Editing Tan Cheng Lock (section)

==Legacy==

Many tributes were made to Tan, for his contributions to Malaysia.<ref>{{Cite news  | url = http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/12/15/nation/16326831&sec=nation  | title = A true Malayan nationalist  | work = [[The Star (Malaysia)]]  | date = 15 December 2006  | url-status = dead  | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101202230635/http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2006%2F12%2F15%2Fnation%2F16326831&sec=nation  | archivedate = 2 December 2010  | df = dmy-all  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url = http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2007/6/30/central/18139089&sec=central | title = Tribute to a great son of Malaysia | author = Debbie Chan | work = [[The Star (Malaysia)]] | date = 30 June 2007 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070706193435/http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F6%2F30%2Fcentral%2F18139089&sec=central | archivedate = 6 July 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Besides being recognised as one of the founding fathers of modern-day [[Malaysia]], along with Tunku Abdul Rahman, [[Tun Abdul Razak]] and [[V.T. Sambanthan|Tun V.T. Sambanthan]], the street named ''Foch Avenue'', adjacent to the [[Petaling Street]] was renamed ''Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock'' in [[Kuala Lumpur]] after 1957. The former Cross Street was renamed [[Tan Siew Sin]] Street in honour of Tan's son, a former Finance Minister of Malaysia. In [[Malacca]], Heeren Street where Tan's family home and the place of his birth was situated was also renamed ''Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock'' in his honour. In 2002, a school was built at Subang Jaya in the state of Selangor and was named SJKC Tun Tan Cheng Lock.

In April 2005, the [[National University of Singapore]] (NUS) received a private donation of S$4 million from Ms Agnes Tan, the last surviving daughter of Tan Cheng Lock, to acquire a [[Peranakan]] house on Neil Road in Singapore.<ref>{{cite news|first=Parvathi|last=Nayar|title=Cultural philanthropy; Parvathi Nayar looks at the important – but often unnoticed – role cultural philanthropy has played in creating and shaping important public collections in Singapore's growing number of museums|publisher=The Business Times Singapore|date=1 December 2006}}</ref> Another donation of S$1.5 million was made for the purpose of acquiring two other houses on Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock in Malacca for the conservation and promotion of [[Peranakan]] architecture and culture in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. The house in Singapore was named the ''Tan Cheng Lock [[Baba House]]'', in honour of Tan's strong belief in education.<ref>{{cite news|first=Sandra|last=Davie|title=Daughter of late businessman wants the young to learn the legacy|location=Singapore|publisher=Straits Times|date=8 October 2005}}</ref>