Teoh Tiang Chye

He was educated in Malacca Free School from 1875 - 1877 before taking apprenticeship in various Chinese shops in Singapore and Klang.

[5] Mr Teoh Tiang Chye has shared some of his wealth to benefit the welfare of the Malacca communities.

[7] In July 1928, he contributed generously to build three isolation wards at the Quarantine Camp,[8] Mata Kuching, - for contagious disease such as smallpox - Malacca.

[9] Tiang Chye personally supervised the building of the isolation ward which was built at the cost of Straits Dollar $10,000, complete with bathroom and beds.

[11] In April 1935 he had presented the Malacca Historical Society with the antique 1/2 picul rice measure, known to the Malay as saat.

[13] He was made a Member of the Visiting Committee for Malacca General Hospital when it was opened in 1934, however resigned after 3 terms, in 1937.

Tiang Chye was a committee for the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple and President of the Malacca Chinese Lawn Tennis Club.

[19] Tiang Chye would volunteer his time to clear the shrubs and lallang at Bukit China, an act of charity so descendants of those who were buried there will be able to locate the respective grave of their ancestor.

Sometime in early 1919, while cleaning, he discovered a forgotten grave belonging to a Japanese naval officer who died on 3 April 1861, on the training ship - Iskuba Kan - when it was in the Straits water, near Malacca.

Tiang Chye, being one of the planters, had taken the lead on 26 August 1930[23] to address the issue and with a Petition to the Governor asking:- (i) Exemption from payment of rubber assessment until there is an improvement in the condition of the industry.

In May 1911, unfortunately for Tiang Chye, his wife, Mdm Ong Soon Neo, 49, died at relatively young age due to illness.