KUALA LUMPUR: The late Tun Tan Cheng Lock’s (pic) Peranakan heritage and mastery of English had helped him overcome his inability to speak any Chinese dialect, allowing him to become a leading figure in the Malaysian Chinese community, says his granddaughter Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo.
She said her grandfather worked alongside with Tunku Abdul Rahman in the peaceful struggle for independence and was a central figure in the nation’s founding, and best known as the founder and first president of MCA.
