Choa Chong Long (Chinese: 蔡滄浪; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòa Chhong-lōng; 1788-1838) was a Chinese prominent magnate, revenue farmer and pioneering colonist[1][2] who served as the first Kapitan Cina of Singapore under the British colonial government.
He was the son of Choa Su Cheong, who was the Kapitein der Chinezen of Malacca in the Dutch colonial period.
He was appointed Kapitan Cina of Singapore by Sir Stamford Raffles, who took control of the island for the British.
[7] Choa celebrated his forty-fourth birthday by giving a grand dinner to which all influential residents of the island, including many Europeans, were invited.
[8] Choa's daughter married Kiong Kong Tuan, who was also a revenue farmer and businessman[9][10][11][12][13] Choa died in Macau in 1838, leaving a will containing "a devise for ever of certain properties for sinchew (ancestral worship) purposes which was eventually declared void.