Site #5: Tan Kim Seng Fountain:
I brought you’ll here to show you, one of the people who contributed to letting us have fresh drinking water.
This fountain is built in recognition of Tan Kim Seng who is a prominent Chinese Community leader and philanthropist. He donated a sum of $13,000 in 1857 to the Municipal council for the purpose of bringing free piped water to the town as in the past there were no clean water. Many people died out of illness cause by the unclean water. To prevent this from happening any further, Tan Kim Seng generously donated the large amount of money to help with the project.
The fountain has four women at the top followed by four faces of old men lastly children right at the bottom.
This fountain is built in recognition of Tan Kim Seng who is a prominent Chinese Community leader and philanthropist. He donated a sum of $13,000 in 1857 to the Municipal council for the purpose of bringing free piped water to the town as in the past there were no clean water. Many people died out of illness cause by the unclean water. To prevent this from happening any further, Tan Kim Seng generously donated the large amount of money to help with the project.
The fountain has four women at the top followed by four faces of old men lastly children right at the bottom.
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