“I feel that instead of viewing caregiving duties as something difficult and boring, it can be exciting and enriching. It’s all about our perspective and view of our role.” SPD’s social workers organised the Caregivers Wellness Day on 1 April. More than 20 caregivers and clients attended the event. Special thanks to Tan Chin Tuan Foundation for their generous support towards our caregiver engagement-related activities, and CS CDC for sponsoring the venue.

TCTF Deputy Chairman Ms Chew Gek Khim was named among the most powerful businesswomen in Asia by business magazine Forbes. In a statement on Thursday (April 7), Forbes said that the list acknowledges the inroads women are making in the business world.

Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) leverages on music to bring love and warmth to hospitals and healthcare institutions. The SCO Caring Series 2016 is proudly sponsored by the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation and will be conducted by SCO Assistant Conductor Moses Gay.

Over 3,000 documents from Tan Sri (Dr) Tan Chin Tuan’s Private Papers have been donated to ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute from the Tan family and the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation. Over six months, these documents have been digitised for access through online browsing. TCTF Council member Ms Chew Gek Hiang fondly recalled Tan Sri’s acts of philanthropy, “My grandfather really cared for others. He taught us to recognise that there are people in need of help and reminded us to give back. We have learned so much from him and hope that more people will be able read these documents and be inspired by his acts of kindness.”

In his life, he held an important position in a bank. However, Tan Sri (Dr) Tan Chin Tuan who led and built the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) from 1966 to 1983 into one of the largest banks at that time, was always concerned about the lives of the less privileged and the disadvantaged. Tan Sri Tan’s collection of documents that was kept by Mr Tan’s family and the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation are now valuable resources for intellectuals and academic scholars who wish to research on Mr Tan’s personal life, as well as the history of Singapore’s economy in the early 1950s.

Banker and philanthropist Tan Sri (Dr) Tan Chin Tuan was known to be a private person. While there are several books about Mr Tan, who was known to be a private person, they have focused on his corporate career as a banker. Personal anecdotes and little-known philanthropic acts were revealed in Mr Tan’s private papers, which were handed over by the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation to the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)-Yusof Ishak Institute yesterday. The papers will be made available to the public – in digital form – in the next three months.