YAP HALL OF FAME

Yap Ah Loy (Chinese: 葉亞來, Hakka: Ya̍p Â-lòi, Pinyin: Yè Yălái, Yale: Yip A-loi - 14 March 1837-15 April 1885), also known as Yap Tet Loy and Yap Mao Lan. He is regarded as the founding father of modern Kuala Lumpur, he developed Kuala Lumpur as a commercial and mining centre during the mid-19th century. Yap Ah Loy became a Kapitan Cina (Chinese Kapitan) and the headman of a settlement of Chinese inhabitants. After the independence of Federation of Malaya (Persekutuan Tanah Melayu) from the British Empire on August 31, 1957 (Malay Peninsula only) and later the Formation of Malaysia (that includes Sabah and Sarawak) in 1963, Kuala Lumpur became the capital of Malaysia. Today, there is a street named after him in the heart of Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur, known as 'Jalan Yap Ah Loy' (Yap Ah Loy Road).

Yip Man (1 October 1893 – 2 December 1972), also spelled as Ip Man, and also known as Yip Kai-man, was a Chinese martial artist. He had several students who later became martial arts teachers in their own right, including Bruce Lee

Ye Jianying (simplified Chinese: 叶剑英; traditional Chinese: 葉劍英; Mandarin Pinyin: Yè Jiànyīng; Wade–Giles: Yeh Chien-ying; Jyutping: Yip Gim-ying; 28 April 1897 – 22 October 1986) was a Chinese communist general and the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1978 to 1983.