1. Name: Chedin Mohamed Hashim, Tan Sri
2. Occupation: Rubber broker, Auctioneer, Insurance and Shipping Agent, Philanthropist, Politician
3. Date and place of birth: 1896, Penang
4. Date of death: 1969, Penang
5. Education:
- Standard Six education
6. Contributions:
- Commuted to Parit Buntar from Penang to work at Buntar Estate
- English rubber broke at Allen Dennys & Co.
- Book keeper and personal assistant to Allen Dennys
- Took over Allen Dennys
- President of Penang Malay Association (1938-39)
- President of Penang Malay Chambers of Commerce
- President of the Penang Malay Football Association
- Chairman of the Federal Legislative Council (1950)
- Chairman of the Board of Orphanages in Penang
- Penang UMNO leader
7. Honours and Awards:
- Pingat Setia Mahkota (1966)
- Jasa Mangku Negara (1957)
- Justice of Peace (1938)
Source:
A. Shukor Rahman. (2010) Flying colours of Tanjung: The Story of Penang Malays . Penang: Pintra Printing
Loh Wei Ling, Badriyah Haji Salleh, Mahani Musa, Wong Yee Tuan & Marcus Langdon (Eds). (2013). Biographical Dictionary of Mercantile Personalities of Penang . Kuala Lumpur: THINK CITY and MBRAS.
