tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15906925175425554412024-03-18T21:12:10.126-07:00Bukit Brown TrailsPersonal notesto fining family tombs at Bukit Brown Cemetrerylimsuminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11992401212453312063noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590692517542555441.post-83914278063373649922015-10-03T15:51:00.001-07:002015-10-07T04:55:21.035-07:002011002 HaiCheng Trail<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Singapore Xiamen via HK (Transit)</div>
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We lodged at Ibis Railway Station Hotel.</div>
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Dinner was 700 metre away by foot: At 临家 (Lin Jia). Professor Hong, head of museum, fount of knowledge, sits to my left: Next to him is Grand Uncle Roney.</div>
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As the three of us were sitting side by side, I created this sketch, modelled after three famous monkeys! I was amused that I produced a mirror image of our positions: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Maybe it is a form of dyslexia?</div>
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Great meal, menu as depicted: I like the jellied worms</div>
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Our party was now 6: Su Min, Sing Yu, Stella, Roney, Ing Pek, Alice Pek. We were brought to 龙海 LongHai by 3 cars, just over an hour's drive on very nice highway with fantastic long high bridges.</div>
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Sketch of Diamond Hotel, Long Hai</div>
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Bible passage Isaiah 55: 10-12 CUV.</div>
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Very nice century egg.</div>
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GPS location the ancestral village, 10 minutes by road from LongHai</div>
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This sketch was done from third floor of Grand Uncle Chen Jun Liang's home.</div>
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The bible text is Isaiah 55:12-13, Chinese Union Version.</div>
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Inner court yard of the regional Tan temple</div>
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We were brought to the tomb of the first Tan to migrate to this region.</div>
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Tan Kin Hui born 1254, ZhangZhou north area, migrated to this region at age of 20.</div>
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Sketching the visit.</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ode to my Great Great Great Grand Mother</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b>My Great Great Great Grand Mother's Tomb!<br />I stand before her, silent, in respect and awe.<br />Her genes embedded in every cell of mine,<br />We are bonded though the course of time.<br /><br />My Great Great Great Grand Mother's Tomb!<br />I sit beside her, sunlight streaming through the trees.<br />I sense an inner warmth and joy sublime:<br />Habitat Heritage and History entwine.<br /><br />My Great Great Great Grand Mother's Tomb!<br />The white stakes declare a restless future:<br />Her eyeless sockets shedding copious tears-<br />That eight lane highway: unspoken fears!<br /><br />My Great Great Great Grand Mother's Tomb!<br />"Could you not beg them to let us rest in peace?"<br />Her silenced tongue in eloquence loudly says :<br />Her bony hands grasp me in one last fond embrace.</span></div>
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Tan Boo Liat (1875-1934) is born in a well known and established family in Singapore. He is the son of Tan Soon Toh, the grandson of Tan Kim Ching, and great grandson of Tan Tock Seng.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tan Boo Liat was one of the pioneer members of the Straits Chinese British Association when it was first formed in 1900. The President of the Association was Tan Jiak Kim and Vice President, Seah Liang Seah.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">He built his </span></span>home Pender Road Mount Faber and named it<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> Golden Bell Mansion </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He was a strong supporter of Dr Sun Yat Sen and a member of the Singapore Tung Meng Hui.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> On December 15, 1911, Chinese revolutionary leader Dr Sun Yat Sen, stayed the night here, immediately after his arrival from Europe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Singapore Chinese Girl School (Sing Po Chung Kwo Hsio Tang) was founded as an all-girls Peranakan school in July 1899 by a group of Straits Chinese men including Dr Lim Boon Keng , Sir Song Ong Siang and Tan Boo Liat, at premises in Hill Street, with an English headmistress and seven girls on the register. The President then was Lew Yuk Lin (Chinese consul) and vice presidents Khoo Seok Wan and Tan Hap Seng, Treasurer, Tan Boon Liat, Secretary; Ong Soo Tee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tan Boo Liat became an instant celebrity among the race horse community when his horse, "Vanitas" won the Viceroy Cup on December 26, 1898 at Calcutta, India making it the first horse from Malaya to do so. Along with the trophy is the princely sum of $100,000. Vanitas continued its racing career after its return to Singapore and won in 1899, the Singapore Derby for the third successful time. By 1900, age caught up with the champion and Vanitas was retired at Tan Boo Liat's house, "Mafeking" at Confederate Estate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">His gravestone depicts rays of light. On its side are two bells.The light rays indicate his staunch support of the Kuomintang Movement, while the bells are symbols of his mansion. The gravestone also indicates his given title awarded by the King of Siam - Phra Anakul Sayamkitch. This is because he and his family (especially his grandfather, Tan Kim Ching) has close relationship to the King of Siam due to the business dealings they have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tan Boo Liat died in Shanghai in 1934, his body was embalmed and return to Singapore via a ship called "President Johnson". The cortege left 117, Emerald Hill Road for Bukit Brown. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tan Boo Liat is buried Block 3. Division D. His plot no is 520. The tomb is located just behind the iconic colourful sikh guard of Mr Chew Geok Leong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Boo Liat’s sister Lilian Tan Luck Neo married Seow Poh Leng. They had three children then Lilian died. Boo Liat’s daughter Polly then married Seow Poh Leng, a young bride of 17 who was mother to these three children and had another two of her own, including Rosie Seow, my mother. Polly was </span></span>the<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> Peranakan </span></span>matriarch<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> who formed the theme of Emily of Emerald Hill (written by Stella Kon, my sister), although </span></span>the various elements of the play are composite that include many different people, some fictional and imaginary.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Boo Liat’s mother was Wuing Yi Ho, daughter of Wuing Boon Whatt, the first Chinese to practice law in Singapore. </span></div>
