Datuk Chin News Today

TELL good stories, tell great stories, we are told. Here’s one – a story on how former Director of Fisheries Sabah, Datuk Chin Phui Kong, 99, going on 100 on Dec 26 this year, and his late classmate Ho Su Shen, literally jumped from the sky into the jungle to fight for the liberation of Malaya in WW2! Last Sunday, we reported how the entire Central Committee of the Malaysian Armed Forces Chinese Veterans Association (Macva) made a whirlwind trip to Kota Kinabalu on Oct 25 to accord C...

KL-based Macva Committee Members literally ‘ go the extra-mile’ to pay tribute to Chin.

LIKE a peer review, ex-naval captain Dato Lee Kwang Lock lavished tributes to WW2 Force 136 officer 1st Lieutenant Datuk Chin Phui Kong, as “a war hero and legend” deserving their highest in-house honour.

ASKED what she thought of Chin’s involvement in Force 136 as a secret agent, retired Army Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Intelligence Corps and Macva Vice President, Carol Loo Lee Fum, said:  “To me it’s a sacrifice for him because to join Force 136 those days, they were a special breed, just equivalent to our commandos, they were well trained to penetrate the enemy front line, so it’s equally dangerous and I respect Datuk Chin for being able to carry out the task a...

GIVEN 4,000 members, the Malaysian Armed Forces Chinese Veterans Association stands on its motto ‘A Credible Voice’ of a powerful veterans group in terms of administration and organisation, said ex Captain Loo Choon Chew.