A forgotten lady philanthropist

By Tan Soon Cheng

May 2010 FEATURE
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Tan Say Siang Neoh. (Picture courtesy of Mr Teoh Shiau Kuan and Professor Wu Xiaoan.)
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Life in a colonial port was always complicated, and historical descriptions of individuals and events tended to reflect racial and gender biases, allowing many to fade away from memory. Tan Soon Cheng draws attention to a forgotten lady philanthropist.Records of the arrival of Chinese immigrants in Penang and their economic activities during the early 20th century are well documented, often in British government reports.Be that as it may, specific details about immigrants as individuals are a rarity. However, in two publications from...

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