Wee Boon Teck the only son of Wee Bin

Wee Bin

Wee Bin born in China in 1823, was a far-sighted and enterprising Chinese migrant of the mid nineteenth century who, in his time, founded, Singapore's largest Chinese shipping firm. In 1856 at the age of thirty-three, Wee Bin was founder of Wee Bin & Co...

 materially improved and strengthened the position of the firm of Wee Bin & Co.

Wee Bin & Co.

Wee Bin & Co. chop Hong Guan, in Market Street, a firm that was rapidly becoming prominent in Singapore in the 1860s', was founded by Wee Bin. This firm carried on business as Merchants and Shipowners. The firm at first began business relations with various houses in Bali in the Dutch Indies, and...

 and died on the 22nd September 1888 at the comparatively early age of 38. He was on the Committee of Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Tan Tock Seng Hospital

The Tan Tock Seng Hospital is the second-largest hospital in Singapore after the Singapore General Hospital, but its accident and emergency department is the busiest in the country largely due to its geographically centralised location...

 and Po Leung Kuk

Po Leung Kuk

The Po Leung Kuk is a charitable organisation in Hong Kong that provides support for orphaned children, education and other services.-Founding of Po Leung Kuk:...

. He was a man of a kindly and charitable disposition, a notable instance being his gift of $4,000 to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, which bequest was invested by Government for some twenty years and was then applied towards the cost of building one ward bearing his name in the present Hospital in Moulmein Road. Boon Teck Road is named after him.

Further reading

1. Singapore: days of old By Illustrated Magazine Publishing Co. (Hong Kong) "A special commerative history of Singapore published on the 10th Anniversary of Singapore Tatler." published by Illustrated Magazine Publishing Co.,Ltd., 1992, ISBN 962709319X, 9789627093190
2. Home port Singapore: a history of Straits Steamship Company Limited, 1890-1965‎ - Page 65 - by K. G. Tregonning - Business & Economics - 1967
3. Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping By Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping (Firm) published by Cox and Wyman, printers, 1878
4. Opium and empire: Chinese society in Colonial Singapore, 1800-1910 By Carl A. Trocki
5. One Hundred Years of Singapore: Being Some Account of the Capital of the Straits Settlements from Its Foundation by Sir Stamford Raffles on the 6th February 1819 to the 6th February 1919, Gilbert Edward Brooke, Volume 1 of One Hundred Years of Singapore, Walter Makepeace, Authors: Walter Makepeace, Gilbert Edward Brooke, Roland St. John Braddell, Edited by Walter Makepeace, Gilbert Edward Brooke, Roland St. John Braddell, Published by J. Murray, 1921
6. The directory & chronicle of China, Japan, Straits Settlements, Malaya, Borneo, Siam, the Philippines, Korea, Indo-China, Netherlands Indies, etc. Published 1892
7. Tan Tock Seng, pioneer: his life, times, contributions, and legacy By Kamala Devi Dhoraisingam, Dhoraisingam S. Samuel
8. Singapore, then & now‎ by Ray K. Tyers - Singapore - 1976
9. The Nautical Magazine
   The Nautical Magazine
   The Nautical Magazine is a monthly magazine published by Brown Son & Ferguson containing articles of general interest to seafarers. The magazine was first published in 1832 and has variously been known as The Nautical magazine and naval chronicle for ... and Nautical magazine and journal of the...
   
   , Volumes 163-164 Published 1950
10. A gallery of Chinese kapitans‎ by Choon San Wong - 1963 Page 31