SPREADING OUT SERENELY AT A SPOT 15 FEET ABOVE THE DEMOLITION AND ROAD WORKS AT THE OUTRAM ROAD AND SENG POH ROAD JUNCTION IS THE 120-YEAR OLD GRAVE CONTAINING THE REMAINS OF PHILANTHROPIST TAN TOCK SENG, FOUNDER OF THE HOSPITAL NAMED AFTER HIM IN MOULMEIN ROAD IN 1844. ONE OF HIS DESCENDENTS, LAWYER TAN TECK CHIAN SAID THAT THE GRAVE IS OF HISTORICAL AND PUBLIC INTEREST AS HE IS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS GOOD WORKS AND THUS SHOULD BE PRESERVED.
15/04/1969
PCD0268 - 0102
T2003,08725
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