Eu Tong Sen 余东旋

We shall start this story with a person named Eu Kong-Pui, also known as Eu Kong (1853 - 1891). He was born in Foshan, Guangdong Province. In September 1876, he left his home and traveled to Penang, Malaya, with his wife, Leong Kum Yow, and his younger brother, Eu Kong-Chun.

In Penang, he worked as a shop assistant for a clothing store. Like many of his contemporaries during those times, he was also working part-time in several businesses.

After two years in Penang, he was entrusted to collect debts on behalf of a store owner who was an agent distributing goods from Southern China to the tin mining towns in the Malay States.

In 1881, Eu Kong took his wife and son, Eu Tong Sen back to Foshan.

After two months of living in his native country, Eu Kong left again and this time, he left for Hong Kong. He then married his second wife, Man Woon Chang, who was able to speak in English.

Together they returned to Malaya and in 1882, they won the Government’s tender bid for tin mining in Gopeng. At the same time, they became one of the revenue collectors for the Malayan British Government. Eu Kong’s business interests grew to include, in addition to tin mining, a Chinese grocery shop and a Chinese medical supply center. To help him in his busy schedule, he brought in another younger brother Eu Kong-Tak from Foshan.

Unfortunately, he died suddenly in 1891 (38 years old) and his only son, Eu Tong Sen, then aged fourteen was called back to Malaya from Foshan to run his father’s businesses.

However, Eu Tong Sen’s step-mother was able to convince his mother and his uncles that it was best for Eu Tong Sen to be educated in the English Language. He was then sent to Penang to study at the Anglo Chinese School. On reaching the age of twenty-one, Eu Tong Sen took over the running of his father’s businesses.

In 1902, Eu Tong Sen, then 25 years old, made one of his brothers-in-law, Leong Kwong Hin, from Singapore, as his personal assistant. His tin mining business grew due to him having the courage to use the expansive hydraulic pumps in his mines. By this time, he had eleven mines throughout Malaya, employing more than twelve thousand people.

By the year 1920, Eu Tong Sen’s businesses had grown to include rubber plantations, real estate, property investment, pharmaceutical products, and banking. By 1928, his businesses in the renewed name of Eu Yan Sang had extended to Hong Kong and he moved his main residence there at Repulse Bay, Hong Kong.

 Eu Yan Sang, as a business entity, lived to this day. Visit euyansang.con https://www.euyansang.com/en_US/home?gclid=CjwKCAiA5JnuBRA-EiwA-0ggPdn1vluKRsUniqEyFlvxEaASFYZrX_8X9OCcB1_z2g2i4h49x8aJjhoCXE0QAvD_BwE Eu Tong Sen died in 1941 and his business was divided up equally to his thirteen sons. Because of the fact that no one had a majority vote, most of the family’s key businesses were sold. In the mid-1980s his grandson, Richard Eu, revamped the business to concentrate on the sale of health products and this business is still successfully operating even with an on-line platform.

Quoted from the Abstract of a research paper written by Stephanie Po-Yin Chung, Cambridge University Press, 30th August 2005. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X05001873 ‘Architecture can be viewed as a reflection of the value placed on life. In colonial Hong Kong, a distinctive Gothic-style castle, Euston, was built by tycoon Eu Tong Sen (1877–1941) as his family’s grand residence. Eu was a prominent figure in South China and Southeast Asia and remains a local legend decades after his death. Eu’s castle, being built in 1928 and demolished in the 1980s, was and still is one of the most recognizable monuments in the region. Although Eu did not leave behind any autobiography or memoirs, the monumental castle can be regarded as a symbolic manifestation of his life story. The design of the castle is of mixed ancestry—it is a reconciliation of traditional Chinese design based on feng shui (Chinese geomancy) with European architectural elements. The fusion of East-West architectural building elements, as symbolized by the Eu castle, was a significant achievement symbolizing general social and cultural changes spanning more than a century.’

Stephanie Po-Yin Chung had done research on the Eu Yan Sang Business in the year 2002 and this can be read from the website https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X02003037

The most important aspect of Eu Tong Sen’s life that I must draw attention to was that he was a philanthropist. He contributed generously to education, most notably to the Raffles College and the University of Hong Kong. He was also active on both the political and community fronts, representing the Chinese on the Federal Council during the early 20th century, as well as taking on the role of Vice-President on the Anti-Opium Society. He was a member of the Kinta Sanitary Board, and an Unofficial Member of the Federal Legislative Council of the Federated Malay States (1912 - 1920). 

During World War I, he donated a tank and two fighter planes to the British and in 1922, he was decorated with the title ‘Officer of the Most Excellent Order’ of the British Empire (OBE) for his meritorious services.