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Many Brownies are included amongst those smitten.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A photo of Bukit Brown with an image inspired by Mdm Oei's reflection was drawn digitally and superimposed to highlight a presentation "Ladies of the Straits Settlements" by Catherine Lim.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"To dramatize the effect of the image, I have added a lead actress to this new work. Titled it 'Madam Oei' as it reminded me of Mrs Wellington Koo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Image taken at Bukit Brown Cemetery and the figure added using Procreate."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">says the artistic director Ms Khoo Ee Hoon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hui-lan Oei was the daughter of Chinese businessman Oei Tiong Ham. Her marriage to Chinese diplomat and politician Vi Kyuin Wellington Khoo, was announced in November 1920 whilst Wellington Koo was Chinese Minister to the United States. In early 1921, Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo was appointed the Chinese Minister to Great Britain and they lived in London until June 1946, though they divorced shortly after the Second World War. In addition to posing for photographer Hoppé, Madame Wellington Koo was also painted by Slade graduate, Leon Underwood. 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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />Ode to my Great Great Great Grand Father<br />My Great Great Great Grand Father's Tomb!<br />I stand before him, silent, in respect and awe.<br />His genes embedded in every cell of mine,<br />We are bonded though the course of time.<br /><br />My Great Great Great Grand Father's Tomb!<br />I sit beside him, sunlight streaming through the trees.<br />I sense inner warmth and joy sublime:<br />Habitat Heritage History entwine.<br /><br />My Great Great Great Grand Father's Tomb!<br />The white stakes declare a restless future:<br />His eyeless sockets shedding copious tears-<br />That eight lane highway: unspoken fears!<br /><br />My Great Great Great Grand Father's Tomb!<br />"Could you not beg them to let us rest in peace?"<br />His silenced tongue in eloquence loudly says :<br />His bony hands grasp me in one last fond embrace.<br /><br /><br />TAN- SEOW-LIM<br />Family Connection scattered over various blocks in Bukit Brown.<br />The tomb stops include :</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dr Lim Boon Keng (GGF) with Stella (my sister) and Mrs Lim Boon Keng V2.0, Grace Yin Pek Ha (GGM) with me on her lap.<br />Impetus for studying medicine was death of his mother when he was 8 and his father Lim Thean Gow when LBK was 17, from blood poisoning after razor cut: a dozen doctors resulting from this fatal cut!<br />Dr Lim Boon Keng<br />Dr Robert Kho Seng Lim, Dr Lim Peng Thiam<br />Dr Lim Kok Ann, Dr Lim Kok Kian, Dr Lim Kok Lian<br />Dr Michael Palmer, Dr Suzanne Low, Dr Lim Su Min, Dr Lim Su Chong<br />Dr Lim Min Yu, Dr Mark Kon</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />THE SAGE OF SINGAPORE [The Straits Times 22 October 1948 Page 4 ]<br />Straits Times interview by Roy Ferroa.<br />Of his 80 years of living, Dr.Lim says that his “happiest memories” are those of his school days, in particular of his old headmaster Mr Hullet.<br />“The thing that makes me ever -mindful of dear Mr. Hullett is his word of advice given to me when I left school and was on my way to study in England.<br />Mr Hullett said: You are a Chinese going to the West.<br />Remember to respect yourself and do right. Never mind what other people, the rich and influential, may think of you. As long as you do right and remain right you will always be happy.<br /><br />Mr. Hullet also told me “I advise you to keep a Bible by your side and read it whenever you have the time. The Bible is the basis of the English language.<br />This, Dr. Lim explained was the advice given him when he was still making headway with English literature and grammar.<br />Today 65 years after those words were uttered by his teacher, the pupil follows their precept. His Bible, slightly tattered and well worn, is in his hands when he walks about in his garden.<br /> The Bible has 66 books and one of them is written by a doctor. It is from the book written by Dr. Luke that I have chosen a passage to be read at my funeral. All of you are invited to my funereal. I don't have the date yet and I hope it doesn't happen soon.<br /><br />But just as a preview, let me give you glimpse. In Chapter 16 verse 19-31 of Luke's book, we read of a parable told by Jesus of an unnamed rich man who was enjoying a life of luxury and a poor man named Lazarus who was longing to eat the scraps of food that fell from the rich man's table.<br />Lazarus dies and is bought by angels up to heaven.<br />Lazarus has a relationship with God that began while on earth, and this continues on in heaven.<br />The rich man, however, failed to share of his abundance while on earth thus demonstrating his lack of relationship with God The Rich man dies and is brought to a place of eternal torment:<br />For the rest of the story you will have to attend my funeral, but one take home message is this: We need to be accountable for the gifts that we are given from above, and we need an ongoing relationship with the Giver.<br /><br /><br />“He died that we might live” was a clear message I heard as I was cleaning tomb of Great Great Grand Father Lim Thean Gow. At first I thought the message was talking about Lim Thean Gow, but it did not quite make sense.<br /><br />Only later, when we discovered the adjacent tomb of Great Grand Mother Margaret Huang, did I understand that voice I had heard must have came from her father (my Great Great Grand Father Pastor Huang Nai Shiong refering to no less than Jesus Christ.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">From Bukit Brown we head to Outram Road, Outram Hill</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Visit Tan Tock Seng, his daughter in law Mdm Chua, w/o Tan Kim Ching and her daughter in law Mdm Wuying Zi Li, w/o Tan Soon Toh.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nearby Tiong Bahru to see Chay Yan Road and Kim Ching Road</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">at SGH Tan Teck Guan building </span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thence to Tan Tiam Hock Temple</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thence to Pender Road, Golden Bell Mansion</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thence to Joo Chiat: Sea Breeze mansion</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And Tan Tock Seng Hospital with its museum</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And Peranakan Museum</span><br />
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limsuminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11992401212453312063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590692517542555441.post-16650268268543130542014-01-27T21:10:00.001-08:002014-01-27T21:10:42.294-08:00Anne Plummer Siri link<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUflkigs5_xR1J5OtQM52Cbe90ZUPv222DmQOUi_XwEM4KxoNC43WnBqzW3yhqWguJ7i1sO88jA3q0-rAmSELyXBqp7vif9vZ2pyRhH8HamDMnrS2FncDD4P29U_KPq6ZukM5964W4KCE/s640/blogger-image--491965945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUflkigs5_xR1J5OtQM52Cbe90ZUPv222DmQOUi_XwEM4KxoNC43WnBqzW3yhqWguJ7i1sO88jA3q0-rAmSELyXBqp7vif9vZ2pyRhH8HamDMnrS2FncDD4P29U_KPq6ZukM5964W4KCE/s640/blogger-image--491965945.jpg"></a></div>The overall chart although already simplified is a bit overwhelming.<div><br></div><div>So first : Who is Arjan Siri?</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeCCpLXaJTEZwZN7pUm8oBq-XIhih9jNaF-J-2WzenDkxLbN9bZ74vOtZnLSsMJgzKMl_P46nBeQnh4F32yHQMqYO-9Ycs1K7_AMVkK8UWBZ7buHQbeTqHZY2vevCZKNjMPWV4CtGp9A/s640/blogger-image--367642001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeCCpLXaJTEZwZN7pUm8oBq-XIhih9jNaF-J-2WzenDkxLbN9bZ74vOtZnLSsMJgzKMl_P46nBeQnh4F32yHQMqYO-9Ycs1K7_AMVkK8UWBZ7buHQbeTqHZY2vevCZKNjMPWV4CtGp9A/s640/blogger-image--367642001.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>She is wife of Woody who is grandson of Grandma Choon; grandma chun is daughter of TKC and Puen Khunyin Anakulsiamkit.</div><div><br></div><div>Next: Who is Sopha? <div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sopha is daughter of Kenney:</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Polly, Charlie, Jubilee, Lily , Kenney were children of Tan Boo Liat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">TBL was grandson of TCK</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Next: who is Anne?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCn7TQ5sPjWMIh5tI-DqVVKvxwNpfa4ls_pHazx0euIY1qoTrPNWiRZmG67PS2-Ph2q0Q4ML_-LoNo_0VjILTUY9ent53YXVQ7n9Un5kHB-p5g_HvxXTJgHDHavDp2sbM_qt8HOs84CA/s640/blogger-image-1959789421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCn7TQ5sPjWMIh5tI-DqVVKvxwNpfa4ls_pHazx0euIY1qoTrPNWiRZmG67PS2-Ph2q0Q4ML_-LoNo_0VjILTUY9ent53YXVQ7n9Un5kHB-p5g_HvxXTJgHDHavDp2sbM_qt8HOs84CA/s640/blogger-image-1959789421.