Posted by Cyril Tjahja on January 11, 2001 at 07:22:11:
In Reply to: Query re: name Chua. posted by Juliana, Teochew clan on December 28, 2000 at 14:30:31:
hello juliana,
as i understand from your msg you've returned to the chua village .. ? it is also my familyname and i have heard from old family members that we're from swatow.. i've been trying to locate the chua village for a while now .. do you happen to know what the name of the village is?
it would mean a lot to me .. thanks..
later.. cyril
: ```To answer Wu Lin about the surname Chua, I am a Chua. As far as I know it is a Teochew clan name with it's origin in Southeast China.```I visited Chao-an (near Shantou) recently and met many old relatives for the first time. Many of them had the name Chua and all spoke Teochew dialect as I do in Singapore when visiting my family.
```Now I am married to an Oxford writer and am learning good English - I hope. ```Sincerely yours Juliana from S'pore. Oh, P.S. My husband's latest book is, TO PLEASE A CHINESE WFE, it's on Amazon.com. they are very nice people.