https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf Significant events of Tan Tock Seng en-us 2021-02-18 05:38:50 UTC 2021-02-18 06:00:36 UTC hello@padlet.com noeltan156 https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf/wish/1213880899 Tan Tock Seng was born in malacca ,the third son of an immigrant father from fujian province , China and a local Peranakan mother]]> 2021-02-18 05:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf/wish/1213880899 noeltan156 https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf/wish/1213883627 Tan Tock Seng left for Singapore when he was 21 and started out as a vegetable seller , bringing the vegetables produced from the country-side to 
Sell  in the city .]]> 2021-02-18 05:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf/wish/1213883627 noeltan156 https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf/wish/1213886211 Tan Tock Seng saved up enough money to open up a shop along the riverside at Boat Quay . Soon, Tan Tock Seng became a wealthy businessman through a joint business to venture in land speculation with JH whitening co and since then, he owns land properties including 50 acres of land where the railway station at Tanjong Pagar is located and tracts of land stretching from Padang all the way to High Street and tank road ]]> 2021-02-18 05:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf/wish/1213886211 noeltan156 https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf/wish/1213894080 He owns a block of shophouses at Ellen borough building and a 14-acre fruit plantation opposite the st. Andrew mission hospital ]]> 2021-02-18 05:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf/wish/1213894080 noeltan156 https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf/wish/1213897162 Tan Tock Seng displaced Si Hoo keh as the leader of the Hokkien community in Singapore ]]> 2021-02-18 05:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf/wish/1213897162 noeltan156 https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf/wish/1213899229 Tan Tock Seng led the establishment of Thian hock Keng the temple of heavenly blessings, which became the local point of the Hokkien community ]]> 2021-02-18 05:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf/wish/1213899229 noeltan156 https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf/wish/1213901334 Tan Tock Seng was known to take care of burial expenses for desitude Chinese. His most famous philanthropic gesture was the donation of $5000 towards the building of Chinese pauper hospital which was renamed Tan Tock Seng Hospital later ]]> 2021-02-18 05:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf/wish/1213901334 noeltan156 https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf/wish/1213905725 Tan Tock Seng was the first Asian to be appointed justice of peace as his role in helping early Chinese immigrants settle dispute earned him the title “captain of the Chinese”]]> 2021-02-18 05:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/noeltan156/xgadbo1b5cn1hqgf/wish/1213905725