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Anne married John Linn</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">John Linn's father was Francis, one of LBK four sons with Margaret Huang.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">They had Robert, Walter, Francis, John.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOaWdcX1di1wFd-M5QmBezySbRPUqc8fi5toM8xDyKYLPNsYDrxF3qtfeOegBsxmQggqpC-UITxA8D_XEP_9GkDvUUskB-Yv8D7F482cfVFHxvh75jXUCdSDAikLAbCg-p5AhRO860hM/s640/blogger-image--1929687840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOaWdcX1di1wFd-M5QmBezySbRPUqc8fi5toM8xDyKYLPNsYDrxF3qtfeOegBsxmQggqpC-UITxA8D_XEP_9GkDvUUskB-Yv8D7F482cfVFHxvh75jXUCdSDAikLAbCg-p5AhRO860hM/s640/blogger-image--1929687840.jpg"></a></div>Margaret's tombstone</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Where do I fit in?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3031us8oAuqL0KJ4Uf1_tZMQ9NuSy1KTda3n_flofAuINiyV4RnBVjJguSu5ZdPuqiR4CRax91gTpfD-nRmOuQ75LLMmIWLKYbu2pIv2xsVsm4A2C9R8TT7Mlbt5DhDkV0ABeXOgUty4/s640/blogger-image-2035270733.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3031us8oAuqL0KJ4Uf1_tZMQ9NuSy1KTda3n_flofAuINiyV4RnBVjJguSu5ZdPuqiR4CRax91gTpfD-nRmOuQ75LLMmIWLKYbu2pIv2xsVsm4A2C9R8TT7Mlbt5DhDkV0ABeXOgUty4/s640/blogger-image-2035270733.jpg"></a></div>Walter is my dad's father and Polly my mum 's mother</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccz0R_k1sxqOh0azRgZANgdDOAGExMHEXgUCeTpo-v4aQERdE7eZF8qElPPceMG-ONc_IkMoj2ixeI27SaVtfrEvuXjkXjAgH_j3us9DBf-VmxrQaeA8Zi6NX8ZOB2fOgyGdhZzn6foE/s640/blogger-image-1328726191.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccz0R_k1sxqOh0azRgZANgdDOAGExMHEXgUCeTpo-v4aQERdE7eZF8qElPPceMG-ONc_IkMoj2ixeI27SaVtfrEvuXjkXjAgH_j3us9DBf-VmxrQaeA8Zi6NX8ZOB2fOgyGdhZzn6foE/s640/blogger-image-1328726191.jpg"></a></div><br></div>limsuminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11992401212453312063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590692517542555441.post-46092830881624962592014-01-19T16:53:00.002-08:002014-01-19T17:50:11.964-08:00Great1 Great2 Great3 Great4 Grand Mother Mdm Lim<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDmiF8L5zsyDQl_ubbqPq-QAFwMPMLwz5xKf0vgja5Xsw6dFhI0Fz24fFUPbeKgua5GcKmPMnG3utcOCX37FXRodyM3oAf_WQnhMBYII_fGaDLxGKonC-kbGuE-2Q0FF9jdArQ6Pv2FY/s640/blogger-image--1322407353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDmiF8L5zsyDQl_ubbqPq-QAFwMPMLwz5xKf0vgja5Xsw6dFhI0Fz24fFUPbeKgua5GcKmPMnG3utcOCX37FXRodyM3oAf_WQnhMBYII_fGaDLxGKonC-kbGuE-2Q0FF9jdArQ6Pv2FY/s640/blogger-image--1322407353.jpg"></a></div><br>
Tomb at Bukit Brown just identified : January 2014<br>
Mdm Lim who maried into Huang/ Ng family : Hokkien pronunciation :Wee or Wuying<br>
She gave birth to Wuying Boon Whatt aka Boon Watt aka Boon Fah<br>
Boon What's daughter Wuying Yi Ho married Tan Soon Toh (son of Tan Kim Ching)<br>
Yi Ho had a son Boo Liat, my great grandfather. <br>
Great1 Great2 Great3 Great4 Grand Mother Mdm Lim<br>
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Raymond Goh found the tomb and posted to facebook:<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2UqB5GXLCpjFl3d8E1VVx5j2dYHKfQEIMzAZT3WFJGWiOrYV1i8nyU9hyGfwwLRJMiD8_bTprHJ5Twth_mhs7JPwJokdF2O5hNS6zz5gmP4H7wyknqwi3A4wq4ONY1FQoQCbzWCHw5A/s640/blogger-image-588352009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2UqB5GXLCpjFl3d8E1VVx5j2dYHKfQEIMzAZT3WFJGWiOrYV1i8nyU9hyGfwwLRJMiD8_bTprHJ5Twth_mhs7JPwJokdF2O5hNS6zz5gmP4H7wyknqwi3A4wq4ONY1FQoQCbzWCHw5A/s640/blogger-image-588352009.jpg"></a></div><br>
It was from a tip off from a tombkeeper who has seen this big tomb in Blk 3 Pauper Division for the past 50 years since he was a young boy, and has not seen anyone praying there. Now we have always been intrigued by the map of Bukit Brown showing two big tombs in that area, and we decided to follow the tip and check the tomb.<br><br>To our surprise, it was a 1862 big tomb among a row of small tombs. How can such a big tomb exists there among the pauper division? And why was there a tomb marked on the map there? the other tombs marked on the Bukit Brown map issue by NEA was that of Ong Sam Leong and his mother. Now we have two other tombs in the pauper division.<br><br>We decide to examine the tombs further.<br><br>It is a 1862 tomb, erected in the first year of the Tongzhi, the middle month of the winter season (11th month). The deceased was a Mdm Lim with a posthumous name married into the Ng family.<br><br>She has two sons:<br>Boon Fah (aka Boon Whatt)<br>Boon Heng <br><br>two daughters:<br>Choon Neo <br>Boey Neo <br><br>3 grandsons:<br>Hum Bong <br>Hum Soon <br>Hum Pin<br><br>--------------------<br><br>According to the Law Gazette, The first Chinese law agent was Wuing Boon Whatt. He was examined as a candidate for admission to practise as a general agent in 1864 and was the first Chinese to practise law in Singapore.<br><br>From a ST notice about his estate, we learnt that his wife was Teo Cheok Neo, and his 2 sons were Hum Bong and Hum Pin.<br><br>According to Song Ong Siang, Boon Whatt has a daughter Yi Ho who was married to Tan Soon Toh (son of Tan Kim Ching), and gave birth to 5 children<br>Tan Boo Liat<br>Tan Cheow Pin<br>Tan Kwee Liang <br>Tan Kwee Swee<br>Tan Kwee Wah.<br><br>Yes, the Brownies has found the Great Great Great Grand Mother of Lim Su Min. Did I get the no of greats correct?</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHrnbHbdqEGOYv5zepx-l0SOI2W49FocX5pz-ve3rKWov75jeYOmb5zP9W14mYRCwJOkyx2D3MDIG5iPlfWFplHew_2wzFY3nTCPvupKV41UhlZpuwOaWqrMYUGLaMC9dCfHcMyw4YRs/s640/blogger-image-797127011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHrnbHbdqEGOYv5zepx-l0SOI2W49FocX5pz-ve3rKWov75jeYOmb5zP9W14mYRCwJOkyx2D3MDIG5iPlfWFplHew_2wzFY3nTCPvupKV41UhlZpuwOaWqrMYUGLaMC9dCfHcMyw4YRs/s640/blogger-image-797127011.jpg"></a></div><br>
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德𡽪 - 德𡽪 is posthumous name 德 is Teck (meaning of virtue), 𡽪 is more
difficult to pronounce as it is not in dictionary, I take it as Wei,
perhaps others can help to give meaning to this character</span></span></span></div>limsuminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11992401212453312063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590692517542555441.post-39678914028149214002014-01-05T02:41:00.002-08:002014-01-05T04:57:33.234-08:00Alternative trek up to LBK septuplets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />limsuminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11992401212453312063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590692517542555441.post-41263235958180523262012-11-09T15:20:00.000-08:002013-07-31T20:53:24.721-07:00Ancestry Run V8.0<br>
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Ode to my Great Great Great Grand Father<br>
My Great Great Great Grand Father's Tomb!<br>
I stand before him, silent, in respect and awe.<br>
His genes embedded in every cell of mine,<br>
We are bonded though the course of time.<br>
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My Great Great Great Grand Father's Tomb!<br>
I sit beside him, sunlight streaming through the trees.<br>
I sense inner warmth and joy sublime:<br>
Habitat Heritage History entwine.<br>
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My Great Great Great Grand Father's Tomb!<br>
The white stakes declare a restless future:<br>
His eyeless sockets shedding copious tears-<br>
That eight lane highway: unspoken fears!<br>
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My Great Great Great Grand Father's Tomb!<br>
"Could you not beg them to let us rest in peace?"<br>
His silenced tongue in eloquence loudly says :<br>
His bony hands grasp me in one last fond embrace.<br>
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TAN- SEOW-LIM<br>
Family Connection scattered over various blocks in Bukit Brown.<br>
The tomb stops include :<br>
Tan Kim Ching, GGGGF (Great Great Great Great Grand Father)<br>
(neighbour to Cheang Hong Lim )<br>
Yeo Buay Neo (Mrs Seow Watt Chye) GGM<br>
Tan Boo Liat GGF<br>
Mr & Mrs Lim Mah Peng GGGGF/M Mr & Mrs Lim Thean Geow GGGF/M <br>
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Tan Kim Ching (陳金鐘) (1829 -1892. ) Tan Tock Seng’s eldest son.
