Tan Toon Cheng
IN MEMORY OF
Tan Toon Cheng was among the The First Graduates of the Govt Medical School in Singapore
IN MEMORY OF
TAN TOON CHENG
AGE 47 YEARS
DIED 30TH APRIL 1935
CHINESE 3RD MOON
28TH DAY
No 472 BLOCK D
SONS
TAN KOK SOON
TAN KOK ANN
DAUGHTERS
TAN SWEE CHIN
TAN SWEE TIAN
TAN SWEE LIAN
TAN SWEE KIANG
Straits and F.M.S. Medical School.
The Straits Times, 4 January 1911, Page 8
Tan Toon Cheng was among the The First Graduates of the Govt Medical School in Singapore
When the Medical School started in 1905 it was a 5-year course and the students graduated with an LMS Diploma (Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery). Dr RD Keith, the second principal from 1909 to 1918, reported on the Medical School in 1910
In May 1910, 7 students obtained the LMS Diploma, and in December 1910, a further 6 students graduated (Fig. 4).5 The pioneer group of 7 that graduated in May 1910 (the Magnificent Seven)6 consisted of Drs Chen Su Lan, Edwin Williborod deCruz, and John Gnanapragasam from Singapore; Drs Willie Carnegie and Mark W Chill from Penang; Dr SR Krishnan from Seramban and Dr John Scott Lee from Ipoh.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
The Straits Times, 25 July 1911, Page 6
Tan Joo Guan son
Miss L G Ei (Lim Guat Ei) niece of Lim Boon Keng
SINGAPORE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
Malaya Tribune, 3 July 1935, Page 12
MALACCA ENGAGEMENT.
The Straits Times, 15 November 1935, Page 5
Chua Biow Liat, son of Chua Lip Kok
Nephew of Tan Chay Yan married
Ms Tan Swee Chin , daughter of Tan Toon Cheng
Grandniece of Lim Boon Keng
MALACCA MARRIAGE
The Straits Times, 17 July 1938, Page 3
Chee Guan Chiang daughter- Chee Kiong Lee
Tan Kok Soon