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Tan Tock Seng was born in Melaka.

His parents were a Fujianese immigrant father and a local Peranakan mother and he had 3 brothers.

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Tan Tock Seng arrived in Singapore

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He saved up enough to open a shop at Boat Quay

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He helped establish the Thian Hock Keng temple in Telok Ayer

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Tan Tock Seng founded the Chinese Pauper’s hospital

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Donated 7,000 Spanish in dollars in 1844 to set up a hospital for the poor on Pearl’s Hill

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TTSH was established in 1844 by Tan Tock Seng

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Tan Tock Seng’s hospital’s name was official.

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Tan Tock Seng died at age 52