Recommended Anna Leonowens, as teacher for children of King Mongkut of
Siam ( King Rama IV).<br>
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Buried in Changi, transferred to Bukit Brown (1940). One of
Singapore’s earliest “diplomats” and much respected in the Siam court.<br>
Tan Boo Liat, (1875-1934) built his home Golden Bell Mansion, 10
Pender Road on Mount Faber, naming it after his grandfather. He was a
strong supporter of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and member of the Singapore T'ung
Meng Hui along with Lim Boon Keng. In 1920 he was awarded the title Phra
Anukul Sayamkich by the Siam court. Note “Kuo-Ming-Tang” rays on his
tomb.<br>
Tan Boo Liat’s daughter Polly was the template for Emily of Emerald
Hill, written by my sister Stella Kon ( nee Lim). To know that Polly was
the niece of Lilian Tan Luck Neo and that Polly eventually married her aunt’s husband (Tan Boo Liat) 12 years her senior,
when the aunt passed away is to understand some of the complex forces at play
in “Emily”<br>
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Polly Tan (my Grandmother) is pictured here, aged 10 years. Lady with
right arm on armrest is Mdm Yeo Buay Neo, my Great Grand Mother (Mrs
Seow Chye Watt), mother of Seow Poh Leng: <div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Polly at the piano while her
husband Seow Poh Leng serenades. An alumnus of the Anglo Chinese School,
he instituted a medal Seow Poh Leng Gold Medal in 1936 to be awarded to
the top ACS boy at the Senior Cambridge/GCE “O” Level Examinations.<br>
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Lim Quins: Mr & Mrs Lim Mah Peng (Mdm Khoo),Mr & Mrs Lim Tean Gow (Mdm Su)<br>
Md Margaret Wong Tuan Keng (Mrs Lim Boon Keng V1.0) [Septuplet: plus two of<br>
LBK’s sisters)<br>
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Lim Boon Keng (GGF) with Stella (my sister) and Mrs Lim Boon Keng V2.0, Grace Yin Pek Ha (GGM) with me on her lap.<br>
Impetus for studying medicine was death of mother when he was 8 and
father Lim Thean Gow when LBK was 17, from blood poisoning after razor
cut: a dozen doctors resulting from this fatal cut!<br>
Dr Lim Boon Keng<br>
Dr Robert Kho Seng Lim, Dr Lim Peng Thiam<br>
Dr Lim Kok Ann, Dr Lim Kok Kian, Dr Lim Kok Lian<br>
Dr Michael Palmer, Dr Suzanne Low, Dr Lim Su Min, Dr Lim Su Chong<br>
Dr Lim Min Yu, Dr Mark Kon<br>
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THE SAGE OF SINGAPORE [The Straits Times 22 October 1948 Page 4 ]<br>
Straits Times interview by Roy Ferroa.<br>
Of his 80 years of living, Dr.Lim says that his “happiest memories”
are those of his school days, in particular of his old headmaster Mr
Hullet.<br>
“The thing that makes me ever -mindful of dear Mr. Hullett is his
word of advice given to me when I left school and was on my way to study
in England.<br>
Mr Hullett said: You are a Chinese going to the West.<br>
Remember to respect yourself and do right. Never mind what other
people, the rich and influential, may think of you. As long as you do
right and remain right you will always be happy.<br>
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Mr. Hullet also told me “I advise you to keep a Bible by your side
and read it whenever you have the time. The Bible is the basis of the
English language.<br>
This, Dr. Lim explained was the advice given him when he was still making headway with English literature and grammar.<br>
Today 65 years after those words were uttered by his teacher, the
pupil follows their precept. His Bible, slightly tattered and well worn,
is in his hands when he walks about in his garden.<br>
The Bible has 66 books and one of them is written by a doctor. It
is from the book written by Dr. Luke that I have chosen a passage to be
read at my funeral. All of you are invited to my funereal. I don't have
the date yet and I hope it doesn't happen soon.<br>
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But just as a preview, let me give you glimpse. In Chapter 16 verse
19-31 of Luke's book, we read of a parable told by Jesus of an unnamed
rich man who was enjoying a life of luxury and a poor man named Lazarus
who was longing to eat the scraps of food that fell from the rich man's
table.<br>
Lazarus dies and is bought by angels up to heaven.<br>
Lazarus has a relationship with God that began while on earth, and this continues on in heaven.<br>
The rich man, however, failed to share of his abundance while on
earth thus demonstrating his lack of relationship with God The Rich man
dies and is brought to a place of eternal torment:<br>
For the rest of the story you will have to attend my funeral, but one
take home message is this: We need to be accountable for the gifts that
we are given from above, and we need an ongoing relationship with the
Giver.<br>
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“He died that we might live” was a clear message I heard as I was
cleaning tomb of Great Great Grand Father Lim Thean Gow. At first I
thought the message was talking about Lim Thean Gow, but it did not
quite make sense.<br>
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Only later, when we discovered the adjacent tomb of Great Grand
Mother Margaret Huang, did I understand that voice I had heard must have
came from her father (my Great Great Grand Father Pastor Huang Nai
Shiong refering to no less than Jesus Christ.<br>
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"His (Lim Boon Keng's) first wife, whom he married in Decmber 1896 at the Presbytarian Church in Orchard Road, was the elder daughter of Mr. Wong Nai Siong, of Foo-chow.</div>
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She was a refined, enlightened and well educated gentlewoman. The experiences she had gained through her visits to England and America, prior to her marriage, enabled her to take a sympathetic and active interest in all the reform movements of this period, in which her husband played the chief role. When the Singapore Chinese Girls' School was founded in 1899, she undertook the task of giving the pupils lessons in Chinese twice a week. Belonging to the Wesleyan Methodist communion she occasionally worshiped at both the Methodist Episcopal Church in Coleman Street and the Princep Street Church and was greatly liked and admired by her Chinese Christian friends. She died in 1905 leaving four sons, of whom the eldest is Roberst, who has just taken his degrees of M.B., B.Ch. at Edinburgh University. During the War, Robert served as a surgical dresser to the Indian Hospital at Netley, Hants. "</div>
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Mooted over kopi at Ya Kun Central, this dream run became reality as Yeo Say Ann and I managed to get gracious Grand Aunt Siri to anchor this run.</div>
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These two mango trees, now more than 100 years old, were there, shoulder high, when Grandma was a young girl. The location is 123 Petchburi Road. Grandma Chun's house was here, now translocated X100 miles North to Ayatthaya. A new set of houses were erected here: We examined the special beads:<br />
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by lesser officials for certain ceremonial occasions only. These court
beads were status symbols but not actual indications of rank in the
same manner as mandarin squares and hat finials. The choice of beads
was left up to the individual except for the emperor, empress and
dowager empress, who wore fresh water Manchurian pearls mandated by
law for them alone.<br /><br />The prototype of court beads is thought to be the rosaries used by
Lama Buddhist monks of Tibet and Mongolia for counting repetitions of
a prayer or mantra. (Cammann, 4:1979) In 1643, a year before the
invasion of China, an envoy of the Dalai Lama presented the Manchu
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The traditional rosary and the court beads which resemble them consist
of 108 small counting beads, divided into four groups of twenty-seven
by three large spacer beads called fotou (fo-t'ou), or "Buddha
heads." The ends of the cord then pass through a vase or
pagoda-shaped bead from which extends a silken ribbon, a flat,
rectangular stone, sometimes in a metal frame, beiyun (pei-yun) and
several more inches of ribbon culminating in a drop pendant, dazhui
(ta-chui). This extension hangs down the wearer's back and acts as a
counter-weight so the beads will be more evenly balanced between front
and back and more comfortable to wear. Suspended from the back of the
necklace are an additional three strands of ten beads each, jinian
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And we were brought to the family bones room, to greet the ancestors. It was a special moment for me.<br />
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Dinner was at a fancy place: Asiatique, the "in" place: Half of Bangkok was there! Fusion food, live band etc. And crazy traffic jam.<br />
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IN SUMMARY<br />
Overwhelmed with graciousness of my Thai relatives<br />
Touched by keen interest of Brownies on my family<br />
Facinated to be part of the living heritage that is the legacy of Bukit Brown <br />
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Bangali Singh: Sikh guards at Chew Geok Leong's living tomb - Block 3 Division D</div>
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We chatted with voluble Tombkeeper Queenie, who says Magistrate Chew Geok Lan escaped from China to Singapore to avoid beheading. (Mrs Blackburn is Malaysian Chinese from Trengganu, Heng Hwa if I remember correctly, and understood more of the Queenie chat than I did)</div>
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Mr Blackburn is Ass Prof NIE, Humanities & Social Studies Education.<br />
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After that I did a wee bit of bush bashing between Tay Koh Yan & Fang Shan.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Tan Teck Guan Building, located at 16A College Road, was built in 1911 to add to the existing facilities of the Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School (later known as King Edward VII College of Medicine). It underwent renovations in 1985 and was gazetted as a national mon</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">ument on 2 December 2002.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Formed in 1942, by <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ryoichi_Naito&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #ba0000; text-decoration: none;" title="Ryoichi Naito (page does not exist)">Ryoichi Naito</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_9420" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Unit 9420">Unit 9420</a> had approximately 1,000 personnel based at the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffles_College" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Raffles College">Raffles Medical University</a>. The unit was commanded by Major General <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kitagawa_Masataka&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #ba0000; text-decoration: none;" title="Kitagawa Masataka (page does not exist)">Kitagawa Masataka</a> and supported by the Japanese Southern Army Headquarters.</span></div>
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As a subordinate unit of the infamous Japanese biological warfare Unit 731, the Oka (<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">岡</span>in<em>kanji </em>or Steel) 9420 unit based in Singapore had been not much more than a mere footnote in history. In fact, in Daniel Barenblatt’s “Plague Upon Humanity†(Harper Collins, 2004), which got me acquainted to this little known factoid, it was merely mentioned that:</div>
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[Ryoichi]<em> Naito was himself a top university professor who had been director of the Unit 731 branch unit in <strong>Singapore</strong>, a civilian cohort of </em>[Shiro]<em> Ishii, with special expertise in the analysis of human blood</em> (p. 47)</div>
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With the rather limited primary materials I had come by so far, I can make no claims of being able to shed much more light on the subject. However, a picture (incomplete and hazy as it doubtlessly is) can be pieced together of the inner-workings and operations of Oka 9420.<span id="more-48"></span></div>
<strong><em>Origins</em></strong><br />
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Ostensibly, Oka 9420 acted as a medical unit attached to the 25<sup>th</sup> Japanese Army occupation force in Singapore. Its first traceable contribution to the Japanese military administration in Singapore was in the inaugural <em>Gunsei Geppou</em> (<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">è»æ”¿æœˆå ±</span>) issued in March 1942 which contained a section warning of the dangers of an outbreak of para-typhus in Singapore. It is quite likely that the public health warnings posted by the military administration in the <em>Syonan Times</em> under the – with hindsight of course – whimsically titled “M.A.D Notices†(M.A.D being the unfortunate acronym for “Military Administration Departmentâ€) also involved inputs from Oka 9420.<span></span></div>
