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Founding of Federal Stores
- When
- 1899
- Where
- Kuala Lumpur
The Chua brothers founded Federal Stores in 1899 as a sundry store in Kuala Lumpur, which later became Cycle & Carriage.
Federal Stores was established in 1899 by the Chua brothers. It started as a sundry store in Kuala Lumpur near the present-day Pasar Seni station. The business later evolved into Cycle & Carriage, a major dealership in colonial Malaya and Singapore.
Sources
- Cycle & Carriage Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-27
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