Driving growth in a family business: Lessons from Eu Yan Sang (Part 1) https://youtu.be/XENLTX_Vnkw Richard Eu, CEO of Traditional Chinese Medicine supplier Eu Yan Sang, speaks about leading an established family business into new markets.

Driving growth in a family business: Lessons from Eu Yan Sang (Part 2) https://youtu.be/-DkHcIWfjBY

Richard Eu on Running A Family Business https://youtu.be/ez55Mg9pihU HONG KONG, October 16, 2009 - Richard Eu, Group CEO of medicinal giant Eu Yan Sang, talks about the drawbacks of having professional managers run a family business

Now for the Chinese version of this article (translation of the wordings only).

我们将以一个名叫Eu Kong-Pui的人（也称为Eu Kong（1853-1891））开始这个故事。他出生于广东省佛山市。 1876年9月，他与妻子梁锦耀和他的弟弟Eu Kong-Chun一起离开家乡，前往马来亚槟城。

在槟城，他曾担任一家服装店的店员。像那个时期的许多同时代人一样，他也在一些公司做兼职。

在槟城呆了两年后，他受托代表一家商店老板收债，该商店老板是从华南向马来州锡矿镇分发货物的代理商。 1881年，Eu Kong带其妻和他的孩子Eu Tong Sen返回佛山。

在他的祖国居住了两个月后，Eu Kong再次离开，这次他去了香港。然后，他与第二任妻子Man Woon Chang结婚，后者能够说英语。
他们一起返回马来亚，并于1882年赢得了政府在Gopeng进行锡矿开采的招标。同时，他们成为马来亚英国政府的税收收集者之一。 Eu Kong的商业兴趣除锡矿开采外，还包括一家中国杂货店和一家中国医疗供应中心。为了帮助他忙碌的日程，他从佛山引进了另一个弟弟Eu Kong-Tak。

不幸的是，他在1891年突然去世（享年38岁），他的十四岁的独生子Eu Tong Sen从佛山被召回马来亚，开始经营父亲的生意。 但是，Eu Tong Sen的继母能够说服他的母亲和叔叔，Eu Tong Sen最好接受英语教育。然后，他被送往槟城，在盎格鲁中文学校学习。余彤森（Eu Tong Sen）二十一岁，接管了父亲的生意。
1902年，当时25岁的余东森从新加坡聘请了他的一个姐夫梁广显（Leong Kwong Hin）作为其私人助理。由于他有勇气在自己的矿山中使用膨胀液压泵，因此他的锡矿开采业务得以发展。到这个时候，他在马来亚拥有11座矿，雇用了12,000多人。

到1920年，Eu Tong Sen的业务已发展到包括橡胶种植园，房地产，房地产投资，医药产品和银行业务。到1928年，他以余仁生（Eu Yan Sang）的名字重新命名的业务已扩展到香港，并将他的主要住所迁至香港浅水湾。

余仁生作为一个商业实体，一直活到今天。请访问euyansang.con https://www.euyansang.com/zh_CN/home?gclid=CjwKCAiA5JnuBRA-EiwA-0ggPdn1vluKRsUniqEyFlvxEaASFYZrX_8X9OCcB1_z2g2i4h49xEaSen th到他的Euthen_WenWen 1WenWenWenWenWen1就是他在Eu_sen_WenW上被拆毁了。由于没有人获得多数票，该家族的大部分主要业务都被出售了。在1980年代中期，他的孙子理查德·欧（Richard Eu）对公司进行了改组，以专注于健康产品的销售，即使有在线平台，该业务仍然可以成功运营。

我必须引起注意的童东森一生中最重要的方面是他是慈善家。他为教育做出了慷慨的贡献，尤其是对莱佛士书院和香港大学。他还活跃于政治和社区领域，在20世纪初期代表中国人在联邦委员会任职，并担任反鸦片学会副主席。他曾是Kinta卫生委员会的成员，也是马来联邦联邦立法委员会的非官方成员（1912年至1920年）。

第一次世界大战期间，他向英军捐赠了一辆坦克和两架战斗机，并在1922年因其功勋而被大英帝国（OBE）授予“最优秀军官”称号。

Now for the Maori version of this article (translation of the wordings only).