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Oka 9420’s facilities were located in the Singapore General Hospital as well as the College of Medicine Building area along College Road. According to former Minister for Social Affairs Mr Othman Wok - who was a lab assistant tasked to remove fleas from rats, the bubonic plague laboratory was situated in the Tan Teck Guan building (<em>Straits Times</em>, 19/09/1991).</div>
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Oral accounts by those who worked for Oka 9420 offer at most a hazy conception of its structure. Mr Othman Wok, who had trapped rats for the unit’s laboratories, mentioned that he was under two colonels and four senior privates (ibid). Mr Chelliah Thurairajah Retnam, a local volunteer of the British Royal Army Medical Corp before working for Oka 9420’s “Analyst Departmentâ€, mentioned reporting to a “Major Nato†(National Archives, Accession No 579).</div>
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Assuming that Mr Retnam had not mistakenly referred to Oka 9420’s director Ryoichi Naito, a civilian researcher, as “Major Natoâ€, it was quite likely that military personnel had resided in the middle tiers of the command structure. Sandwiching this group would be director Naito at the top and local staff members like Mr Retnam and Mr Othman Wok at the base.</div>
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It is not clear how many locals were in Oka 9420’s employ. Mr Retnam recalled that in the “Analyst Department†that he had worked for, there were about fifty to sixty local staff members – including future luminaries such as Eddie Barker (former Minister of Law) and Phay Seng Whatt (former Chairman, Public Service Commission). There were also an unknown number of those who worked on a part-time basis for specific assignments like rat catching. Mr Othman Wok estimated that about forty were involved in trapping rats for the unit (<em>Straits Times</em>, 19/09/1991).</div>
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Mr Othman Wok’s experience in working with Oka 9420 was possibly the most revealing of the sinister nature of the unit’s work here in Singapore. Responsible for picking fleas from rats, he also witnessed how the fleas were fed blood of rats infected by plague, as he described below:</div>
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<em>Each flea was then put in a test-tube, which was inverted over a rat’s stomach which had been shaved </em>[sic]<em> of its fur. The flea then fed on the rat, which had been injected with plague serum</em> (ibid).</div>
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During my face-to-face interview with Mr Othman Wok on 7 March 2006, he revealed that the “research team†was careful to dispose of the carcasses of infected rats. He said that he had learned from a driver assigned to the unit that the fleas bred as vectors for plague were transported to Thailand. At the time, Mr Othman Wok was unaware of the purpose of his work and it was not until after the war when he read that the Japanese “had bombed Chongqing with bottles of fleasâ€* that he realised the implications of his work for Oka 9420 (ibid).</div>
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When I asked him what happened to Oka 9420’s facilities at Singapore General Hospital after the Japanese surrendered, Mr Othman Wok said he had heard that the unit destroyed all evidence of its existence even before the surrender.</div>
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In contrast to Mr Othman Wok’s experience, Mr Retnam’s work with the “Analyst Department†was apparently far removed from Oka 9420’s more sinister activities. His work with the unit only included malaria prevention while he was in Singapore and the supplying and ensuring the sanitation of water for his assignment in Kachanaburi, Thailand. Unit 9420 had the necessary water filtration equipment and expertise to supply water to the worksite at River Kwai.</div>
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From Mr Retnam’s description, Oka 9420’s work was thus nothing more than the prevention of water-borne diseases such as cholera and typhoid (National Archives, Accession No 579). The only experience common to both Mr Retnam and Mr Othman Wok was the physical abuse at the hands of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers who were typically high-handed and brusque in their treatment of locals.</div>
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However, it should be noted that the different experiences by both men actually illustrated the<em>modus operandi </em>of the Japanese biological warfare programme. After all, Ishii’s Unit 731 had as its official designation “Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Unit of the Kwantung Armyâ€. Ishii himself had also made his mark in the Japanese army through his invention of a portable water filtration device for usage in the field (Barenblatt, 2004).</div>
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<strong>A Question to Ponder</strong></div>
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One big question left unanswered could be whether Oka 9420 had restricted its activities in Singapore to sample collection, research and breeding of fleas as vectors.</div>
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Could Oka 9420 have used the initial chaos during the Japanese invasion of Malaya and Singapore as an opportunity to conduct field testing as it had done in China (where attacks were known to have been conducted in Ningbo, Zhejiang and Jiangsu)? Could the public health warning for infectious diseases issued under the “M.A.D. Notices†in fact be caused by such sinister activities?</div>
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Given these unanswered questions, this short write-up is but no more than a tiny scratch on the surface of a topic which deserves further study by historians and history enthusiasts more resourceful than myself. While I harbour no expectations that my write-up could lead to further research by others, I do hope that it can play a small part in generating greater awareness and interest in Oka 9420.</div>
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">In 1982, it was decided that the medical school would move to the Kent Ridge campus, and the Ministry of Health (MOH) proposed to restore and renovate the College of Medicine Building. In August 1985, the Preservation of Monuments Board recommended that Tan Teck Guan Building be preserved too. Both buildings were then renovated at a cost of S$14.4 million. When it was officially re-opened on 14 August 1987, Tan Teck Guan Building was occupied by MOH, the Academy of Medicine and the College of General Practitioners.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><strong><span style="text-align: left; text-decoration: underline;">Description</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">An architect by the name of Draper designed the two-storey building with a Georgian façade and neo-classical details. Its main entrance has an ornate archway supported by Doric columns. The upper level of the building has Ionic columns.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">It was originally made mainly from timber trusses, floors and joists that sat on brick. However, much of the timber was badly infested with termites by the time of the building’s renovation in 1985 and had to be replaced with steel structures. Similarly, the timber window frames were replaced with new matching wooden frames. The roof tiles were also replaced with matching new ones from France. While the building’s internal granite staircase and balustrade were retained, two brick walls were removed to allow for flexible office installation.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">(In 1912 the medical school received a large donation $120,000 from the King Edward VII Memorial end started by Dr Lim Boon Keng)</span>limsuminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11992401212453312063noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590692517542555441.post-53983747269472613672012-04-26T05:00:00.002-07:002012-04-26T05:03:05.306-07:00Tan Kim Ching Property Sale<br />
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Wuying Ho Yi (aka Wong Ho Yi aka Mrs Tan Soon Toh.) my Great Great Grand Mother</div>
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Mdm Chua (aka Mrs Tan Kim Ching) My Great Great Great Grand Mother</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">(Addendum 25 Jan 2014; <span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Raymond Goh Darren Koh, </span></div><div style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Thanks for putting a name to the face!<br><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">My great great grand mother I have only known as Wuying Yi Ho.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Now I learn Mrs Tan Soon Toh actually name would 織理 Zi Li (posthumous name : Yi Ho). </span></div><div>織理 in cantonese would be jik leih. Weave reasons..</div></div><div style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br></div><div style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">And we learn that Wuing Boon Whatt was buried at Jln Novena and exhumed.)</div>
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She is the daughter of the descendant of Malacca famous personality Chua Yan Keng.</div>
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She has 3 sons, the 2nd is Tan Soon Toh (1853 - 1892). 3 daughters, and 7 grandchildren. <br>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;">The <b>Qilin</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh" xml:lang="zh"><a class="extiw" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%BA%92%E9%BA%9F" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3366bb; text-decoration: none;" title="wikt:麒麟">麒麟</a></span>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <em>qílín</em>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a>: ch'i-lin) is a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythical" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Mythical">mythical</a> hooved <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_culture" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Chinese culture">Chinese</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(mythology)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Chimera (mythology)">chimerical</a> creature known throughout various<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="East Asia">East Asian</a> cultures, and is said to appear with the imminent arrival or passing of a wise <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wise_old_man" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Wise old man">sage</a> or an illustrious ruler. It is a good omen that brings <i>rui</i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh" xml:lang="zh">瑞</span>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <em>ruì</em>; roughly translated as "serenity" or "prosperity"). It is often depicted with what looks like fire all over its body. It is sometimes misleadingly called the "Chinese <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Unicorn">unicorn</a>" due to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Conflation">conflation</a> with the unicorn by Westerners.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;">The earliest references to the Qilin are in the 5th century BC book <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuo_Zhuan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Zuo Zhuan">Zuo Zhuan</a>.The Qilin made appearances in a variety of subsequent Chinese works of history and fiction. The word Qilin is derived from the Somali word <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe#Etymology" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Giraffe">Geri</a></i>, which means Giraffe.