Cheah Ghim Leng

Cheah in 1935Cheah Ghim Leng (1902 — ) was a member of the Perak State Council, a Justice of the Peace and a member of the Federal Council.

Early life and education Cheah was born in Penang in 1902. His father was Cheah Cheang Lim, a prominent businessman. He attended St. Xavier's Institution in Penang.

Career After serving as an apprentice at Brown Phillips and Stewart, Evatt and Co., Federal Rubber Stamp and Co, and Frankel Brothers, he went to Ipoh to assist his father in his tin and rubber companies.

He was a member of the Federal Council. He held offices in several minor clubs and associations in Ipoh. He also served as a visiting justice of prisons in Kinta, a member of the Chinese Decrepit Hospitals Board, a committee member of the Perak Chinese Maternity Association, a committee member of the Lung Thau Nam Decrepit Women Fund,

Personal life Cheah was married. His wife gave birth to his daughter on 13 October 1937. He was hospitalised in August 1941.