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Tan Kheam Hock
Tan Kheam Hock ( zh, s=陈谦福; 18 June 1862 – 21 April 1922) was a Singaporean politician and businessman. He was a member of the Municipal Commission of Singapore and several other organisations and a director of various companies. Early life and education Tan was born in Penang on 18 June 1862. His father was Tan Teng Pong, a prominent and wealthy merchant. He attended the Penang Free School. Career After graduating from the Penang Free School, he was employed at the Penang branch of the Mercantile Bank of India, London and China. After spending eight years at the bank, he moved to Kolkata, where he established a produce business. After spending two years there, he moved to Singapore in 1889 and joined the syndicate which monopolised spirit and opium farms until 1906. In the 1890s, he translated various Chinese works into Baba Malay. In December 1901, he became the labour contractor for the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, which later became the Singapore Harbour Board. In 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NewspaperSG
NewspaperSG is an online newspaper archive launched in 2010 containing newspapers distributed in Singapore, including those published in the 19th century. History The National Library Board and Singapore Press Holdings signed an agreement in 2007 to make digitised articles of ''The Straits Times'' available for public access at NLB libraries. NewspaperSG was launched on 28 January 2010. At the archive's launch, it included 14 newspapers, including the ''New Nation'', '' Sin Chew Jit Poh'', '' Nanyang Siang Pau'', ''Berita Harian'', the '' Singapore Weekly Herald'', the '' Straits Mail'', '' The Business Times'', '' today'', '' Streats'', the '' Malayan Saturday Post'', the '' Straits Observer'', and the '' Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser''. In December 2017, six more newspapers were added to the archive, the '' Syonan Shimbun'', ''Comrade'', the '' Indian Daily Mail'', the '' Malaya Tribune'', the '' Morning Tribune'', and the ''Sunday Tribune The ''Sunday Tribune'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |