Ngeow Nian Chin (Bukit Brown)

Ngeow Nian Chin (1869-1952) was the general chief clerk at Charted Bank of India, Australia and China, a bank he worked in for 44 years till he finally retired at 64 years of age with a life pension. He joined as a junior clerk before moving up the ranks to finally the chief clerk of the whole bank. In a newspaper article celebrating his retirement, Ngeow Nian Chin shared that he was never sick once in his 44 years of service and when he started working and at that time he joined, the bank had a staff of 6 Europeans and 22 Natives. At the time of his retirement in 1937, Charted Bank had a total of 140 staff, of which 13 are Europeans. He was also the President of the Haw Par Chinese Buddhist Union (in which Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par were the patrons). He represented the Buddhist Union and spoke in a multi-religious event at the Victoria Memorial Hall arranged by the Ramakrishna Mission  in conjunction with the centenary celebration of Sri Ramakrishna. He was also the President of the Chartered Recreation Club in 1934, a club to promote and improve relations among staff.

Ngeow Nian Chian in 1934 [Left] and 1937 [Right]
(source: NewspaperSG)

Ngeow Nian Chin passed away at the age of 83 at his residence in No 775 North Bridge Road at 6.40 pm on December 21, 1952, leaving behind 2 sons ( Ngeow Ser Lim and Ngeow Ser Sin ), 2 daughters (Choo Neo, Ngim Neo) , 2 daughter-in-laws. 

Madam Wee Seok Neo, (wife of Mr. Ngeow Nian Chin) passed away on 20th November 1931, at 620-4, Eng Keam Place (off East Coast Road) , leaving behind her husband, 2 sons ( Ngeow Ser Lim and Ngeow Ser Sin ),  2 daughters, a daughter-in-law, a son-in-law (Wee Cheng Woo) and a grandson to mourn her loss. She is buried in Bukit Brown. (Hill 3, Division B, plot 480).

Chartered Bank at Battery Road 

Family 

Son: Ngeow Ser Sin
Ngeow Ser Sin (the younger son of Mr. Ngeow Nian Chin and the late Mr. Ngeow Nian Chin) married Miss Tan Seok Cheng (second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Tiang Siew) married in 1934.

Daughter: Ngeow Choo Neo
His eldest daughter, Ngeow Choo Neo in a peranakan dress is seen below married to a Mr Wee Cheng Woo (eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs Wee Peng Chwee) in 1929.

(source: NewspaperSG)

Location of tomb 
Ngeow Nian Chin's unkept and jungle enveloped tomb is located in Hill 3 Division B, plot 506 close to the family tomb cluster of Mr Tan Hock Ann. 

The jungle enveloping the tomb of Mr and Mrs Ngeow Nian Chin

References
Chinese Buddhist.(1932, August 9). The Straits Times, page 14
Wesak Day and its Meaning. (1933, May 12). The Straits Times, page 7
Sport improves Relations Among Employees.( 1934, November 30). The Singapore Free Press, page 11
44 years with local bank.(1937, March 14). The Straits Times, page 13
Less racial stress in Malaya. (1955, December 22). The Straits Times, page 9