sentences:  Born in Singapore in 1923 of Chinese origin, Howe Yoon Chong was the son of a liquor shop owner who migrated to Malacca, British Malaya.Howe received his early education at St. Francis Institution in Malacca from 1933 to 1940, and was once a schoolmate of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew at Raffles Institution in Singapore.He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Economics from the University of Malaya in Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) in 1953.