 When the Joint Malayan Committee on War Damage Compensation was put together in 1946, Koon-Teck was then elected by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce to represent Chinese mercantile interests on the committee.Lee Rubber had receipts of payments for all its premiums on its $15 million insured but the head of the committee did not want to do anything until all claims were in and so he sat on everything for a year, enjoying his $5,000-a-month salary, free house and car, while Koon-Teck scurried around getting hold of all the other directors of big companies in Singapore and have them prepare and submit their claims.Then Koon-Teck was sent to London to address the authorities there.