Yap Kwan Seng: Perbezaan antara semakan

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'''Kapitan Cina Yap Kwan Seng''' (Cina: 叶观盛甲, 1846-1902) adalahmerupakan kelima dan terakhir ''[[Kapitan Cina|Kapitan China]]'' daripadaterakhir dari [[Kuala Lumpur]] dari tahun 1889 untuk tahunhingga 1902. KapitansKapitan dilantik sebagai ketua atau ketua daripada pelbagai etnik dalamsemasa tempoh penjajahan [(British]] dalam apa yang hadirsekarang hariini [[Malaysia]]. Kapitans memainkan peranan yang penting dalam sejarah [[Orangorang Cina Malaysia|Cina]] di [[Malaysia]]. Mereka menggunakanmempunyai pengaruh besar, yang menyumbang untukkepada pembangunan sosial, ekonomi dan politik pembangunan di kawasan di bawah bidang kuasa mereka.

Yap Kwan Seng, berketurunan [[Hakka]] keturunan, dilahirkan pada tahun 1846 dalamdi daerah Chak Kai daerah [[Republik Rakyat China|China]]. DiaBeliau adalah seorangberbangsa Hakka yangdari keturunan Fui Chiu clan. DiaBeliau pindahperpindah ke [[Tanah Melayu British|Malaya]] pada usia 18 dan bekerja sebagai seorang timahpelombonh minertimah dalamdi [[Seremban|Nilai]].

Pada saat kematiannya, ''[[The Straits Times]]'' dibawa berikut beritamembawa kematianbelasungkawa:<ref>The Straits Times, 21 January 1902, Page 4</ref>{{Petikan|TOWKAY Yap Kwan Seng, theKapitan Captain China ofCina Selangor, diedmeninggal atdunia di Kuala Lumpur onpada Friday,hari of consumptionJumaat, atpada theusia agelima ofpuluh fifty-fivelima yearstahun, ofdi whichmana hedia hadtelah spentmenghabiskan fortyempat inpuluh thedi StraitsSelat. HeBeliau cameberasal fromdari thewilayah CantonKanton provincedan andtelah hadtinggal residedselama tiga thirty-twopuluh yearsdua intahun di Selangor. HeBeliau hadtelah heldmemegang thejawatan postKapten ofChina Captaindi Chinasana theresejak sincetahun 1889. TheSi deceasedmati wastelah popular amongdi allkalangan classessemua andkelas wasdan amerupakan pemberi liberal giverkepada tobadan charitiesamal. HeBeliau wasadalah aPemegang TrusteeAmanah of theInstitusi Victoria Institutiondengan todana whoseyang fundsbeliau hebeli liberallydengan subscribedlancar. HeDia gavememberikan $ 10,000 tokepada theDana Perang Transvaal Wardan Fundjuga andsumbangan alsotampan akepada handsomedana donationbangunan toGereja St. Mary's Church building fund. HeDia wasselalu alwaysmenjadi asahabat goodbaik friendkepada tonegaranya hisyang poorer countrymenmiskin, foryang whomdia hemendirikan establishedsebuah adispensari practicallyyang free dispensarypraktikal. DuringSemasa thepemberontakan Pahang, rebelliondia hememberikan renderedbanyak muchbantuan assistancekepada toKerajaan thedan Governmentmengucapkan andterima waskasih thankedatas for his servicesperkhidmatannya. HeDia leavesmeninggalkan behindlima himisteri fivedi wivessini heredan andtiga three indi China, alsojuga asebuah largekeluarga familybesar consistingyang ofterdiri fifteendaripada sonslima andbelas tenanak daughterslelaki dan sepuluh anak perempuan.{{efn|text=TOWKAY Yap Kwan Seng, the Captain China of Selangor, died at Kuala Lumpur on Friday, of consumption, at the age of fifty-five years, of which he had spent forty in the Straits. He came from the Canton province and had resided thirty-two years in Selangor. He had held the post of Captain China there since 1889. The deceased was popular among all classes and was a liberal giver to charities. He was a Trustee of the Victoria Institution to whose funds he liberally subscribed. He gave $10,000 to the Transvaal War Fund and also a handsome donation to St. Mary's Church building fund. He was always a good friend to his poorer countrymen, for whom he established a practically free dispensary. During the Pahang rebellion he rendered much assistance to the Government and was thanked for his services. He leaves behind him five wives here and three in China, also a large family consisting of fifteen sons and ten daughters.}}}}