Song Hoot Kiam (Chinese: 宋佛儉; 1830–1900) was a Singaporean community leader.
[2] He attended an English educational institution, after following Christian missionary James Legge to England, alongside two of his Malaysian peers.
[1] He also studied at Hong Kong's Anglo-Chinese College, taking up the Cantonese language as a subject.
[8] Song had his first marriage some time after his return to Singapore,[9] though not to the girl his parents had chosen for him, for she was not of Christian faith.
[5] His first spouse was Choon Neo (née Yeo),[9] an alumna of the Chinese Girls' School.