Chan Foon and Co

Oettli, M. C. (1947). Chan Foon Laundry [35 mm photography]. 35mm-106248-F. https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt

Chinese owned laundry, located at 5 Majoribanks Street, Mount Victoria, from around 1934 to 1981^[1]^[2]^[3]. One of three known Chinese owned laundries at this location.^[1]

Owned by Chin Wah Foon and later Ng Kew and Ng Moy She^[2], Chan Foon and Co was the last operating Chinese laundries in New Zealand.^[2]^[4] Some of the equipment was donated to Pātaka Art and Museum, in Porirua^[2] by David Eng, ^[4] son of Ng Kew and Ng Moy She.

5 Majoribanks Street, December 2018. © 2018 Cameron Sang – Unauthorised reproduction prohibited

A 1969 photograph held in Te Papa's collection most likely shows Ng Kew at work in the laundry. ----

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Alan Middleton Olliver. (nd). Northern Mount Victoria Historical Society Walking Guide Tour. Retrieved 28 February 2018, from http://mtvictoria.history.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/North-Mt-Victoria.pdf
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Lachlan. (2007, July 22). Chinese in New Zealand: Dr James Ng. Retrieved 28 February 2018, from http://www.stevenyoung.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=145&Itemid=74
↑ Te Papa Tongarewa. (1969). Chan Foon’s Laundry, Majoribanks Street, Wellington 1969. Retrieved 28 February 2018, from https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/609131
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Susan Zou. (2018). Stories of Chinese New Zealanders. Wellington Access Radio. Retrieved from http://www.accessradio.org.nz/stories-of-chinese-new-zealanders.html