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Name	Ming Poon Low
Born	6 September, 1931 Taishan, Guangdong, China
Died	17 November, 1995 (aged 64) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (liver)
Cultural Heritage	Chinese Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	restaurateur (1955-1995) Victoria, Australia Chinese community leader (1970-1995) Victoria, Australia
Key Organisations *	Australian Lung Kong Association (member) Chinese Community Society of Victoria (member) Chinese Youth Society of Melbourne (member) Kuomintang Society (Vic) (committee member) Ning Yang Association (member) See Yup Society (member)
Workplaces *	Hoon Hing Trading Co (employee, 1953) Lingnan Cafe (Melbourne) (co-owner, 1955-1958) Kun Ming Cafe (Melbourne) (co-owner, 1958-1972) Kun Ming Cafe (Melbourne) (owner, 1972)

* Dates are approximate

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