Background
Song was born 1830 in Malacca, Malaysia. His father was Song Engineer Chong.
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Song Hoot Kiam
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He attended an English educational institution, after following Christian missionary James Legge to England, alongside two of his Malaysian peers. He also studied at Hong Kong"s Anglo-Chinese College, taking up the Cantonese language as a subject.
Career
He was a choir member at the Strait Chinese Church. After arriving back in Singapore, Song worked as a teacher for a short period of time, before working as a cashier for much of his lifetime, from 1853 to 1895. Song died in 1900, aged 70.
The Straits Chinese Magazine wrote that Song "was a specimen of the best type of the Chinese character", describing him as a "mighty rock to his large family".
Hoot Kiam Road, located near River Valley Road, is named after him.
