Biography Of Elizabeth Choy

• Elizabeth Choy Su-Mei , was born on 29 November 1910.
• Died on 14 September 2006.
• She was 95 when she died.
• She died of cancer & refused treatment.
• She was a Hakka Chinese born in Kudat, Sabah in North Borneo.
• She was a recognized as war hero in Singapore.
• Joined the Legislative Council in 1951, the first and only woman to have ever done so.
• She was the first principal, as well as a teacher, at the Singapore School for the Blind.
• She was also known for her qipaos and bangles, for which she was nicknamed "Dayak woman of Singapore".
• Japanese Occupation, she worked as a canteen operator with her husband at the Mental Hospital.
• They secretly brought food, medicine, money, messages and even radios to British internees.
• They were caught by the Japanese.
• arrested on 15 November 1943