Personal life and education Ningkan was born on 20 August 1920 in Betong, Sarawak which was then administered under the Second Division of Simanggang. He was a student of St . Augustine's School in the said district . He was of mixed Iban and Chinese parentage and his Chinese name was Mok Teck Boon. Ningkan's grandfather, Mok Ban Seng was born in Namhoi, Foshan, Guangdong, China in 1870 and moved to the Kingdom of Sarawak for better opportunities. When Ningkan was only 6 years old in 1926 , he took him to China for several years so that Ningkan could learn the culture and the way of life there. However, his grandfather (whom he consider his role model and beloved father figure cum mentor and legal guardian as a result of his parents divorce) died on 20 October 1963 at the grand , ripe old age of 93, a few months after Ningkan took office as chief minister. His father's name was Ningkananak Igam (1893-1971), who survived to the old age of 78, was never estranged from him, whilst maintaining a good relationship between a father and his son, despite the divorce with his wife, Kuni anak Karong, even when he (Stephen) was in office as the Chief Minister from 1963 until his ouster in 1966, was recorded in history as one of the few native Sarawakians to secure a priviledged type of education by attending one of the state's elite Christian missionary schools, namely St. Thomas' School in Kuching whereby he was one of the earliest batch of excellent students among the native local population. In addition, he had a few several siblings, one of which was a police officer in the Royal Malaysian Police by the name of Simon Peter Ningkan (1928-1966) who perished tragically during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation, whereby he was killed in an ambush in the line of duty whilst serving as a patrolman attached with the Mile 18 Police Station that was located in the Penrissen Road neighbourhood of Kuching along the 18th mile of the Kuching-Serian highway.%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% Ningkan's mother, Kuni anak Karong (born 1898) , died of stomach complications on 14 June 1969 at the old age of 71, in which everytime during his lifespan, he would always remember her in grief (sometimes occasionally crying when he reminiscing his past memories with her) until the moment of his own death as he had a close loving relationship with her ever since the divorce of his parents (although he also still kept in touch and maintained a similar good loving relationship with her ex-husband, his semi-estranged father, Ningkan) until the moment she passed away suddenly and peacefully in that URL Hobbies and interests Ningkan learnt the Japanese language during the Japanese Occupation in Sarawak. The Japanese song, Kuni No Hana (Flower of the Nation) was one of his favourites. He was also spotted for singing Terang Bulan in various government and family functions. Ningkan was one of the local fans of P. Ramlee and his first movie, Sgt Hassan was one of his favourites . Early career After he completed his education, he worked as a Rubber Fund clerk from 1938 to 1940. He resigned his job to join the Sarawak Constabulary from 1940 to 1946. He was a Police Constable in the year 1942. In 1944, he joined the Service Reconnaissance Department, an underground movement based in Jesselton (now Kota Kinabalu) , North Borneo. He later became a teacher in his former school in Betong from 1947 to 1950. He then worked at the Shell workers' hospital in Kuala Belait, Brunei for several years as a junior dresser. At the hospital, he was the chairman of the Shell Dayak Club. In addition, he also took up law studies via correspondence from the Regent Institute and also the Metropolitan College at St Albans, London respectively.  Death Ningkan died peacefully aged 76 on 31 March 1997 in Normah Specialist Medical Centre, Kuching. His funeral was held at St Thomas ' Cathedral in Bishop McDougall Road, Taman Budaya, Kuching and was buried at the Kuching Anglican Cemetery at Jalan Batu Kitang. The lyrics of Terang Bulan was engraved at the back of his tombstone. : 50px Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (PGBK) - Datuk (1970) 50px Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Sarawak (PNBS) - Dato' Sri , formerly Dato' (1963) 50px Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (DA) - Datuk Amar (1988)
Personal life and education Ningkan was born on 20 August 1920 in Betong, Sarawak which was then administered under the Second Division of Simanggang. He was a student of St Augustine's school . Kalong Ningkan was of mixed Iban and Chinese parentage and his Chinese name was Mok Teck Boon. Ningkan's grandfather, Mok Ban Seng was born in Foshan, Guangdong, China in 1870. At 6 years old , he took Ningkan to China for several years so that Ningkan could learn the culture and the way of life there. However, his grandfather died on 20 October 1963 at the grand old age of 93, a few months after Ningkan took office as chief minister. %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% Ningkan's mother, Kuni anak Karong , died of stomach complications on 14 June 1969 at the old age of 71. Hobbies and interests Ningkan learnt the Japanese language during the Japanese Occupation in Sarawak. The Japanese song, Kuni No Hana (Flower of the Nation) was one of his favourites. He was also spotted for singing Terang Bulan in various government and family functions. Ningkan was a fan of P. Ramlee and Sgt Hassan was one of his favourite movies . Early career After he completed his education, he worked as a Rubber Fund clerk from 1938 to 1939. He resigned his job to join the Sarawak Constabulary from 1940 to 1946. He was the Police Constable in the year 1942. In 1944, he joined Service Reconnaissance Department, an underground movement based in Jesselton (now Kota Kinabalu) . He became a teacher in his former school in Betong from 1947 to 1950. He then worked at a Shell Company hospital in Kuala Belait, Brunei for several years . He also took up law via correspondence from Regent Institute and Metropolitan College at St Albans, London respectively. At the hospital, he was the chairman of the Shell Dayak Club. Death Ningkan died peacefully aged 76 on 31 March 1997 in Normah Specialist Medical Centre, Kuching. His funeral was held at St Thomas Cathedral and was buried at Anglican Cemetery at Jalan Batu Kitang. The lyrics of Terang Bulan was engraved at the back of his tombstone. : 50px Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (PGBK) - Datuk 50px Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Sarawak (PNBS) - Dato' Sri 50px Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (DA) - Datuk Amar (1988)
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