Ka tiimata to maatau ki tetahi tangata ko Eu Kong-Pui, e kiia nei ko Eu Kong (1853 - 1891). I whanau ia i Foshan, te Rohe o Guangdong. I te marama o Hepetema 1876, ka wehe atu ia i tona kainga ka haere ki tana kainga ki Penang, Malaya, me tana wahine a Leong Kum Yow, me tana tuakana, ko Eu Kong-Chun.
I Penang, i mahi ia hei kaihauturu toa mo tetahi toa kakahu. Ka rite ki te maha o ona kaingakau i roto i aua waa, kei te mahi ano ia i nga waahanga mahi i roto i nga umanga maha.   
I muri tau e rua tau ki te motu o te Moutere, ka tukuna ia ki te kohi nama mo te rangatira toa nei he kaihokohoko e tohatoha taonga mai i te Haina o Haina ki nga taone hinu kerihe i nga whenua o Malay.
I te tau 1881, ka haria e Eu Kong tana wahine me tana tama, a Eu Tong Sen ki Foshan.
I muri i nga marama e rua e noho ana i tana whenua whenua, i wehe atu a Eu Kong me tenei wa, kua wehe atu ia ki Hong Kong. I reira ka marena ki tana wahine tuarua, ko Man Woon Chang, e kaha ana ki te korero Ingarihi.
I hoki mai ano raua ki te Malaya a i te tau 1882, i riro i a raatau te tono a te Kawanatanga mo te kohinga timanga i Gopeng. I te wa ano, ka riro ko raatau tetahi o nga ka kohikohinga moni mo te Kawanatanga Ingarangi Malayan. Ko nga umanga umanga a Eu Kong kua tupu, tae atu ki te maina maina, he toa miihini Hainamana me te tari whakato rongoa Hainamana. Hei awhina i a ia i tona wa pukumahi, kawea mai ana e ia tetahi atu teina teina a Eu Kong-Tak mai Foshan.
Heoi ano, i mate ohorere i te tau 1891 (38 tau te pakeke) me tana tama kotahi anake, a Eu Tong Sen, ka tekau ma wha nga tau i whakahokia mai ki a Malaya mai Foshan hei whakahaere i nga umanga a tona papa.
Heoi, ko te turaki-whanui a Eu Tong Sen i kaha ki te whakaponohia e tona whaea me ona iramutu he pai ake kia Eu Tong Sen te akoako i te Reo Pakeha. I reira ka tukuna atu ia ki Penang ki te ako ki te kura Anglo Chinese. I te rua tekau ma tahi o nga tau, ko Eu Tong Sen te mana whakahaere i nga umanga a tona papa.
I te 1902, ko Eu Tong Sen, ka 25 ona tau, ka noho ko ia tetahi o ana tuakana-teina, a Leong Kwong Hin, no Singapore, hei kaitautoko takitahi. Ko tana pakihi keri timanga i tupu na tana maia ki te whakamahi i nga paohiko whanariki i roto i ana maina. I tenei wa, kotahi tekau ma tahi nga maina i puta ia ia Malaya, e whakamahi ana i te tekau ma rua mano nga taangata.
Kia tae ki te tau 1920, kua tipu haere nga umanga a Eu Tong Sen kia uru ki nga maakete taapa, whakakanu rawa, hoko moni, hua rongoā, me nga peeke. Kia tae ki te tau 1928, kua piki tana pakihi ki te ingoa hou o Eu Yan Sang ki Hong Kong, a ka neke ia ki tana kainga noho i Repulse Bay, Hong Kong.
Ko Eu Yan Sang, hei umanga pakihi, a tae noa mai ki tenei ra. Tirohia te waansang.con https://www.euyansang.com/en_US/home?gclid=CjwKCAiA5JnuBRA-EiwA-0ggPdn1vluKRsUniqEyFlvxEaASFYZrX_8X9OCcB1_z2g2i4h49x8aJjhoCXE0Q te ue me te aha i te wehe i te rohe o te rohe. Na te mea kaore tetahi i puta i te pooti o te nuinga, ko te nuinga o nga pakihi matua a te whanau kua hokona. I nga tau waenga waenganui o te 1980, ka whakahutuhia e tana tama a Richard Eu, te umanga ki te aro ki te hoko i nga hua hauora, kei te angitu tonu tenei umanga me te papaahi i runga raina.
Ko te waahanga nui o te ao o Eu Tong Sen me aro ki ahau ko tana mahi philanthropist. He nui tana koha ki te maatauranga, otira ki te Raffles College me te Whare Wananga o Hong Kong. Ko ia ano i kaha ki nga taha o nga kaupapa tōrangapū me te hapori, e tohu ana i nga Hainamana i runga i te Kaunihera Federal i nga timatanga o te rautau 1900, me te kawe i te Tino-perehitini mo te Anti-Opium Society. He mema ia mo te Kaunihera Whakatikatika o Kinta, me tetahi mema Takiwa o te Kaunihera Ture Motuhake o nga Whenua Moananui-Motu (1912 - 1920).
I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i tukuna e ia he taake me nga rererangi rererangi e rua ki te pakeha me te 1922, kua whakapaihia ia ki te taitara 'Apiha o te Rawa Nui' o te Emepaea o Ingarangi (OBE) mo ana ratonga manaakitanga.