Tan Keong Saik (simplified Chinese: 陈恭锡; traditional Chinese: 陳恭錫; pinyin: Chén Gōng Xī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Kiong-sik) (1850 – 1909) was a Singaporean businessman who contributed much to the social and intellectual life of the Chinese community at the turn of the 19th century. He was one of the men who contributed to the setting up of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in 1906. An advocate of education and equality of rights for women, he was also one of the first members of the Po Leung Kuk, an association looking after the interest of teenage girls and women, in Singapore.
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1850 Malacca, Malaysia
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1909 (aged 58)
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