A Teochew from Guandong Chao Ann district. Law Kian Huat arrived in Kuching during the reign of the first Rajah in 1852. Initially he was involved in the plantation of gambier and pepper. Then he partnered with Sim Ah Nio (沈亚尧) who came from the same village to form the Ghee Soon Company (义顺公司). The company was into the import and export of jungle products. In 1867, the company won the tender of the Farm System and became the larges company in Sarawak. He was officially recognised as the premier of Teochew trade organisation and was later appointed as chairman of Soon Hong Kongsi (顺丰公司). Ghee Soon Company owned more than a hundred of the shophouses in Old Bazaar at its height. Unfortunately the shophouses were destroyed in Kuching Great Fire in 1884. The company closed down after Law and Sim passed away in their Teochew hometown the following year of the Great Fire.
A sundry shop by the name of Kheng Hua Seng (庆和成) used to occupy No. 33 China Street. It was started by Law Lip Kheng (刘立庆), great-grandson of Law Kian Huat, and was continued by his eldest son Law Pang Jin (刘榜仁) and his siblings. The shop later moved to Green Road and shifted its focus to belian timber trading. No. 33 China Street passed into the care of Law Pang Tee (刘榜智), Law Lip Kheng’s fourth child, who ran an antique business and also rented out the space.
刘建发家族
广东潮安县人，1852年第一代拉者时期抵达古晋，最初务农和种植甘蜜与胡椒，之后与同乡沈亚尧合创义顺公司，经营土产与杂货买卖，并在1867年标得饷码执照，该公司崛起成为砂拉越最大的商号，富可敌国，刘建发也被公认为潮州商帮的第一位大老，也被推举为顺丰公司总理。全盛时期，义顺公司坐拥老巴刹百多间店屋，可惜在1884年发生的古晋大火灾中，悉数付之一炬，刘、沈二老也先后在第二年，逝世于潮州家乡，义顺公司宣告瓦解。
中国街33号店屋曾经有一家京果杂货店“庆和成”宝号，是由刘建发的曾孙刘立庆所创办，并由刘立庆的长子刘榜仁与其兄弟接手。庆和成过后搬迁到青草路一带专事买卖盐柴木料，而中国街33号则由老四刘榜智在经营古玩生意，同时也出租给其他商家。
