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Tun Sir Tan Cheng Lock KBE, SMN, DPMJ, JP (simplified Chinese: 陈祯禄; traditional Chinese: 陳禎祿; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Cheng-lo̍k; pinyin: Chén Zhēnlù) (5 April 1883 – 13 December 1960) was a Malaysian Peranakan businessman and a key public figure who devoted his life to fighting for the rights and the social welfare of ...
Tan Cheng Lock was a Malaysian Chinese community leader, politician, and businessman. Born into a wealthy Straits Chinese family with shipping and plantation interests, Tan Cheng Lock was an early beneficiary of the economic growth of Malaya under colonial rule.
Apr 12, 2024 · Tan Cheng Lock was an Official Representative of the Straits Settlements at the Coronation of King George VI in London in 1937; awarded the C.B.E. in 1933 for public services.
Tun Dato' Sir Tan Cheng Lock SMN DPMJ KBE JP (Cina Ringkas: 陈祯禄 ; Cina Tradisional: 陳禎祿 ; pinyin: Chén Zhēnlù, 5 April 1883 – 13 Disember 1960) ialah seorang pemimpin politik Cina di Tanah Melayu yang merupakan presiden pertama Persatuan Cina Tanah Melayu (MCA) pada tahun 1949.
Tan Cheng Lock was born on 5 April 1883 into a rich and prominent Straits Chinese family in Malacca. He received his education at the Malacca High School and completed his Cambridge Certificate at Singapore’s Raffles Institution (RI).
May 10, 2022 · Tan Cheng Lock was born in Malacca in 1883. His father Tan Keong Ann, his illustrious grandfather Tan Choon Bock, and his great grandfather were also born there, while his great great grandfather Tan Hay Kwan, who had migrated from Fukien as a youth to Malacca in the latter part of the eighteenth century ( circa 1765), had died there ...
Dato Sir (now Tun) Cheng-lock Tan is best known today for his. leadership of the Malayan Chinese after the Second World War, in connection with the Federation of Malaya constitutional proposals, the Emergency, and the attainment of independence by Malaya.
