Weeratunge Edward Perera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Weeratunge Edward Perera

Malaysian businessman

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1898

Place of Birth: Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia

Date of Death: 23-Sep-1982

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: Malaysia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Weeratunge Edward Perera MBE (; 22 June 1898 – 23 September 1982) was a Malaysian Sinhalese educator, businessman and social entrepreneur.
He brought some semblance of peace to Teluk Anson (now Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia) during its occupation by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II and the Malayan Emergency that followed.
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Perera oversaw the restoration of water, electrical supplies, medical services and governance to Telok Anson after its invasion by Japanese forces following the withdrawal of the British forces to Singapore.
With the surrender of the Japanese and during the tumultuous Malayan emergency that followed, he was responsible in restarting and extending the Anglo Chinese School (ACS), Telok Anson (now Sekolah Kebangsaan Horley Methodist, Teluk Intan) with the help of the returning British administration and local philanthropists.
He was the first non Methodist post war principal of the Anglo Chinese School in Telok Anson and was also responsible in organising the first teachers housing cooperative in Malaya at Telok Anson (now the suburb of Kampong Guru (Teacher's Village), Teluk Intan).