Alfonso Zarate Sycip
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Visual materialSubject(s): 1936
| Men and women in business | 1936 | 1936 | bankers | banking | chinese banking and finance | civic leaders | manila''s 400 | merchants | philippine chinese general chamber of commerce | social registerOnline resources: View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) | View in Retrato website With printsGeneral Note(s): A merchant, civic leader, and former president of the Philipine-Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Sycip was a byword in Chinese banking and finance in his time. Born in 1883 on Calle Juan Luna opposite La Insular Bldg., Alfonso''s forbears arrived in Manila from Amoy, China. He was sent to China when he was only seven years old to attend the Anglo-Chinese College in Foochow. Fourteen years later, he came back to Manila, settled in Cebu and took charge of several commercial establishments in that southern island. He severed all business connections in Cebu in 1924 and left for Manila. There, he managed Chua Tek and Yek Hua, and became a byword in Chinese banking and financeImage type: Reproduction: PhotoengravingMedia format: With prints
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Philippine Profiles | PP00052 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | PP00052 |
A merchant, civic leader, and former president of the Philipine-Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Sycip was a byword in Chinese banking and finance in his time. Born in 1883 on Calle Juan Luna opposite La Insular Bldg., Alfonso''s forbears arrived in Manila from Amoy, China. He was sent to China when he was only seven years old to attend the Anglo-Chinese College in Foochow. Fourteen years later, he came back to Manila, settled in Cebu and took charge of several commercial establishments in that southern island. He severed all business connections in Cebu in 1924 and left for Manila. There, he managed Chua Tek and Yek Hua, and became a byword in Chinese banking and finance.
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