Leong Fee (; Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Liòng Fî) is the Hakka name for Liang Pi Joo (1857–1912), a worker from Guangdong in China who emigrated to Malaya in 1876.
Career He arrived in Penang and, half a year later, moved to Perak where he began to make his fortune in tin. He was a tin miner, businessman, a visiting Justice for Kinta (1892), the first Chinese Member of the Federal Legislative Council (1909)Generations: The Story of Batu Gajah By Tak Ming Ho, Perak Academy Published by HO TAK MING, 2005; , ; pp. 105, 113, 117, 119, 120, 132 a Penang state senator, a member of the Perak State Council, a Chinese Vice-Consul to Penang (1902 to 1908) and a philanthropist.Days Gone By: Growing Up in Penang By Christine Wu Ramsay, South Yarra: Macmillan, 2004 He was a member of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.Virtual Malaysia, The official ePortal of Tourism Malaysia
In 1902 he opened a mine in Tambun. Renowned Malaysian businessman Leong Sin Nam once worked in his tin mine.Everitt, W.E. History of Mining in Perak. 1952. Vols. 14, Page 60 One year later Tambun held the world record for tin production.Ipoh Echo, July 2007
Leong Fee Mansion Built on Leith Street around the 1900s as a personal residence, it now belongs to the Christian Brothers and has been leased to an art school, Akademi Seni Equator.John Glines
Hakka Chinese Tin Miners Club Leong Fee founded the club in Ipoh in 1893. His son, Leong Yin Khean alias Liang En-Chuen, continued to sponsor the lodge after his father's death in 1912 and eventually sold the house cheaply to the club. He was a member of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
Personal life He married the daughter of millionaire-philanthropist Hsieh Yung-kuan, the Chinese Vice-Consul to Penang before him.The Official Website of Tourism Penang by The Penang Tourism Action Council
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