余炳亮
He was educated at Street Joseph’s Institution and later was qualified as a chartered accountants In 1947, Ee Peng Liang set up Ee Peng Liang & Company, which started out serving family businesses and grew to serve a sizeable portfolio of clients including public companies. His firm eventually merged with the then Turquand, Youngs & Company and Ernst & Whinney in 1974 and 1986 respectively, to become part of Ernst & Young.
He was the founding member and President of the Singapore Council of Social Service as well as the Community Chest. Known as the “father of charity” in Singapore, Ee Peng Liang was well known for his charitable nature and voluntary work, for which he received numerous accolades. While working as an accountant, Ee began volunteering at Boys’ Town, of which he was later appointed chairman in 1955.
In 1947, he became secretary of the Good Shepherd Sisters’ Marymount Vocational Centre.
In 1953, he founded and became vice-president of the Singapore Council for Social Service, and then president in 1958. On 24 August 1994, Ee died of heart failure at his home in Katong, at the age of 81.
