Biography of tan lark sye library

Singaporean businessman (–)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan.

Tan Lark Sye (simplified Chinese: 陈六使; traditional Chinese: 陳六使; pinyin: Chén Liùshǐ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân La̍k-sài; –) was a prominent Chinese businessman and philanthropist based in Singapore.

Early life

Tan was born in a Hoklo peasant family of seven in Jimei of Tong An in Fujian, China. Born into of very limited means, and orphaned young, he had little chance of an education before he made his way to Nanyang in together with his brothers, at the age of

Career

In Singapore, Tan worked in one of Tan Kah Kee's factories, and within half a year he was promoted to a responsible position in Tan Kah Kee's Khiam Aik (Qianyi) company.

Not long afterward, he left the company to set up a rubber enterprise with the help from his brothers, but the enterprise lost half its capital in a year.

Tan then ran it alone and after several years, he built up his Aik Hoe (Yihe) rub