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| − | One of the founding members of the [[Tung Jung Association]] and [[:Category:Fruit Shop|Green grocer]], Wong Tong Faat (also known as Wong Tong Fat or William Wong Tong) was one of the original [https://nzhistory.govt.nz/poll-tax-imposed-on-chinese Poll Tax] payers who initially settled in Otago, before resettling in Wellington<ref name=":0">Tung Jung Association. (2009, Autumn). Tung Jung Autumn Newsletter 2009. Retrieved from http://www.tungjung.org.nz/images/stories/newsletters/2009/Tung_Jung_Autumn_Newsletter2009_%28print%29.pdf</ref> in 1893.<ref name=":1">Tung Jung Association. (2017). William Wong Tong/Wong Tong Fat. Retrieved July 27, 2017, from http://www.tungjung.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=31</ref> |
+ | One of the founding members of the [[Tung Jung Association]] (He was the Association's second President, in 1927<ref>Chan, H. D. M., & Tung Jung Association of NZ. (2007). ''Zengcheng New Zealanders: a history for the 80th anniversary of the Tung Jung Association of NZ Inc''. Katoomba, NSW: Echo Point Press for the Tung Jung Association of New Zealand. Page 113</ref>) and [[:Category:Fruit Shop|Green grocer]], Wong Tong Faat (also known as Wong Tong Fat or William Wong Tong) was one of the original [https://nzhistory.govt.nz/poll-tax-imposed-on-chinese Poll Tax] payers who initially settled in Otago, before resettling in Wellington<ref name=":0">Tung Jung Association. (2009, Autumn). Tung Jung Autumn Newsletter 2009. Retrieved from http://www.tungjung.org.nz/images/stories/newsletters/2009/Tung_Jung_Autumn_Newsletter2009_%28print%29.pdf</ref> in 1893.<ref name=":1">Tung Jung Association. (2017). William Wong Tong/Wong Tong Fat. Retrieved July 27, 2017, from http://www.tungjung.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=31</ref> |
Wong Tong Faat opened [[Wong Tong and Sons]] at 259 [[:category: Cuba Street|Cuba Street]] (1910s? exact date to be confirmed), and later at 168 [[:category: Cuba Street|Cuba Street]] (1930s onwards)<ref name=":0" />, as well as a small, quarter acre plot on [[:category: Nairn Street|Nairn Street]], which grew radishes and spring onions for the family shops and to sell at auction.<ref name=":0" /> |
Wong Tong Faat opened [[Wong Tong and Sons]] at 259 [[:category: Cuba Street|Cuba Street]] (1910s? exact date to be confirmed), and later at 168 [[:category: Cuba Street|Cuba Street]] (1930s onwards)<ref name=":0" />, as well as a small, quarter acre plot on [[:category: Nairn Street|Nairn Street]], which grew radishes and spring onions for the family shops and to sell at auction.<ref name=":0" /> |
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One of the founding members of the Tung Jung Association (He was the Association's second President, in 1927[1]) and Green grocer, Wong Tong Faat (also known as Wong Tong Fat or William Wong Tong) was one of the original Poll Tax payers who initially settled in Otago, before resettling in Wellington[2] in 1893.[3]
Wong Tong Faat opened Wong Tong and Sons at 259 Cuba Street (1910s? exact date to be confirmed), and later at 168 Cuba Street (1930s onwards)[2], as well as a small, quarter acre plot on Nairn Street, which grew radishes and spring onions for the family shops and to sell at auction.[2]
Wong Tong Faat had seven children: Raymond, Ling Moon, Lily, Ivan, Edith, Amy and Margie.[2]
He was also a prominent member of the New Zealand Kuomintang, and was their president during the 1920s[3]. He was also on the Board of Directors of the Kuomintang newspaper, the Man Sing Times, between 1921 and 1922[3] and was active with the Chinese Anglican Mission Church Committee.[3]
Wong Tong Faat passed away in 1955, at the age of 81.[2]
- ↑ Chan, H. D. M., & Tung Jung Association of NZ. (2007). Zengcheng New Zealanders: a history for the 80th anniversary of the Tung Jung Association of NZ Inc. Katoomba, NSW: Echo Point Press for the Tung Jung Association of New Zealand. Page 113
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Tung Jung Association. (2009, Autumn). Tung Jung Autumn Newsletter 2009. Retrieved from http://www.tungjung.org.nz/images/stories/newsletters/2009/Tung_Jung_Autumn_Newsletter2009_%28print%29.pdf
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Tung Jung Association. (2017). William Wong Tong/Wong Tong Fat. Retrieved July 27, 2017, from http://www.tungjung.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=31