Person
Tan Kim Ching
Singapore-born Chinese participant in the commercial, political and social life of Singapore and the Malay states
Singapore-born Tan Kim Ching, who lives from 1829 to February 1892, is the eldest of the three sons of Tan Tock Seng, the founder and financier of Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
He is consul for Japan, Thailand and Russia, and is a member of the Royal Court of Siam.
He is one of Singapore’s leading Chinese merchants and is one of its richest men at this time.
He is also the first Asian member of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.
After his father, Tan Tock Seng's death, he become the Kapitan Cina of the Straits Chinese community.
He is believed to have been the Head of the Triad in Malaya.