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This is a close-up of Mr. Tan Lark Sye (陈六使), a prominent Hokkien community leader, leading rubber merchant and philanthropist in Singapore. He was Vice-President (1941-1946) and later President of Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce (1950-1951); Chairman of Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan (1949-1972) and Nanyang University Council (1953-1963); Member (1946-1950, 1961-1966) and later Vice-Chairman of Chinese High School Management Committee (1951-1960); a founding Director of Overseas Union Bank (1949); and founder of his own rubber-exporting firm, Aik Hoe and Company (1925). Title devised by Library staff.