I have the highest regard for the late Tan Sri Tan, both for his contributions to the banking sector and his generosity to the nation.
The former chairman and managing director of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), Mr Tan Chin Tuan (picture), died in his Grange Road home yesterday at the age of 98, when his health took a turn for the worse following treatment for a blocked bile duct.
The health of the former OCBC Bank chairman had taken a turn for the worse last Monday morning when staff at his Grange Road home were unable to wake him up.