Kapitan Tan Kim Ching, J.P., (1829 - Feb 1892)<br /> <br /> Tan Kim Ching the eldest of the three sons of Tan Tock Seng, the founder and financier of Tan Tock Seng Hospital (1844), was consul for Japan, Thailand and Russia, was a member of the Royal Court of Siam, was one of Singapore’s leading Chinese merchants and was one of its richest men at that time. He was also the first Asian member of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Wikipedia
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