Gathering of kee Family On October 4

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TAWAU, MON: The first gathering of the Kee family, a big family synonymous with Tawau will be held at the Tawau community hall here on Oct 4. The Kee family were descendants of Chinese national Kee Kim Swee who later embraced Islam using the name Kee Abdullah and became the first civil servant in Tawau as tax collector in 1894. One year later, Kee was given the responsibility to develop the Tanjung area, the present site of Tawau town.Many descendants of Kee Abdullah rose to prominence including Sabah State Secretary Datuk KY Mustafa and Assistant Finance Minister Datuk Tawfiq Datuk Abu Bakar Titingan, the State Assemblyman for Apas.—MORE TAWAU-KEE 2 (LAST) Tawau district chief OKK Kee Mohd Ayub Kee Abu Bakar was a great grandson of Kee Abdullah. His father Kee Abu Bakar was Tawau’s first district chief.

Gathering chairman Kee Hamid Kee Sulaiman said the event during Aidilfitri was aimed at giving the Kee family members the opportunity to meet as many did not seem to know each other anymnore.He was hopeful that all descendants of the Kee family would return to attend the historic occasion.