Ho Hong Bank

The Ho Hong Bank (1917–1932) was a Malayan bank, established to provide banking services that, until 1912, were solely delivered by European banks. The bank was founded in 1917 and in 1932 merged with two other banks in Singapore to form the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation .

The founders of Ho Hong Bank were Lim Peng Siang, Lim Boon Keng and Seow Poh Leng, all of whom were, before that time, founding members and officers of the earlier Chinese Commercial Bank.

On 17 August 1912, a largely attended meeting of Hokkiens, shareholders of the then proposed Chinese Commercial Bank Ltd., was held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Hill Street, presided over by Lee Choon Guan. The assembled elected its first directors:

- Chia Yew Siang (Chinese: 謝有祥; pinyin: Xiè Yǒuxiáng)

- Lee Choon Guan (Chinese: 李浚源; pinyin: Li Jùnyuán)

- Liao Chia Heng (Chinese: 廖正興; pinyin: Liào Zhèngxìng)

- Lim Peng Siang (Chinese: 林秉祥; pinyin: Lín Bǐngxiáng)

- See Tiong Wah (Chinese: 薛中華; pinyin: Xuē Zhōnghuá)

- Seow Eng Tin (Chinese: 蕭榮珍; pinyin: Xiāo Róngzhēn)

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