In 1819, Tan migrated to Singapore to sell fruit, vegetable and birds. He was hardworking and was soon able to set up a shop in Boat Quay and became a respectable businessman.
He was skilful at settling feuds and fights among the Chinese and was accustomed to bear the costs of burying poor Chinese. In 1844, he contributed $5,000 to the construction of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital on top of Pearl's Hill. Tan also contributed money to the construction of the Taoist Thian Hock Keng Temple at Telok Ayer in 1842, the place of worship for the settlers from the Fujian province of China.
Tan Tock Seng died in 1850, at the age of 52, after catching an unknown disease.
The monument should stand at the top of Pearl's Hill where the older Tan Tock Seng hospital was, as that should be the perfect place to erect the monument!
Why? Because it makes good sense to erect a monument where Tan Tock Seng had left his footprints and contributions.
The Hospital should be built as such:
- The monument which should have gold plating
- should take the shape of a hospital because the hospital signifies the contributions that Tan Tock Seng put into the Health department
- Then they should erect some bronze statues of doctors and nurses around the Hospital monument
- erect one big, silver statue of Tan Tock Seng on top of the Hospital monument.
Reflective response: I thought this assignment was actually quite meaningful as I got to learn a few more things about Mr Tan Tock Seng. The things I disliked about this assignment, however, include: nothing, nothing and nothing.
Bibliography? Just wikipedia.
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