Soetan Mohd Issa Dato Hidjou

1. Name: Soetan Mohd Issa bin Dato Hidjou

2. Occupation: Merchant, Philanthropist

3. Date and place of birth: end of the 19 ^th century, Singkil, Sumatera, Indonesia

4. Date and place of death: between 1950-51, Penang

5. Contributions:

1. Successful Muslim businessman before the second World War
2. Imported and exported local produces from Sumatra
3. Imported and exported rubber
4. Supplier of the milk brand ‘Two Birds’
5. Actively involved in religious and community activity
6. Built fence around Acheen Street Mosque

Source:

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.