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Tan Tock Seng
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Most of his wealth came from the results of his speculations with J. H. Whitehead of Shaw, Whitehead & Co. Horrocks Whitehead died in September 1946 at the age of 36. His tombstone at the old cemetery on Fort Canning was erected, "as a token of affection on the part of a Chinese friend, Tan Tock Seng." Tan also owned large tracts of prime land, including 50 acres at the site of the railway station and another plot stretching from the Padang right up to High Street and Tank Road. His other assets were a block of shophouses, an orchard and a nutmeg plantation which he co-owned with his brother. In time, he became an influential Chinese leader and was the first Asian to be made a Justice of the Peace by Governor Butterworth. He was skillful at settling feuds among the Chinese and was accustomed to bear the expenses of burying poor Chinese. In 1844, he contributed $5,000 to the construction of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital on top of Pearl's Hill.
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- GTIN 09786130558864
- Editor Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
- EAN 9786130558864
- Format Fachbuch
- Titel Tan Tock Seng
- Herausgeber Betascript Publishing
- Anzahl Seiten 100
- Genre Wirtschaft
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