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Tan Kim Ching (; 1829-Feb 1892) was a Singaporean politician and businessman. He was the eldest of the three sons of Tan Tock Seng, the founder and financier of Tan Tock Seng Hospital.〔Buckley, Charles Burton. An Anecdotal History of Old times in Singapore. Kuala Lumpur: U of Malaya, 1965. Print. 411, 412, 620〕 He was consul for Japan, Thailand and Russia, and was a member of the Royal Court of Siam. He was one of Singapore’s leading Chinese merchants and was one of its richest men at that time. He was also the first Asian member of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.〔(Sheppard, Tan Sri Dato Mubin. "The Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - Its History, Publications and Distribution in Ancient and Modern Times." Academic Publishing in ASEAN: Problems and Prospects: Proceedings of the Seminar on Academic Publishing in the ASEAN Region Held in Singapore from 9-11 September 1985. Ed. Saravanan Gopinathan. Singapore: Festival of Singapore, 1986. 169-74. Print. )〕〔Song, Ong Siang. One Hundred Years' History of the Chinese in Singapore; Being a Chronological Record of the Contribution by the Chinese Community to the Development, Progress and Prosperity of Singapore; of Events and Incidents concerning the Whole or Sections of That Community; and of the Lives, Pursuits and Public Service of Individual Members Thereof from the Foundation of Singapore on 6th February 1819 to Its Centenary on 6th February 1919. London: J. Murray, 1923. Print. xiv, xv, xix, 40, 63, 92, 193〕〔Dhoraisingam, Kamala Devi, and Dhoraisingam S. Samuel. Tan Tock Seng, Pioneer: His Life, Times, Contributions, and Legacy. Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications (Borneo), 2003. Print. 79〕〔Lee, Poh-Ping. Chinese Society in Nineteenth Century Singapore. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford UP, 1978. Print. 54〕 After his father, Tan Tock Seng's death, he became the Kapitan China of the Straits Chinese community.〔Liu, Gretchen. Singapore: A Pictorial History, 1819-2000. United Kingdom: Routledge, 2001. Print. 88, 169, 398〕 He is believed to have been the Head of the Triad in Malaya.〔Bolton, Kingsley, and Christopher Hutton. Triad Societies: Western Accounts of the History, Sociology, and Linguistics of Chinese Secret Societies. London: Routledge, 2000. Print. 275〕 ==Businessman== In his day, Tan Kim Ching was one of Singapore’s leading Chinese merchants, one of the richest men in Singapore and had sizable business interests in Singapore, Siam, Vietnam and Malaya. His business boomed with rice mills he owned in Bangkok and Saigon.〔Brown, Rajeswary Ampalavanar. Capital and Entrepreneurship in South-East Asia. New York: St. Martin's, 1994. Print. 128〕 Upon the death of his father, the name of the firm "Tan Tock Seng" - mainly involved in the rice business - was changed to "Tan Kim Ching". The business was carried on at "River-Side" (now known as Boat Quay) from 1851 to 1859 by Tan Kim Ching as sole owner. In 1860, having admitted his brother Tan Swee Lim as a partner, the firm was known as "Tan Kim Ching & Brother", chop Chin Seng Ho, but a few months later Tan Swee Lim left the firm. The business which finally became known as "Kim Ching & Co." chop Chin Seng (成行) attained considerable success, and he bought rice mills at Saigon, Siam and elsewhere which supplied him with his milled rice. In 1888, the company opened a branch in Hong Kong.〔〔 Apart from the rice business he had mining concessions in Patani, whose workers he could supply with his own rice. He was one of the earliest merchants to import silk from China. He also involved himself in the shipping business. In 1863, he came up with $120,000 to found and set up the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company (the forerunner of today's Port of Singapore Authority), purchased two steamships, "Siam" and "Singapore" and promoted the Tanjong Pagar Dock Co.〔Turnbull, Constance Mary. A History of Singapore, 1819-1988. Singapore: Oxford UP, 1989. Print. 92, 93, 99〕〔Mulliner, K., and Lian The-Mulliner. Historical Dictionary of Singapore. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1991. Print. 63, 146, 148〕〔Haviland, Edward K. "Early Steam Navigation in China : Overseas Services to 1861." The American Neptune 26.2 (1966): 113. Print. Peabody Museum of Salem〕〔Sandhu, Kernial Singh., Paul Wheatley, and Hussein Alatas. Management of Success: The Moulding of Modern Singapore. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1989. Print. 12〕〔Tanjong Pagar: A Pictorial Journey (1819-1989). Singapore: Tanjong Pagar Citizens' Consultative Committee, 1989. Print. 182. Tan-jung Pa-ko Tʻu Pʻien Chi.〕〔Wong, Wee Hon. "An Ode To Friendship: Celebrating Singapore-Thailand Relations." Heritage 05 (April June) Newsletter. National Heritage Board, Singapore, n.d. Web. Some historians have said that the history of Kraburi began with its Governor〔 Tan Kim Ching. He was a Siamese official and had tin mining operations in the Kra province.〔Nartsupha, Chatthip, Suthy Prasartset, and Montri Chenvidyakarn. The Political Economy of Siam, 1910-1932. Bangkok, Thailand: Social Science Association of Thailand, 1981. Print. 127, 131〕〔Sitsayamkan. The Greek Favourite of the King of Siam. Singapore: Donald Moore, 1967. Print. xiv〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tan Kim Ching」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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