Malaysian-Singaporean business magnate, ornithologist and photographer
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Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri
Loke Wan Tho
PMN
陆运涛
Born
14 June 1915
Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Federated Malay States, British Malaya
Died
20 June 1964(1964-06-20) (aged 49)
Taichung, Taiwan
Spouse(s)
Kay White (m. 19??; div. 19??) Christina Lee (m. 19??; div. 1962)
Mavis Chew
(m. 1963; their deaths 1964)
Parents
Loke Yew (father)
Lim Cheng Kim (mother)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Loke.
Loke Wan Tho
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
陸運濤
Simplified Chinese
陆运涛
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Lù Yùntáo
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
Lu̍k Yun-thàu
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Luk6 Wan6 Tou4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Lio̍k Ūn-tô
Tâi-lô
Lio̍k Ūn-tô
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. He was the founder of Cathay Organisation in Singapore and Malaysia, and Motion Picture and General Investments Limited (MP&GI) in Hong Kong.
son, LokeWanTho, along with his fourth wife, Lim Cheng Kim established Associated Theatres Ltd—later renamed Cathay Organisation. In 1939 the Loke conglomerate...
Christina Stone was a business woman, and was married to LokeWanTho, a Singaporean business magnate and later to Jeffrey Stone a film director. Her final...
traditional Chinese: 國泰大廈; Malay: Bangunan Cathay) was opened in 1939 by Dato LokeWanTho as the headquarters for the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation....
to make stock investments. Loke's shrewdness and determination had been a great influence on the life of her son LokeWanTho, till the end of his life...
City of Singapore (1953) that was presented by Chinese philanthropist LokeWanTho in conjunction with King George VI granting Singapore a Royal Charter...
organised. The inaugural meeting was held on 29 November 1955 where Mr LokeWanTho was named its first President. In April 1956, SAMTAS was formalised....
Robert H. Lee – Vancouver-based businessman, investor and philanthropist LokeWanTho – founder of Cathay Organisation in Singapore and Malaysia David Li –...
"A Chinese movie mogul and the transformation of his movie empire—the LokeWanTho family and the Cathay Organisation in Southern China and Southeast Asia...
Englishmen Lord Mountbatten of Burma and Cathay Organisation film magnate, LokeWanTho. Its illustrious residents include the ancestral family of Minister Mentor...
Museum in 1976, by the well-known cinema magnate and art patron, Dato LokeWanTho. Through careful nurturing over the years, this collection has grown...
was of Christina Li HuiWang, who became the first wife of Asian mogul LokeWanTho. Portrait of Madam Cheng (1941) Size: 79.5 x 65 cm Medium: Oil on board...
hand in 1964 after the death in a plane crash of MP&GI founder and head LokeWanTho. The renamed Cathay faltered, ceasing film production in 1970 (Yang,...
politician, of Malaysian Chinese descent. Loke Cheng Kim, Malaysian–Singaporean businesswoman and philanthropist. LokeWanTho, was a Malaysian business magnate...
15 November 1996, with an art gallery on the second floor named after LokeWanTho and his younger sister Yuen-Peng McNeice for their contributions to the...
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membership of MNS including Henry Nicholas Ridley, John Leonard Harrison, LokeWanTho, Lim Boo Liat and the 6th Earl of Cranbrook. Past presidents of MNS include...
and the director of Pan-Electric Industries and now a wanted criminal. LokeWanTho, founder of Cathay Organisation in Singapore and Malaysia. Datuk Seri...
films, and in 1956 merged with Cathay Organisation, owned by millionaire LokeWanTho. The company was renamed Cathy-Keris Film Productions, with its studio...
delegation to the 11th Film Festival in Asia, including businessman LokeWanTho and his wife Mavis. The pilot lost control while turning to return to...
Sambanthan 1961: Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim 1961: Lee Tiang Keng 1961: LokeWanTho 1961: Mohamed Din Ahmad 1961: Nik Mustapha Fadzil 1961: Sardon Jubir...
Ali took some interest in bird photography along with his friend LokeWanTho. Loke had been introduced to Ali by J.T.M. Gibson, a BNHS member and Lieutenant...
delegation to the 11th Film Festival in Asia, including businessman LokeWanTho and his wife Mavis. "Ci – Cz" Airplane Crash Info. "Two CIA Prisoners...
of the City Council of Singapore T. P. F. McNiece, business magnate LokeWanTho, then-city councillors Yap Pheng Geck and Philip Williams, then-legislative...
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