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Tan Kim Ching
陳金鐘
2nd Kapitan Cina of Singapore
Preceded by
Tan Tock Seng (acting)
Personal details
Born
1829 Malacca, Straits Settlements
Died
February 27, 1892(1892-02-27) (aged 62–63) Singapore, Straits Settlements
Parent(s)
Kapitan Tan Tock Seng (father) Lee Seo Neo (mother)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan.
Tan Kim Ching (Chinese: 陳金鐘; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Kim-cheng; 1829 – 27 February 1892), also known as Tan Kim Cheng, was a Chinese politician and businessman. He was the eldest of the three sons of Tan Tock Seng, the founder and financier of Tan Tock Seng Hospital.[1] He was consul for Japan, Thailand and Russia, and was a member of the Royal Court of Siam. He was one of Singapore's leading Chinese merchants and was one of its richest men in Singapore at that time. He was also the first Asian member of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.[2][3][4][5] After his father's death, he became the Kapitan Cina of the Straits Chinese community.[6] He is believed to have been the head of the Triad in Malaya.[7]
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^Song, Ong Siang. One Hundred Years' History of the Chinese in Singapore; Being a Chronological Record of the Contribution by the Chinese Community to the Development, Progress and Prosperity of Singapore; of Events and Incidents concerning the Whole or Sections of That Community; and of the Lives, Pursuits and Public Service of Individual Members Thereof from the Foundation of Singapore on 6th February 1819 to Its Centenary on 6th February 1919. London: J. Murray, 1923. Print. xiv, xv, xix, 40, 63, 92, 193
^Dhoraisingam, Kamala Devi, and Dhoraisingam S. Samuel. Tan Tock Seng, Pioneer: His Life, Times, Contributions, and Legacy. Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications (Borneo), 2003. Print. 79
^Lee, Poh-Ping. Chinese Society in Nineteenth Century Singapore. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford UP, 1978. Print. 54
^Liu, Gretchen. Singapore: A Pictorial History, 1819-2000. United Kingdom: Routledge, 2001. Print. 88, 169, 398
^Bolton, Kingsley, and Christopher Hutton. Triad Societies: Western Accounts of the History, Sociology, and Linguistics of Chinese Secret Societies. London: Routledge, 2000. Print. 275
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head of the Chinese community) and founder of Tan Tock Seng Hospital. TanKimChing, served as Kapitan China of the Chinese community, was also the consul...
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Ho Ching (Chinese: 何晶; pinyin: Hé Jīng; Wade–Giles: Ho2 Ching1; Cantonese Yale: Hòh Jīng; born 27 March 1953) is a Singaporean businesswoman. Ho has been...
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Directed by Don Michael Perez, it stars Bea Binene, Joyce Ching, Kim Rodriguez and Jhoana Marie Tan. It premiered on September 15, 2014 on the network's Telebabad...
Raja Muda Abdullah as he then was turned to his friend in Singapore, TanKimChing. Tan, together with an English merchant in Singapore drafted a letter to...
(government-appointed head of the Chinese community) and founder of Tan Tock Seng Hospital. TanKimChing (陳金鐘; 1829–1892; ancestry: Zhangzhou), served as Kapitan...
traders from the Straits Settlements - William Henry Macleod Read and TanKimChing - to collect taxes from the opium trade in the Klang Valley - a business...
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