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em;">In legend, the Qilin became tiger-like after their disappearance in real life and become a stylised representation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Giraffe">giraffe</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_Dynasty" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Ming Dynasty">Ming Dynasty</a>. The identification of the Qilin with giraffes began after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Zheng He">Zheng He</a>'s voyage to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Africa" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="East Africa">East Africa</a> (landing, among other places, in modern-day <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Somalia">Somalia</a>). The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_Dynasty" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Ming Dynasty">Ming Dynasty</a> bought Giraffes from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_history_of_Somalia" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Maritime history of Somalia">Somali merchants</a> along with Zebras, incense and other various exotic animals.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 10px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">Zheng He's fleet brought back two giraffes to </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Nanjing">Nanjing</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">, and they were referred to as "Qilins".</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;"> The Emperor proclaimed the giraffes magical creatures, whose capture signalled the greatness of his power.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;">The identification between the Qilin and the giraffe is supported by some attributes of the Qilin, including its vegetarian and quiet nature. Its reputed ability to "walk on grass without disturbing it" may be related to the giraffe's long, thin legs. Also the Qilin is described as having antlers like a deer and scales like a dragon or fish; since the giraffe has horn-like "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossicone" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Ossicone">ossicones</a>" on its head and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessellation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Tessellation">tessellated</a> coat pattern that looks like scales it is easy to draw an analogy between the two creatures. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;">It is unlikely that giraffes and Qilin were regarded as the same creature in pre-modern times however. For example, typical depictions of the Qilin have much shorter necks than giraffes.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;">A qilin from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_way" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Spirit way">spirit way</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Wu_of_Liu_Song" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Emperor Wu of Liu Song">Emperor Wu</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Song_Dynasty" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Liu Song Dynasty">Liu Song Dynasty</a> (ca. 422)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;">There are many different ways Qilin have been described. Some think of them as a rare form of unicorn; others have described it as a creature that has the head of a dragon and a body of tiger with scales. Others see it as a creature with a single horn on its forehead, a multicolored back, the hooves of a horse, the body of a deer, and with the tail of an ox.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;">Although it looks fearsome, the Qilin only punishes the wicked. It can walk on grass yet not trample the blades, and it can also walk on water. As it is a peaceful creature, its diet does not include flesh. It takes great care when it walks never to harm or tread on any living thing, and it is said to appear only in areas ruled by a wise and benevolent leader (some say even if this area is only a house). It is normally gentle but can become fierce if a pure person is threatened by a sinner, spouting flames from its mouth and exercising other fearsome powers that vary from story to story.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;">Legends tell that the Qilin has appeared in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_gardens" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Chinese gardens">garden</a> of the legendary <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huangdi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Huangdi">Huangdi</a> and in the capital of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Yao" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Emperor Yao">Emperor Yao</a>. Both events bore testimony to the benevolent nature of the rulers. It's been told in legends that the birth of the great sage <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Confucius">Confucius</a> was foretold by the arrival of a Qilin.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;">Some stories state that the Qilin is a sacred pet (or familiar) of the deities. Therefore, in the hierarchy of dances performed by the Chinese (<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Dance" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Lion Dance">Lion Dance</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Dance" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Dragon Dance">Dragon Dance</a>, etc.), the Qilin ranks highly; third only to the Dragon and Phoenix who are the highest.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;">In the Qilin Dance, movements are characterised by fast, powerful strokes of the head. The Qilin Dance is often regarded as a hard dance to perform due to the weight of the head, stances and the emphasis on "fǎ jìn" (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant" xml:lang="zh-Hant">法勁</span>) — outbursts of strength/power/energy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;">Qilin are thought to be a symbol of good omens, protection, prosperity, success, and longevity by the Chinese.</span><br>
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There are variations in the appearance of the qilin, even in historical China, owing to cultural differences between dynasties and regions.<br>
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In the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) of China the Qilin is represented as an oxen-hooved animal with a dragon-like head surmounted by a pair of horns and flame-like head ornaments.<br>
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In 1901 Pastor Wong Nai Siong (Huang Naishang) led the first batch of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzhou" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Fuzhou">Foochow</a> Christians from China to Sibu to open up the fertile lands of Sibu for cultivation, a</div>
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Pastor Wong Nai Siong came to Singapore in September 1899. From there, he proceeded to West Malaysia, Sumatra and the Dutch East Indies. For six months he explored the places but failed to find a suitable place for the immigration and settlement of his folks in China. In April 1900, Mr. Wong Nai Siong came to Sarawak and got the approval of the Sarawak Rajah to look for a suitable site for Chinese immigrants.</div>
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Pastor Wong explored the lower valley and upper reaches of the Rajang River. He soon discovered that the Rajang Delta was very fertile and particularly suitable for cultivation. So he decided to choose the area for opening up for cultivation. With that decision, Mr. Wong went to see the second Rajah of Sarawak, Rajah Charles Brooke, for discussions regarding the matter of opening up of land for cultivation. In those days of the Rajahs, Sarawak was sparsely populated with vast land yet to be developed, Pastor Wong's plan was timely and very much appreciated.</div>
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So, when Pastor Wong Nai Siong went to see Sir Charles Brooke and explained to him his plan to lead large groups of Foochows to open up Sibu for cultivation, the Rajah immediately agreed. Both parties signed an agreement.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Pieke2004_3-0" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibu#cite_note-Pieke2004-3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">was born in 1844 to a poor family in a small town of
Minqing County west of Fuzhou in the province of Fujian. His father,
Huang Qingbo, was a carpenter who also tilled the land. Huang came into
contact with missionaries from the American Methodist Episcopal church
in 1861 and was baptized as a Christian convert on 16 December 1866. He
then proceeded to travel with Reverend Xu Yangmei on his preaching
circuit for the next two years, at which point he was granted a
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The Chinese immigrants came in three batches. The first batch consisted of 72 people, the second batch 535, and the third batch 511, totalling 1118 people. Of the total, 130 brought their spouses and families, while the others were bachelors. After working in Sibu, nearly all the immigrants chose to settle down and made Sibu their new home. They were happy to settle down for a brighter future in Sibu.</div>
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From that year, Huang began to help the missionaries with translation
and literary work, since he had received a basic education in the
Confucian classics and wrote well. Apart from helping to translate the
Bible, from 1874 Huang became the key helper with a Chinese newspaper
the missionaries started that year called Zion’s Messenger (Huanshan
shizhe yuebao). Huang used the newspaper as a platform to write articles
advocating a number of modern reforms. His was one of the first Chinese
voices to call for using vaccinations against smallpox, as well as for
putting an end to the practice of foot-binding. In addition, he was a
strong advocate of mission education who favored instruction in English
so that Chinese Christians could tap into Western knowledge and the
field of commerce. Education of women was part of his vision and he
established two private schools, one 1873 and the other in 1885, to
educate his own children, including his daughters.<br />
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Starting from the early 1870s, Huang decided to prepare for China’s
traditional civil service examinations. He chose this course because he
saw the numerous conflicts that Chinese Christians experienced with
local society and how they were discriminated against and marginalized
by local gentry. Huang believed that if there were Christians who were
members of the gentry it would improve the situation. He studied hard
and in 1877 obtained the basic <i>shengyuan</i> degree, which was followed in 1894 by the much more difficult <i>juren</i>
degree. This was quite an achievement, given the stiff competition for
degrees in the latter part of the Qing dynasty. When Huang traveled to
Beijing in 1895 to take exams for the highest level <i>jinshi</i> degree
(which he never obtained), the Sino-Japanese War was underway, and he
suffered the pain both of China’s defeat and the loss of his younger
brother, who was a sailor in the navy. Huang then joined other scholars
in Beijing in support of Kang Youwei and his call for China to reject a
peace treaty with Japan and to immediately seek ways to strengthen the
nation.<br />
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Upon returning to Fujian, and in light of the dangers facing his
country, Huang decided to leave his work at the Methodist Episcopal
mission and instead seek to promote a Christianized China through
political and educational reform. To this end, in 1896 he used his own
funds to launch a secular Chinese newspaper called Fubao, which was the
first newspaper started by a Chinese in Fujian. It was a two-page paper
published twice a week and it advocated adoption of such reforms as a
parliamentary system and a free press. However, after a year he had to
shut the paper down because it was losing money.<br />
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Three years later, Huang was in Beijing again to take the <i>jinshi</i>
exams when the 100 Hundred Day Reform movement led by Kang Youwei
started. He not only actively supported this, but through a friend from
Fujian who was very close to Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, he became
directly connected with the leaders of the movement. He himself
submitted eight petitions to the Guangxu Emperor, one of which
recommended adopting pinyin to help with the study of Chinese
characters. However, when the reform movement met with a conservative
backlash and some of its leaders were arrested and executed by the
government, Huang was forced to flee quickly to Fujian, since he was
number eleven on the most wanted list.<br />
Shortly thereafter, Huang decided to start a new settlement of
Chinese in Malaysia in order to escape China’s despotism and Fujian’s
poverty. While in Singapore considering where he might establish such a
colony, Huang met Sun Yatsen and the two soon became good friends.
