(28 Feb 2021) Historical records bearing the imprint of Singapore’s early Hokkien pioneers such as Tan Tock Seng and Tan Lark Sye will soon be made accessible to the public following the donation of more than 4,300 original documents from the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan (SHHK) made to the National Library Board (NLB) on Sunday (Feb 28).
To symbolise the handover of the documents, a set of two original land sales records, one of which bears the original signature of Tan Tock Seng, one of SHHK’s founding leaders, was presented to NLB chief executive Ng Cher Pong at the SHHK Cultural Academy in Sennett Road.
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