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Boleh Tak? What are the chances?

So, googling "Huang Mao Ting" yielded this wiki entry on a Methodist school in Penang, Malaysia : Pada bulan Jun 1931, Puan Tan Choon Lan mengambil alih tugas sebagai guru besar diikuti dengan Madam Seah Kok En pada tahun 1932. Apabila Madam Seah meletak jawatan pada tahun berikutnya, urusan pentadbiran sekolah diuruskan oleh pengerusi Jemaah Pengurus Encik Chew Cheng How. Bilangan pelajar yang bertambah dengan pesat pada tahun 1935 menyebabkan pihak sekolah membuat keputusan menyewa sebuah banglo di Lorong Hutton untuk dijadikan bangunan sekolah. Selepas berpindah, Taman Tadika Union ditukarkan kepada Sekolah Union. Pada masa itu, urusan sekolah dijalankan oleh Pengerusi Jemaah Pengurus Sekolah, En Huang Mao Ting . Pada tahun 1936, Encik Wang Lek Oo dilantik sebagai guru besar. Beliau telah berusaha membuka kelas latihan guru-guru tadika. This, via Google Translate, comes out as: In June 1931, Mrs Tan Choon Lan took over as the headmaster, followed by Madam Seah Kok E...

Retracing Xiamenward ... The Clues, Obituary

The names are important, esp. in Chinese characters. In his handwriting: Based on the additional clue that Rev. Timothy Hwang attended a seminary in Nanking, Dr. C.W., a scholar on Minnan-related missions, offers this fascinating breakthrough from a couple of Chinese Who's Whos (personal communication): 黄懋庭(1901~1955)同安人。1922年毕业于南京金陵神学院,受聘于厦门关隘内福音堂传道。1924年先后在新马两地教会服务。1946年前往美国深造.1952年至1955年任新加坡三一神学院教授。事迹被收录于《厦门经济物区辞典》P277、《厦门人物——海外篇》P277 。  This says he is “from” Tongan (just outside of Xiamen) and graduated in 1922 from seminary in Nanjing. He was a preacher at a major church in Xiamen called Guanyinei (though this is sometimes called other names. This church is no longer standing, but it was along a major thouroughfare.) He went to the US in 1946 and from 1952-55 he was a prof at Trinity Theological College in Singapore (I wonder if they have any info on him). This info is recorded in a couple books (listed).  Because he was in this church, his family (fath...