Tan Kim Tin 陳金鎮
Teo Tang Neo 張冬娘
Tomb of Tan Kim Tin
Ancestry place
銀同 (同安 Tong Ann)
丁亥年七月十九日 1947 Sep 3
陳金鎮
張冬娘
孝男
致訓
致萊
致雨
致作
孝女
慶鳳
慶託
慶品
慶穩
慶桂
慶讚
慶嬪
慶娥
慶粿
慶好
Burial entry
Tan Kim Tin
Age 71 years
Died 3 Sep 1947
Date of Internment 7 Sep 1947
Bukit Brown Blk 3 D, plot no 771
Family plot, buried together with his brother Tan Tiong Seng and niece Tan Keng Lee
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Obituary Notice for Tan Kim Tin
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南洋商报（Nanyang Siang Pau），5 September 1947，
僑商陳金鎮前晚棄世
僑商陳金鎮
前晚棄世
本坡三馬路麵粉商陳協裕號主人陳金鎭君平素熱心公益，樂善好施，乃天不假以永年、竟於前晚（三日）棄世，聞陳君遺下兒孫盈堂，其親友聞釺靡不深表哀悼云。
Tan Kim Tim (陳金鎮), the priopietor of Chop Tan Hiap Joo (陳協裕號), a flour merchant at Rochor Road (三馬路), passed away on the evening of 3 September 1947. He was remembered as a generous and charitable man who was always enthusiastic about public welfare. He left behind many children and grandchildren. His obituary was published in Nanyang Siang Pau on 5 September 1947.
The Straits Times, 10 March 1937:
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership heretofore subsisting between Tan Kheng Chuan, Tan Tee Hoon, Tan Tee Chai, Tan Kheng Yan and Gan Keng Hock carrying on business as dealers in sago flour and sago pearl at No. 858, Kallang Pudding (off Lorong 17, Geylang Singapore) under the styles or firms of Hian Ann & Co. and Hiap Chin & Co. has by mutual consent been dissolved as from Mar. 2, 1937.
All debts due to and owing by the said late firms will be received and paid respectively by the said Tan Kheng Chuan, who will continue to carry on the said business under the style or firm of Hiap Ann Sago Factory at the same address.
Signed
Tan Kheng Chuan,
” Tan Tee Hoon,
” Tan Tee Chai,
” Tan Kheng Yan,
” Gan Keng Hock
Dated Mar. 5, 1937.
Wife : Teo Tang Neo
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| Obituary Notice for Madam Teo Tang Neo |
Obituary notice from The Straits Times, 14 November 1973:
DEATH
MADAM TEO TANG NEO passed away peacefully at 9.40 a.m. on 14.11.73 leaving behind:—
4 sons — TAN TEE HOON
TAN TEE CHYE
TAN TEE WOO
TAN TEE CHEOK
9 DAUGHTERS
5 DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW
6 SONS-IN-LAW
28 GRANDSONS
21 GRAND DAUGHTERS
8 GRAND DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW
5 GRAND SONS-IN-LAW
12 GREAT GRANDSONS
13 GREAT GRAND DAUGHTERS
CORTEGE will leave 169 Queen Street Singapore 7 at 2 p.m. on 18.11.73 for Bright Hill Drive Crematorium.
Obituary Notice in Chinese
Biography from Nanyang Personalities
陳金鎮
陳金鎭先生·春秋雖六十有四·聲响如洪鐘·精神如閃電·有識者·無不知爲上流人物·閩同安小西門外人·父成寮翁·母氏范太夫人·兄弟二人·先生仲行·少困于環境·十四歲便來石叻坡·未幾啟陳協裕·貿易大宗麵粉·及諸土產貨·另開有碩莪廊·製造大宗碩莪粉·垂業久至四十年·爲人慈善安祥·廊中工役百數·待之如一家之人·故叻中工界·常發生怠工風潮·而先生之碩莪廊·終
Mr. Tan Kim Tin (陳金鎭), although he had only reached the age of sixty-four, possessed a voice as resonant as a great bell and a spirit as bright as lightning. Those who knew him all recognised him as a man of the upper class.
He was a native of Xiaoximenwai in Tong’an, Fujian. His father was the venerable Mr. Tan Seng Liao, and his mother was Madam Fan. He had two brothers, and Mr. Tan was the second son.
Owing to difficult circumstances in his youth, he came to Singapore at the age of fourteen. Not long after, he established Tan Hiap Joo (陳協裕), engaging in the large-scale trade of flour and various local produce. He also opened a sago factory, manufacturing large quantities of sago flour. His business flourished for nearly forty years.
He was a kind and gentle man. In his sago factory, there were over a hundred workers whom he treated as members of his own family. Therefore, while labour strikes and unrest frequently occurred among the working class in Singapore, Mr. Tan’s sago factory remained peaceful and unaffected until the end.
Tan Tiong Seng (陳長生) and Tan Kim Tin (陳金鎮) – The Sago Brothers
Overview
The Sago Brothers, Tan Tiong Seng and Tan Kim Tin, were influential Chinese merchants in early 20th-century Singapore whose businesses centred on sago flour and pearl production, flour trading, property, and banking. Tan Tiong Seng rose from clerk to general manager of the Oversea Chinese Bank and founded Hiap Ann Sago Factory, while his brother Tan Kim Tin owned Chop Tan Hiap Joo (flour merchant at Rochor Road) and operated a large sago factory that employed over 100 workers, treating them like family to ensure industrial harmony. Their enterprises were part of Singapore’s once-thriving sago industry, which originated in the Chinatown area around Sago Street and Sago Lane in the 1840s. Both brothers are buried in a shared family plot at Bukit Brown Cemetery.
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