Established for over 60 years, the founder of Chun Mee Lee started off as a manufacture worker. In year 1948, he decided to go into cane furniture business, setting up his shop at Anson Road. In the beginning, his business was mainly supplying cane furniture to sailors, crews on board and tourist visiting Singapore. These customers were mainly from Germany and France. During the year 1970s, he pass down his business to his son Chen Foon Kee. Business flourish under the lead of Mr Chen, till today, 80 percent of the cane furniture is export to other countries like Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.