Huang’s translation into Chinese of a book on American history won Sun’s
respect, and Huang admired Sun’s democratic ideals and commitment to
Christianity. In 1901, Huang traveled with settlers from Fujian to Sibu,
where he founded New Fuzhou. Before long New Fuzhou had a population of
over one thousand Chinese, two-thirds of them Christians. Huang spent
the next three years attending to myriad administrative tasks needed to
get the community established. Unexpectedly, in 1904 he returned to
Fujian, in part because his administration of the settlement did not
generate enough profit to satisfy the local ruler who had supplied the
land.<br />
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Back in Fujian, Huang founded the <i>Fujian Daily News</i> and was a
leader of Fujian activities during the nation-wide anti-American boycott
of 1905, which protested the adoption of exclusion laws by the United
States preventing Chinese laborers from entering the country. While he
avoided harsh anti-foreignism, Huang did not hesitate to strongly and
publicly condemn the American policy.<br />
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By this time, Huang had also shifted his political views from favoring reform, as he had in 1898, to supporting revolution. <a href="http://www.bdcconline.net/en/stories/a/allen-young-john.php">Young J. Allen</a>, the missionary editor of the influential Chinese language <i>Globe Magazine</i>
in Shanghai, was a key person in convincing Huang that support for
revolution was a legitimate Christian position. Huang then began to
distribute tracts calling for revolution and became an active supporter
of <a href="http://www.bdcconline.net/en/stories/s/sun-yatsen.php">Sun Yat-sen</a>,
sending information on revolutionary activities in Fujian to Sun’s
agents in Singapore, who then reported it to Sun in Tokyo. Huang joined
Sun’s Revolutionary Alliance in 1906 and was a key figure in planning
the Huang Gang uprising and recruiting many of those who participated in
it.<br />
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From 1907 to 1911, Huang focused primarily on promoting educational
reform by founding 34 Chinese secondary schools in the Min County region
of Fujian, which he made sure taught Western subjects and inculcated
nationalism. Also, in 1909 he was elected to the Fujian Provincial
Assembly, which was part of the constitutional reform program that the
Qing government had been forced to adopt. Huang became one of the
leading members of the legislative body and he proposed numerous
reforms, for instance to ensure better use of Fujian’s natural
resources, to counter opium and gambling, and to introduce penal reform.<br />
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In 1911, after the 1910 Wuhan Uprising began to unravel Qing rule in
China, Huang began to spread revolutionary ideology among students at
the Methodist Anglo-Chinese Academy in Fuzhou, where he was Dean. In
addition, he established the Fuzhou Qiaonan Physical Training Society as
a front for the Fujian Revolutionary Alliance where it could train the
students who joined the movement. On the 9th and 10th of November 1911,
Huang and the Fujian Alliance fought against and defeated the Imperial
Army in Fuzhou with the help of these students, and thus brought Qing
rule in the province to an end. As a supporter of Sun, Huang was
appointed head of the Board of Communications for the provisional Fujian
government in November 1911, but his high-level public service soon
came to an end when Yuan Shikai deposed all Sun’s supporters in
September 1912.<br />
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Huang spent his remaining years engaged in various community
projects, serving as head of the Board of Trustees for the Fuzhou YMCA,
helping to edit a political newspaper, and being sought out as an
adviser to government officials. He held his Christian faith to the end.
As he lay on his deathbed, he asked his wife to hold up a picture of
Christ for him to see, and asked that the picture be laid on his chest
as he died on 22 September 1924.<br />
Huang Naishang was one of the most influential and impressive Chinese
Protestants of the Imperial era. His experience in ministry and his two
decades assisting missionaries in literary work instilled in him a
strong faith and an informed Christian worldview, as well as a
familiarity with modern knowledge. His Confucian upbringing and success
in the civil service examinations were extremely rare for Chinese
Christians at the time and allowed him to have significant social
influence. Huang used this influence to seek the reform and
Christianization of Chinese society through educational and political
change. He described his motivation to do these things as Christian
altruism, which combined Christian notions of personal sacrifice for the
benefit of others with Confucian ideals of public service. Huang’s many
years of ministry and community involvement touched numerous lives and
did much to enhance the credibility of the church and of Christianity in
China.<br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">Three daughter of 黄乃裳:<br /> <br /> 1) 黄端琼 Margaret Wong Tuan Keng married to Lim Boon Keng <br /> 2) 黄淑琼 Ruth Huang Shu-Chiung married to Wu Lien-Teh<br /> 3) 黄珊琼 Huang Shan-Chiung married to Seow Poh Quee</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So eleven doctors in the family, sparked off by the death of Lim Mah Peng from blood poisoning following a razor cut: He died that we might live lives that involve saving of lives;</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1) Dr Lim Boon Keng</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2) His son Dr Robert Kho Seng Lim, stalwart work in China with China Red Cross</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3) His son Dr Lim Peng Thiam, General Practitioner Singapore</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4) His grandson (via Peng Han) Dr Lim Kok Kian, General Practitioner USA</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5) His grandson (via Peng Han) Dr Lim Kok Lian, General Practitioner USA</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6) His grandson ( via Walter) Dr Lim Kok Ann, Professor of Micobiology, Dean Faculty of Medicne Singapore</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">7) His great grand daughter Dr Suzanne Low: Anaethesiology USA, (via Walters' daughter Ee Jin)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">8) His great grand son Dr Lim Su Chong, General Practice Canada (via Walters' son Albert Kok Ann Lim)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">9) His great grand son Dr Lim Su Min [Me] Retired OBGYN </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">10) His great great grand son Dr Lim Min Yu OBGYN Singapore [my son!]</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">11) His great great grand son Dr Mark Kon Radiologist UK [ son of my sister Stella]</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(12) And Michael Kenneth Palmer , (son of my dad's sister Mimi) also did medicine: Radiologist in UK</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Of his 80 years of living, Dr.Lim says that his “happist memories” are those of his school days, in particular of his old headmaster Mr Hullet.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">The thing that makes me ever -mindful of dear Mr. Hullett is his word of advice given to me when I left school and was on my way to study in England.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Remember to respect yourself and do right. Never mind what other people, the rich and influential, may think of you. As long as you do right and remain right you will always be happy."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Mr. Hullet also told me “I advise you to keep a Bible by your side and read it whenever you have the time. The Bible is the basis of the English language."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Today 65 years after those words were uttered by his teacher, the pupil follows their precept. His Bible, slightly tattered and well worn, is in his hands when he walks about in his garden.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Why have my friends tagged my tour as "Luminous"?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Luminous means light.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">God is light.</span><br />
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world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp
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<br />limsuminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11992401212453312063noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590692517542555441.post-83368303215489295952012-04-16T02:50:00.003-07:002012-04-16T03:03:02.902-07:00The Quad become Quins!Bushwhacking at the Lim Quad has brought sunlight ++ into the area<br />
I have noted and stepped over a big cylinder, size of an oxygen tank, which I guessed was part of the neighbors tomb<br />
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Today Raymond Goh identified it as tomb of Mdm Wong Tuan Keng, daughter of Wong Nai Siong, first wife of Dr Lim Boon Keng. Cryptic family notes say died 21 December 1905, Alexandra private ground to Bukit brown to All saints.</div>
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First time for me to meet my cousin Tan Hsien Chuang and his family<br />
Paid respects at Outram Hill to Tan Tock Seng, Mdm Chua (Mrs Tan Kim Ching) Mdm Wong (Mrs Tan Soon Toh)<br />
Noted interesting feature of the great big male stone Qilin.<br />
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Went over to Bukit Brown<br />
Paid respects to Tan Boo Liat, Tan Wi Yan<br />
Tan Wi Yan family sent him a Rolls Royce!<br />
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Met Queenie, 3rd generation tombkeeper.<br />
Family of 7.<br />
Used to live onsite.<br />
Now stays at Jurong.<br />
Manages 500 tombs (includingTan Wi Yan)<br />
Guides families deep into the jungle and up the hill to visit the tombs<br />
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Went or lunch at Westlake.<br />
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ON Mrs Choa Kim Keat (Tan Hoon Neo, aka Tan Woon Neo, daughter of Tan Kim Ching)<br />
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Name: TAN Woon Neo<br />
Sex: F<br />
Birth: ABT 1858<br />
Death: 1 FEB 1935 in 149 Neil Street, Singapore<br />
Burial: 5 FEB 1935 Bukit Brown Cemetery, Singapore<br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /> Father: TAN Kim Ching b: 1829 in Singapore<br /> Mother: CHUA Seah Neo</span><br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">This is part of tomb of Chua Seah Neo at Outram Hill with Tan Hoon Neo name circled: You see the Chinese words for Wen Niang 温娘 (HanyuPinyin) which pronouced Hokkien dialect should be "Hoon Neo" or? WoonNeo?"</span><br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"><br /> <br /> Marriage 1 CHUA Kim Keat b: 1858<br /> Married: Y<br /><br /> Children<br /> Has Children CHUA Joon Hean<br /> Has No Children Female6 CHUA<br /> Has No Children Female7 CHUA<br /> Has No Children Female9 CHUA</span><br />
