Who is Mr Chung Keng

 Chung Keng Quee (traditional Chinese: 鄭景貴; simplified Chinese: 郑景贵; pinyin: Zhèng Jǐngguì, 1821 – 13 December 1901)^[1] was the founder and administrator of modern Taiping in Perak, Malaysia.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}Appointed "Captain China" by the British in 1877,^[7] he was a millionaire philanthropist and known as an innovator in the mining of tin. He was involved in many other industries including farming, pawnbroking and logging.^[8][9] He was respected by both Chinese and European communities in the early colonial settlement.^[10] His survival in the chaotic era owes much to his standing as leader of the Hai San, a Chinese secret society in British Malaya during the time of theLarut Wars (1862–73).^[11] a position he is said to have held till early 1884^[12] although in all probability he continued to remain a leading member.^[13] The old fort at Teluk Batu was built by him to safeguard the mine that he opened there.^[14]He was a member of the Commission for the Pacification of Larut and sat as one of six members of the Advisory Perak State Council appointed by the British.^[15] Commenting on the role of the Perak Council, Richard James Wilkinsonwrote,