Ong Yew Inn (Bukit Brown)

January 22, 2021 Block 3 Div D boxer Bukit Brown

Ong Yew Inn passed away at the age 68 on 9th January 1935. Listed on his tomb is his son, Ong Chin Beng. I can't find much information about Ong Yew Inn but fortunately there was an article which links Ong Yew Inn to Ong Chin Beng when Ong Chin Beng got engagement to Miss Mabel Tan in 1927. It is from this article i got to find out that Ong Yew Inn probably came from Semarang and settled down in Singapore.

Son: Ong Chin Beng

Ong Chin Beng was a retired undefeated flyweight champion of Malaya who was said to have defended the Championship 4 times in succession becoming a champion after winning a T.KO against his opponent, Sng Chwee Seng. His ring career was comparatively short. When he vacated his spot, another legendary boxer by the name of Vivian "Boy" Walley went on the become the champion in April 1925 at the age of 18 years old. After Ong Chin Beng retired from boxing, he became a boxing promoter. Ong Chin Beng managed the New World Arena (whose Proprietor is Ong Boon Tat and Ong Peng Hock).

The engagement is announced in 1927 of Mr. Ong Chin Beng, retired boxer of Malaya, only son of Mr. Ong Yew Inn, of Semarang to Miss Mabel Tan (eldest daughter of Mr. Tan Yew Chay, Singapore representative of the Java Sea and Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. On 6 September 6, 1927, announcement of the birth of a son. Mrs. Ong Chin Beng nee Mabel Tan died at age of 28 at the General Hospital on 20th December 1935 after a long typhoid illness. She is survived by her husband and 3 children. The funeral will leave No B Lorong 37 Geylang for Bukit Brown (Hill 4 Section A, plot 46).