Teo Soon Kim

Teo's father, Teo Eng Hock, was a rubber baron from Teochew. She went to the University of London to study law and lived in Finchley. In 1929, Teo was admitted to the Singapore bar. She practiced for a few years in Singapore after spending two years in China. In 1932, she moved to Hong Kong and became the first woman admitted to the bar there in August 1932. In the early 1920s, Teo converted to Christianity. She was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame in 2014. == See also ==