Tan Hap Leong
Members of the contingent which represented the Straits at the Coronation of Kind Edward VII in August 1902
Tan Hup Leong is seated in the centre of the front row. Dr Lim Boon Keng (in uniform) is seated in the extreme left at the middle row
Deaths
The Straits Times 6 Aug 1926 Pg 7
Tan - at 953 Serangoon Road, Singapore, on August 5, 1926 at 7 pm,
Mr Tan Hup Leong, aged 56 years. He leaves behind him a mother, brother Mr Tan Hup Seng, and sister, wife of Mr Quah Geok Lin, five sons, Tan Cheng Yong, Cheng Hin, Cheng Watt, Cheng Chye and Ngoh Loh, four daughters and five grandchildren. Penang, F.M.S, Java, Chinese and English papers please copy. Funeral will be announced later
Tan Hup Leong
陳合隆
In Loving Memory of
Mr Tan Hap Leong
Born 1st March 1871
Died 5th August 1926
Age 56
A Loving One From Us Is Gone
A Voice So Dear Is Still
A Place Is Vacant From Our Home
That Never Can Be Filled
A Loving One From Us Is Gone
A Voice So Dear Is Still
A Place Is Vacant From Our Home
That Never Can Be Filled
SONS
TAN CHENG YONG
TAN CHENG HIN
TAN CHENG WATT
TAN CHENG CHYE
TAN CHENG LOCK
DAUGTHERS
TAN CHIT NEO
TAN SOH NEO
TAN ANGIE
TAN BONG SOO
GRANDCHILDREN
EDWARD TAN
GEORGIE TAN
CECIL TAN
TAN TAK NEO
TAN ALICE
Local and General.
Malaya Tribune., 15 November 1918, Page 4
A LOCAL PIONEER.
The Straits Times, 6 August 1926, Page 9
Tan Hup Leong Dies at Singapore
Leader of Straits Chinese Community
The distinction of having been the first Straits Chinese to go round the world was held by Mr Tan Hup Leong, who died at his residence, 953 Serangoon Road, last night at the age of 56.
Mr Tan Hup Leong spent eight months in Europe, England, America, Japan and China and an interesting series of articles from his pen duly appeared in the Straits TImes
Leader of Reform Movement
The deceased gentleman was one of the leaders of the reform movement among the Straits Chinese, and he was one of the few members of that community who braved tradition and public opinion by cutting off his queue years before the fall of the Manchu dynasty.
With the late Mr Tan Jiak Kim, CMG, Dr Lim Boon Keng and others, Mr Tan Hup Leong was one the founders of the Chinese Volunteers, and he went to London with the contingent which represented the Straits at the Coronation of Kind Edward VII.
He was formerly a leading rubber planter and merchant, and he was also interested in banking and shipping.
DEATH OF MR. TAN HUP LEONG.
Malayan Saturday Post, 14 August 1926, Page 15
Members of the contingent which represented the Straits at the Coronation of Kind Edward VII in August 1902
Tan Hup Leong is seated in the centre of the front row. Dr Lim Boon Keng (in uniform) is seated in the extreme left at the middle row
Deaths
The Straits Times 6 Aug 1926 Pg 7
Tan - at 953 Serangoon Road, Singapore, on August 5, 1926 at 7 pm,
Mr Tan Hup Leong, aged 56 years. He leaves behind him a mother, brother Mr Tan Hup Seng, and sister, wife of Mr Quah Geok Lin, five sons, Tan Cheng Yong, Cheng Hin, Cheng Watt, Cheng Chye and Ngoh Loh, four daughters and five grandchildren. Penang, F.M.S, Java, Chinese and English papers please copy. Funeral will be announced later
Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 30th August 1909 Pg 4
Mrs Tan Hap Leong died at the age of 35 at 188 Telok Ayer Street on Saturday morning at 5.30 am after one year severe illness. Penang and Java papers please copy
SONG ONG SIANG BOOK
On the 6th March 1895, Mr Tan Hup Leong, the third son of the late Mr Tan Kim Tian and a partner in the film of Kim Tian and Sons, left by the SS Teucer, with Mr J Robb as his travelling companion for a world tour. This was the first instance of a young Straits born Chinese doing a globe trotting voyage, which has been expected to take up eight months, but which was actually accomplished in three.
On the 27th August 1898 at "San Giang Wee", the residence of Mr Tan Hup Leong, on Thomson Road, which might be styled, said the Straits Times, the first Chinese political dinner in the Straits Settlement was given in honour of Dr Lim Boon Keng on his renomination to the Legistative Council.