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Tun Sir Tan Cheng Lock KBE, SMN, DPMJ, JP (simplified Chinese: 陈祯禄; traditional Chinese: 陳禎祿; pinyin: Chén Zhēnlù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Cheng-lo̍k) (5 April 1883 – 13 December 1960) was a Malaysian Peranakan businessman and a key public figure who devoted his life to fighting for the rights and the social welfare of the Chinese ...
Tan Cheng Lock was a Malaysian Chinese community leader, politician, and businessman. Born into a wealthy Straits Chinese family with shipping and plantation interests, Tan Cheng Lock was an early beneficiary of the economic growth of Malaya under colonial rule.
Tun Tan Cheng Lock was a public leader who contributed a lot to the struggles of the Chinese community in Malaya especially in the fields of politics, education and social welfare. He was born on 5th. April 1883 at Heeren Street, Melaka and was the third son in a family of seven sisters and brothers.
May 10, 2022 · Ee, Tan Liok 1988. Tan Cheng Lock and the Chinese Education Issue in Malaya. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 19, Issue. 1, p. 48.
Apr 12, 2024 · Tan Cheng Lock is a member of the Chinese Weekly Entertainment Club, Singapore; his hobbies are reading and literature; served as a Volunteer in the Chinese Volunteer Company, Malacca, from 1915 to 1919, after he had helped to revive it on the out-break of the Great War in 1914.
Although of necessity approaching problems from a Chinese standpoint, he had never been a mere advocate of narrow sectional interests. His criticisms and views were constructive and directed towards the general welfare of Malaya, as a whole.
Tun Dato’ Sir Tan Cheng Lock was a Malaysian nationalist and founder of the MCA. He was the Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements from 1923 to 1934 and became the unofficial Member of the Governor’s Executive Council from 1933 to 1935.
