1. Name: Syed Omar Almashoor
2. Occupation: Jeweller, Hajj agent, Politician, Philantrophist
3. Date of birth: 1917
4. Date of death: 1980
5. Education:
- Studied Islam in Tarim, Hadramaut, Yemen
6. Contributions:
- Opened first shop at 1E Buckingham Street (1948)
- Opened a shop at 81 Pitt Street (1953)
- Hajj agent of Mansfield and Co
- Operated Juddah Pilgrimage from 87 Lebuh Acheh
- Sponsored Darul Aihsan Football Club
- Active member of UMNO
- Made various contributions to Almashoor School
- Donated money to the building of a mosque in Penang Hill (1960s)
- Honorary advisor of Acheen Street Welfare Community
- Director of Warta Negara, northern region Malay newspaper
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.
