Loke wan tho biography of christopher
Mr Loke Wan Tho (–) was a cinema magnate and founder of the Cathay Organisation.
Born in in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Loke Wan Tho was a prominent cinema magnate who founded Cathay Organization and the Cathay chain of cinemas in Singapore.!
Loke Wan Tho
Malaysian-Singaporean business magnate, ornithologist and photographer
In this Chinese name, the family name is Loke.
Tan SriLoke Wan Tho (simplified Chinese: 陆运涛; traditional Chinese: 陸運濤; pinyin: Lù Yùntáo; Jyutping: Luk6 Wan6 Tou4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lio̍k Ūn-tô; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Lu̍k Yun-thàu; 14 June – 20 June ) was a Malaysian-Singaporean business magnate, ornithologist, and photographer.
He was the founder of Cathay Organisation in Singapore and Malaysia, and Motion Picture and General Investments Limited(MP&GI) in Hong Kong.
Early life and education
Born in Kuala Lumpur on 14 June , Loke Wan Tho was the ninth child of Loke Yew, an ethnic Chinese businessman of Cantonese descent, and his wife of mixed Hokkien-Hakka ancestry named Loke Cheng Kim.
Loke was 2 years old when his father died. His early education was in Kuala Lumpur at the Victoria Institution, a school set up by the British for Chinese boys which counted his fa