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Burial entry
Tan Tiong Seng
Blk 3 D 811 828
Date of internment 7 Sep 1930
Blk 3 D
Lim Kee Neo
Blk 3 D, 811 , 971
Year of birth - 1879
Death date : 28 Feb 1968
Date of internment 1 Mar 2026
MR. TAN TIONG SENG.
The Straits Times, 6 September 1930, Page 12
Death of Manager of Oversea
Chinese Bank.
The death occurred on Thursday of Mr. Tan Tiong Seng,
years had been who for the past three general manager of the Oversea Chinese Bank, Ltd., in Singapore, Mr. Tan Tiong Seng, who was 59 years of age, came to Singapore 40 years ago. He started life in the Straits as a clerk, and in 25 years had worked himself into a position of affluence.
He owned considerable property in Singapore.
He leaves a widow and seven children. The offices of the Oversea Chinese Bank were closed for half an hour this morning.
Death of Mrs Tan Tiong Seng
The Straits Times, 29 February 1968, Page 16:
ANNOUNCEMENT
Madam Lim Kee Neo, widow of the Late Mr. Tan Tiong Seng, passed away peacefully on 28th February, 1968, aged 91, leaving behind 2 sons, Tan Kheng Chuan, Tan Tee Chock; daughters Tan Cheng Hiong, Tan Kheng Yan, Tan Poh Tee, Tan Kheng Yean, Tan Kheng Hwe, Tan Kheng Chwe and Tan Kheng Wan, 3 sons-in-law; 2 daughters-in-law; 34 grand children and 21 great grand children.
Cortege will leave No. 15, Draycott Drive for Bukit Brown Cemetery on Friday, 1st March 68 at 3 p.m
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,(Son of Tan Tiong Seng)
” Tan Tee Hoon, (Son of Tan Kim Tin)
” Tan Tee Chai, (Son of Tan Kim Tin)
” Tan Kheng Yan, (daughter of Tan Tiong Seng)
” Gan Keng Hock
Dated Mar. 5, 1937.
Hiap Ann Sago factory
APPLICATION FROM TAN KHENG CHUAN FOR A LOAN OF $150,000 REHABILLITATE HIS SAGO FACTORY BUSINESS.
Record Description:
[32 Pages] This file from the period 28 May 1946 to 8 Sep 1948 covers the history and post-war challenges faced by Hiap Ann Sago Factory in Geylang, Singapore, from its establishment to the rejection of a government loan for reconstruction in 1948. Established by Tan Tiong Seng and later managed by his son, the current proprietor Tan Keng Chuan, the factory was initially a major sago producer. During the Japanese occupation (1942-1945), the factory was repurposed for tapioca production and suffered extensive looting damage post-war, specifically between October 1945 and February 1946. Tan Keng Chuan applied for a government reconstruction loan through his lawyers M/s Allen & Gledhill in May 1946 but was ultimately denied in August 1948 due to the absence of supportive legislation in Singapore, contrasting with Malaya's policies.
Empty, expensive bungalows in Singapore abandoned for years has yet to find occupants
By Melody Zaccheaus The Straits Times Sun, Jan 22, 2017
9 Claymore Road Photo from ST (Chew Seng Kim)
9 CLAYMORE ROAD
Architecturally or historically significant structures often catch the eye of conservation experts.
Take the case of the 1938 Chee Guan Chiang bungalow at 25 Grange Road, which suffered from vandalism and poor maintenance for years. It was conserved by the URA in 2008. The building was designed by one of the leading architects of the Modern Movement in Singapore, Mr Ho Kwong Yew, who also designed the now demolished Haw Par Villa residence.
Another bungalow which bears some similarity to the Chee Guan Chiang house is the property at 9 Claymore Road, just behind Pacific Plaza in town. It is owned by Mr Tan Kheng Chuan, who reportedly owned Hiap Ann Sago Factory, which has since been deregistered.
The Goh brothers estimate that the building, which has curved walls and extensive windows, has been abandoned since the 1970s. A 2007 report pegged its value at $151.5 million.
The Sago Brothers
Tan Tiong Seng (陳長生) and Tan Kim Tin (陳金鎮) – The Sago Brothers
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.
Reading material
The Melanau people have long lived along the coastal peat swamps, where they plant sago palms and extract the starch from the palm pith to make sago flour. For generations, sago was their main staple food; only in recent decades have they gradually replaced it with rice.
In the 1850s, there were around 30 sago factories in Singapore, concentrated around Sago Street, Sago Lane, and the area near Pulau Saigon (Saigon Island) upstream along the Singapore River.
Hence the name Sago Street and Sago Lane
After Singapore became a British Crown Colony in 1867, trade expanded rapidly. For the next few decades, sago made up 20–30% of Sarawak’s total exports. The raw sago was brought to Singapore for processing into flour and pearl sago, then shipped to India, Britain, and the United States for use as food and as sizing material for cotton textiles. At its peak, sago accounted for about 2% of Singapore’s total exports.
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