About The Photograph
This is a head-and-shoulder portrait of Mr. Charles Joseph Pemberton Paglar, a prominent Eurasian gynaecologist, and President of Singapore Recreation Club from 1946 to 1954. He was a graduate of King Edward VII College of Medicine (1917); Progressive Party Member of Legislative Council for Changi (1951-1954); Justice of the Peace; Director of Chinese YMCA; Vice-President (1948) and later President of Boy Scouts Association, Singapore (1949-1951); Vice-President of Eurasian Association, Singapore Olympic and Sports Council, and China Society, Singapore; and Patron of Singapore Amateur Boxing Association. Title devised by Library staff.