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Kim Ching via CHUA Seah Neo (who lies buried at Outram Hill) Tan Woon
Neo aka Tan Hoon Neo marries CHUA Kim Keat b: 1858</span><br />
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Circa 1915-1918 Mrs Choa Kim Keat (Tan Hoon Neo, daughter of Tan Kim Ching) was visited by her Thai half sister, Tan Choon Neo (daughter of Tan Kim Ching and Puen Khunying Anukulsiamkit) at the Choa Mansion aka Sea Breeze, now 37 Marine Parade.</div>
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This was stated on an information poster at Boon Keng MRT station sited on Boon Keng Road.<br />
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Book Keng was buried at Bidadari, disinterred and now at Mt Vernon<br />
His <a href="http://cavinteo.blogspot.com/2009/12/place-in-memory-bidadari-garden-hint.html">Book Tomb Stone</a> was conserved at Bidadari Memorial Park Mt Vernon<br />
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Tan Kim Ching, GGGGF<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">His genes embedded in every cell of mine,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We are bonded though the course of time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I sit beside him, sunlight streaming through the trees.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I sense inner warmth and joy sublime:</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Habitat Heritage History entwine.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The white stakes declare a restless future:</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">His eyeless sockets shedding copious tears-</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">That eight lane highway: unspoken fears!</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"Could you not beg them to let us rest in peace?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">His silenced tongue in eloquence loudly says :</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">His bony hands grasp me in one last fond embrace.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lim Mah Peng.. died 1879 Born in Hai Teng District, Fujian Province, China: First arrived in Penang in 1839. Married Mdm Khoo, a local-born Chinese lady.Their only son was Lim Thean Geow. Shortly after his son was born, Mah Peng moved his young family to Singapore to work for Cheang Hong Lim. The elder Lim was a manager in Cheang's liquor business. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*Lim Thean Geow died 1881 Thean Geow attended school at Raffles Institution and he later also worked for Cheang Hong Lim in his opium business. Married Mdm Su from Malacca. Died of blood poisoning from razor cut. This made his son Boon Keng want to study medicine.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Heiti SC Light'; letter-spacing: 0px;">天</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> tiān (sky, heaven; god, celestial)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Heiti SC Light'; letter-spacing: 0px;">尧</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> yáo (a legendary ancient emperor-sage)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Heiti SC Light'; letter-spacing: 0px;">顯</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> xiǎn</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Heiti SC Light'; letter-spacing: 0px;">考</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> kǎo (</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Heiti SC Light'; letter-spacing: 0px;">指已死的父亲</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> -dead, father)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Heiti SC Light'; letter-spacing: 0px;">考</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> kǎo (</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Heiti SC Light'; letter-spacing: 0px;">指已死的父亲</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> -dead, father)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Heiti SC Light'; letter-spacing: 0px;">府</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> fǔ (Residence)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Heiti SC Light'; letter-spacing: 0px;">出嗣</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> chū sì - given away as to other family </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lim Boon Keng (b. 18 October 1869, Singapore - d. 1 January 1957, Singapore) First Chinese to win the Queen's Scholarship in 1887. Studied medicine in Edinburgh University. Began the first Chinese rubber enterprise in partnership with Tan Chay Yan. He was also Director of several banks including In 1921, he relinquished these posts in favour of heading up the Amoy (Xiamen) University. Advocate of the reformation of the Straits Chinese community beginning with his famed queue-cutting campaigns and rallies against opium smoking Buried at Bidadari; disintered and his tombstone displayed at the Bidadari Memorial Gardens Mt Vernon. Boon Keng Road and Boon Keng Estate named after him. Boon Keng </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">MRT station</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> NE9 named after the location.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cheang Hong Lim:(not related to our family but) employed Lim Mah Peng and Lim Thean Geow in the opium business. Hong Lim's tomb is near Tan Kim Cheng's tomb.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Seow Chye Watt was a rice trader: His business brought him frequently to Thailand His wife</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Yeo Buay Neo born 1859, died 23 February 1929 aged 70 Had 3 sons.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*SeowPoh Quee her son’s tomb is below hers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Another son Seow Poh Leng : An alumnus of the Anglo Chinese School, Seow instituted a medal Seow Poh Leng Gold Medal in 1936 to be awarded to the top ACS boy at the Senior Cambridge/GCE “O” Level Examinations.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tan Tock Seng's Tomb is at Outram Road Tock Seng (b. 1798, Malacca- d. 24 February 1850, Singapore) Hokkien merchant, landowner, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Tan started as a humble vegetable seller and rose to become one of Singapore's early Chinese leaders. He was the first Asian to be appointed Justice of the Peace (JP). In 1844, he helped set up a hospital for the poor which now bears his name. Tan died at age 52. The lower terrace of his tomb was removed for road widening.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1) Tan Swee Lim (Swee Lim has a son Tan Bin Cheng buried at Bukit Brown)</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2) Tan Kim Ching (陳金鐘) lived from 1829 to Feb 1892. Was consul for Japan, Thailand and Russia, and a member of the Royal Court of Siam. First Asian member of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. After his father, Tan Tock Seng's death, he became the Kapitan China of the Straits Chinese community. He had a very close relationship with the royal family of Siam, appointed ‘the first Siamese Consul in Singapore’ by King Mongkut in 1863 and in 1885, King Chulalongkorn elevated his title to that of Consul-General. He was bestowed the Royal Title Phraya Astongt Disrarak Siamprajanukulkij. Tan Kim Ching was instrumental in recommending Anna Leonowens, as teacher for children of King Mongkut of Siam ( King Rama IV) Although he was buried in Changi, his grave was transferred to Bukit Brown in 1940.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kim Ching had a son Tan Soon Toh 1853-1892</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Soon Toh married Wuing Yi Ho, the daughter of Wuing Boon Whatt who according to Song Ong Siang, was the first Chinese in Singapore to practise law. Wuing Yi Ho’s tomb is at Outram Road.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Like his father, Soon Toh was an active leader of the Chinese community. He was also listed in the Singapore General Directory in 1890 as the Vice Consul of Siam holding the title "Khoon Rasada Borirax" Soon Toh' had a son Tan Boo Liat, buried at Bukit Brown.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tan Boo Liat was a wealthy Singapore philanthropist. He was the son of Tan Soon Toh, grandson of Tan Kim Ching and great-grandson of Tan Tock Seng. He was the head of the Hockien pang in Singapore. He was Chairman of the Pok Chek Kiong Temple's Committee of Management. He was a strong supporter of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and member of the Singapore T'ung Meng Hui along with Lim Boon Keng and Dr. S. C. Yin and a president of the Singapore Kuomintang. He headed the Fukien Protection Fund together with Tan Kah Kee collecting $130,000 during a nine-month campaign. He was a trustee of the Anglo-Chinese School's Boarding School, and together with Dr. Lim Boon Keng, Sir Song Ong Siang and a few other Straits-born Chinese leaders, he initiated the Singapore Chinese Girls' School</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">He had a stable of a dozen racehorses. In 1898 his famous horse, Vanitas won the Viceroy's cup in Calcutta, India, the first time that a horse from the Straits Settlements or the Federated Malay States won this trophy, earning Tan Boo Liat $100,000.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">He had strong commecial links to Thailand and was honoured by the King of Thailand, two of the things he had in common with his famous grandfather Tan Kim Ching. In 1920 he was awarded the title Phra Anukul Sayamkich.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">He owned Golden Bell Mansion (built 1901) on Pender Road at the Mount Washington side of Mount Faber, Singapore. Dr. Sun Yat-sen stayed there on 15 December 1911 as did his wife and daughters (February 1912). After Tan Boo Liat's death in Shanghai in 1934 the house was sold. It is currently occupied by the Danish Seaman's Mission.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tan Boo Liat’s sister Lilian Tan Luk Neo who married Seow Poh Leng</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tan Boo Liats’s daughter Polly, 10 yrs in this picture, later to marry Seow Poh Leng after her aunty Lilian Tan Luck Neo dies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tan Boo Liats sister’s mother inlaw: Mdm Yeo Buay Neo (Mrs Seow Chye Watt), mother of Seow Poh Leng, mother in law of Lilian Tan Luck Neo.</span></span></div>
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