Choie Sew Hoy is a successful merchant and a community leader in Dunedin and he was born in 1838, Guangdong province and died in 1909 at the age of 65 after the Ventor, the boat he was travelling on struck rocks off the coast of Taranaki and his remains were left onboard.
He was born in a village called Sha Kong in the Poon Yu District of Guangdong Province. He had accomplished being a successful new Zealand business professional.
Choie Sew Hoy was in a society that was formed by the community called The Flourishing Virtue Society, the society raised money to return all deceased Chinese to their family’s and returned remains of 230 men to their families back in China. The society did exactly what had been planned.
