Tan Cheng Lock
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Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Dato' Sir Cheng Lock Tan SMN, DPMJ, KBE |
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| 陳禎祿 | |
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| 1st President of the Malayan Chinese Association | |
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In office 27 February 1949 – 27 March 1958 |
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| Succeeded by | Lim Chong Eu |
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5 April 1883 Malacca, Straits Settlements |
| Died | 13 December 1960 (aged 77) Malacca City, Malaysia |
| Political party | Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) |
| Spouse(s) | Yeo Yeok Neo |
| Children | 1. Tun Tan Siew Sin (M) 2. Tan Kim Tin (F) 3. Wee Geok Kim (F) 4. Alice Tan Kim Yoke (F) 5. Agnes Tan Kim Lwi (F) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Religion | Buddhist |
Tun Dato' Sir Cheng Lock Tan, SMN, DPMJ, KBE (Chinese: 陳禎祿; pinyin: Chén Zhēnlù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Ching-lo̍k) (5 April 1883 – 13 December 1960) was a Chinese Malaysian businessman and a key public figure who devoted his life to fighting for the rights and the social welfare of the Chinese community in Malaya. Tan was also the founder of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), which advocated his cause for the Malaysian Chinese population.
Born on 5 April 1883, Tan was the third son of Tan Keong Ann (Chinese: 陳恭安; pinyin: Chén Gōng'ān), who had seven sons and daughters, and the fifth-generation Peranakan Chinese Malaysian living at 111, Heeren Street (Malay: Jalan Heeren) in Malacca. His ancestor, Tan Hay Kwan (Chinese: 陳夏觀; pinyin: Chén Xiàguān), a junk owner and trader, had migrated to Malacca from Zhangzhou prefecture in Fujian Province, China in 1771. His grandfather, Tan Choon Bok (Chinese: 陳春木; pinyin: Chén Chūnmù), was very wealthy but he felt his four sons were unworthy to inherit his business empire and wealth and he locked up all his assets in a family trust which ended 84 years after he died, in 1964. By then even Tan Cheng Lock had already been dead for four years. Tan Cheng Lock's father, Tan Keong Ann, was so devastated by his 'disinheritance' that he railed at his father's portrait daily and took to drink. He did not try to earn a living to support his family and instead lived off his annual allowance of $130 (Straits dollars) from the family trust in genteel poverty. Tan Cheng Lock refused to emulate his father.
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