤; pinyin: Lù Yùntáo; Jyutping: Luk6 Wan6 Tou4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lio̍k Ūn-tô; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Lu̍k Yun-thàu; 14 June 1915 – 20 June 1964) was a Malaysian-Singaporean business magnate, ornithologist, and photographer.
Loke Yew was an impoverished 13-year-old who arrived in Singapore from Guangdong, China, around 1858. Dropping his surname Wong in an attempt to improve his luck, Loke Yew made his fortune through tin-mining before expanding into rice mills, real estate, the motor industry and steam trading.
Loke Wan Tho (陆运涛) (Dato) (b. 14 June 1915, 1 Kuala Lumpur, Malaya–d. 20 June 1964, Taichung, Taiwan) was a prominent film entrepreneur who built up Cathay Organisation and established Cathay cinema. 2 He was the first board chairman of the National Library, 3 and the first Asian chairman of Malayan Airways (later renamed Malaysian ...
A Pioneer in Local Film Production. In 1953, Loke Wan Tho set up Cathay-Keris with Ho Ah Loke, expanding the Cathay film distribution business into film production. Cathay-Keris was Singapore’s second film studio and was a competitor to Shaw’s Malay Film Productions.
LOKE WAN. Built Cathaywith just a camera and a seem-ing l ck of fear, cinema magnate Loke W n Tho spent hours on the precarious platform at the top of a 12-storey (40 m) wooden tower, not dissuaded by the burning sun or the fact that the tower swayed beneath him in.
Aug 23, 2011 · I have always known of Loke Wan Tho’s classic, A Company of Birds – but there never was a desire to read it. After all, isn’t it supposed to be just a book of photographs? But two things that happened recently led me to the treasures that are in this book.
Dato Loke Wan Tho (1915–1964) was the son of Loke Yew, one of Malaya’s first millionaires and philanthropists. He was born in Kuala Lumpur and educated at the Victorian Institution, Chillon College at Montreaux, Switzerland, King’s College, Cambridge, and the London School of Economics.
Loke Wan Tho (14 June 1915 –20 June 1964) - Businessman . During his lifetime, Loke Wan Tho was well-known as a film magnate, passionate ornithologist and photographer.
Tan Sri Loke Wan Tho 陸運濤 (14 June 1915, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, British Malaya - 20 June 1964, Taichung, Taiwan) was a Malaysian-Singaporean business magnate in the nascent film industry, an ornithologist, and a gifted photographer.
Loke Wan Tho. Tale of Friendship. his birding trips. This meeting marked that beginning friendship similarity on a birding expedition to Wan interests. in 1943 and Loke happily grabbed opportunity.
