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In 1937, Tan and five other leading Chinese businessmen – Lee Kong Chian, Chew Hean Swee, Lee Choon Seng, Yeo Kiat Tiow and Lee Chin Tian – acquired the Sun Yat Sen villa in Singapore. The villa was subsequently donated to the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce to be preserved as a historic site. 19
Jul 2, 2008 · An anecdotal story has it that Tan Kah Kee and Lee Kong Chian met one rainy evening while both were dining at a streetside eatery. Lee loaned Tan an umbrella, and was to collect it back at Tan’s rubber factory. The following day, Lee visited the factory just when Tan was receiving his first American clients.
Tan Sri Dato' Lee Kong Chian PMN SPMJ SJMK (Chinese: 李光前; pinyin: Lǐ Guāngqián; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Kong-chiân; 18 October 1893 – 2 June 1967), also known by his alias Lee Geok Kun (Chinese: 李玉昆; pinyin: Lǐ Yùkūn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Gio̍k-kun), was a prominent Chinese Singaporean businessman and philanthropist based in ...
To recognise the efforts that Tan Ean Kiam had contributed towards the formation of the bank, he was made its first joint managing director together with Yap Twee who later retired in 1933 leaving behind Tan as the sole managing director (1934–1941). 28
Jul 1, 2013 · In 1937, Tan Ean Kiam, together with five others, namely Lee Kong Chian, Lee Chin Tian, Lee Choon Seng, Chew Hean Swee and Yeo Kiat Tiow acquired the Sun Yat Sen villa that Dr Sun Yat Sen stayed while he was in Singapore.
May 12, 2013 · In 1938, Lee Kong Chian (1893-1967), Tan Ean Kiam (1881-1943) and four local businessmen (Chew Hean Swee, Lee Chor Seng, Yeo Kiat Tiow and Lee Chin Tian) purchased the villa as a gift to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI), but the place was soon occupied and used as a communication base and Kempeitai branch office by the ...
Lee Kong Chian (Dr) (b. 18 October 1893, Nan’an, Quanzhou, Fujian, China–d. 2 June 1967, Singapore), also known as Geok Kun, was a philanthropist and multi-millionaire businessman who made his mark in the rubber trade and later the pineapple, coconut oil and sawmill businesses, among others.1 Lee also invested large sums in enterprises such ...
