https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh Significant Timeline en-us 2021-02-18 05:55:52 UTC 2021-03-10 01:12:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f913.png Smallbrainying https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214465350 Seah Eu Chin was born in 1805, August 30, Guang dong,China and he passed away in 1883,September 23, aged 78, Singapore. ]]> 2021-02-18 09:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214465350 Smallbrainying https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214473318 Seah Eu Chin was a immigrant from South China to Singapore and later become a successful merchant. His nationality is Naturalized British subject and he is known for the founder of Ngee Ann Kongsi. And he became known as the " gambier king" for his extensive plantations for pepper and gambier. ]]> 2021-02-18 09:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214473318 Smallbrainying https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214486503 In 1837, he married to a daughter of Tan An Jun, the kapitan (capital) China of Perak. The daughter died because of the effects of smallpox, and about a year later, he married to the daughter's sister and had several children. ]]> 2021-02-18 09:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214486503 Smallbrainying https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214505707 Seah Eu Chin was the first to plant gambier (or white cutch) on a large scale in Singapore. By 1839, his gambier has strenched for eight to ten miles from the upper end of River Valley Road to Bukit Timah Road and Thomas Road. ]]> 2021-02-18 09:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214505707 Smallbrainying https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214510305 Ngee Ann Kongsi (charity) was formed in Singapore by a group of prominent Teochew leaders who had come form what was known as the Ngee Ann, an county in Canton (Guang dong) province in China. ]]> 2021-02-18 09:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214510305 Smallbrainying https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214514856 Kongsi, which mean 'company' in chinese, started with 2 aims. 
1) To promote and observe rites, customs and religious beliefs of the Teochews in Singapore. 
2) To look after the welfare of poor Teochew immigrants. ]]> 2021-02-18 09:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214514856 Smallbrainying https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214525209 In 1940, the Ngee Ann Kongsi set up Ngee Ann Girls School and in 1953, it took over the management of Tuan Mong School. It provides bursaries to students in the schools it supervised. From the 1960s, as the demand for tertiary education rose, the Ngee Ann Kongsi gave scholarship and bursaries to the Teochew who attended those institution.]]> 2021-02-18 09:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214525209 Smallbrainying https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214530109 Seah Eu Chin's final resting place is at Grace Hill. This hill is part of his plantations along Thomas Road,and the area was the Seah's family traditional burial ground. ]]> 2021-02-18 09:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214530109 Smallbrainying https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214535164 Seah Eu Chin's grave was huge, there are watchful guardians of Seah Eu Chin' tomb. Despite the passing of many years, they stood alert and vigilant, silently watching over the tomb of Seah Eu Chin and his two wives, sisters of Tan Seng Poh. ]]> 2021-02-18 09:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214535164 Smallbrainying https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214546172 Seah Eu Chin despite the plantations of the gambier and pepper,he gained trust of the British, and was appointed to positions of responsibility, serving as a Justice of the Peace and a Grand Junior. ]]> 2021-02-18 09:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/smallbrainying/trcv6cuy26njo5vh/wish/1214546172