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The Life & Times of a Wealthy Revolutionary\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

TAN LIAN CHYE (\u9648\u695a\u6960) 1884\u20131971\u00a0 \u00a0 Place of Ancestry: Amoy\u00a0 \u53a6\u95e8\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Both into an affluent family, his given name was Tan Lian Chye (\u9673\u9023\u624d), His father\u00a0 Tan Tye, was a pioneer\u00a0 in the agriculture industry. He owned rubber and timber plantations, traded in rice and was dubbed The Pineapple King of Singapore for canning home grown pineapple for export. \u00a0 A street in Clarke Quay where he owned warehouses is named in his honour.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0While father was conferred a fourth ranking title by\u00a0 the Qing dynasty for his contributions, his son was to spend his wealth on revolution. Together with\u00a0 like minded and wealthy friends Teo Eng Hock and Lim Nee Soon, The Little Peach Club (\u5c0f\u6843\u5712) was set up\u00a0 as a platform for anti Qing activities. By now he had adopted the name\u00a0 Chor Nam, so his revolutionary activities would not affect the family business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0 three gentlemen embarked on a plan to galvanised support for a revolution in the motherland. They drew public attention to the cause when they appealed to the British Consul in Shanghai to stop two anti Qing detainees from being extradited for execution. They promoted revolutionary ideals\u00a0 through two local newspapers which they founded. And that\u2019s how Dr. Sun Yat Sen discovered that overseas Chinese in Singapore shared his vision for China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Their meeting was inevitable, and almost immediately after \u00a0 the Tong Meng Hui (<\/span>\u540c\u76df\u4f1a; Chinese Revolutionary Alliance) was<\/span> born in 1906.\u00a0 The result of this union of minds and action resulted in no fewer than four \u00a0 uprisings that were planned and partly financed in Singapore between 1906-09. Dr. Sun’s revolutionary principles were mainly influenced by the American Revolution. These ideas were translated into a wave of fervor linking the birth of a modern society with mass education.\u00a0 The enthusiasm for\u00a0 girls’ education in science and democracy\u00a0 post 1911 revolution in China culminated in a wave of support for vernacular schools. Chor Nam and his comrades\u00a0 answered the call for social change in their pioneering effort in establishing one of the most notable\u00a0 and enduring\u00a0 institutions in Singapore –\u00a0 Nanyang Girls High School in 1917 – some two years before Chinese High School for boys was founded in 1919.\u00a0 Talk about revolution.<\/span><\/p>\n

In death, Tan Chor Nam\u2019s grave is modern and simple,\u00a0 almost revolutionary compared to the traditional Hokkien graves around him.\u00a0 The grave of his wife Goh Peck Guat <\/span>\u5433\u78a7\u6708<\/span> (1883 – 1948)\u00a0 buried next to him is in the Hokkien style.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Goh Peck Guat \u5433\u78a7\u6708 (1883 – 1948) (photo credit Raymond Goh)<\/p><\/div>\n

by Fabian Tee<\/strong> and Lee Chyen Yee<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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