In 1892, Kwok Soo Kha, a 31-year-old widow from Guangdong, Southern China, and her two children, aged 10 and 12 years, came to Taiping, Perak, to find work as a domestic servant for the British. Upon the untimely death of her husband, a merchant, she decided to forge a new life for her small family ... continue reading »

This 5th book by Dr. Ho Tak Ming, a family physician practising in Ipoh, Malaysia, is a compilation of inspirational true stories about a dozen women who came from China to Malaya to seek a better life. Starting off the book is a story of Kwok Soo Kha, Dr. Ho's very own paternal great-grandmother, who took ... continue reading »