About May Wong
Lived 1899 – 1989 (aged 89–90). May Wong was a Singaporean social worker.
May Bernice Wong (née Hing;1899 - 1989) was a Singaporean community and social worker. She was president of Singapore's Chinese Women’s Association from 1949 till her death in 1989.
Biography Wong was born in 1899 in Sacramento, California, the eldest of 16 children. She was awarded the Jubilee Medal for Active War Service by King George VI for her nursing work at the first aid post at Havelock Road.
Personal life In 1920 she married Wong Shui Kei, a Chinese-born Stanford University graduate who became a banker. They had four children.
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Singaporean community and social worker
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May Wong was born in 1899.
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May Wong died in 1989.
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