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WHO'S WHO IN CHINA
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Mr. Chen-chai P. Woo

吳佩潢学承

(Wu P'ei-huang)

Mr. Chen-chai P. Woo was born at Wu-Hsing Hsien, Chekiang, in 1887. He was graduated from the Kiangsu Telegraph College. Upon leaving college, Mr. Woo joined the Chinese telegraphic service where he remained for a few years. After that he went to Changsha and became Professor in English at the Hunan Provincial High College. Subsequently Mr. Woo joined the Changsha Maritime Customs as a translator. From Changsha he was transferred to the Shanghai Customs where he remained until 1911. After the outbreak of the First Revolution in October 1911, the late General Ch'en Chi-mei became Tutuh of Shanghai and appointed Mr. Woo to the post of the Director of the Shanghai Telegraph Administration. After the Second Revolution in 1913, Mr. Woo entered business,