The status of Tan Swee Hoe's mansion at 160 Jalan Kluang, Batu Pahat was finally revealed! The mansion that was once owned by Tan Swee Hoe's descendants was sold and the rumors circulating at one point of time was it was going to be demolished. In fact various readers of my blog sent me pictures of the mansion after it was sold where the rooftop of the building and the interiors was completely stripped.
Well it was finally revealed in various Malaysian papers (Sin Chew Daily, Johor China Press) that it was purchased by His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, the Sultan of Johor. It was reported in the papers that the Sultan of Johor plans to restore the building and turn it into a Heritage Centre featuring the artefacts of the Johor Chinese community as well as as artefacts from China as a strong symbol to reaffirm the long relationship between the Johor Sultanate and China.
Tan Swee Hoe's mansion (minus the roof) |
About Tan Swee Hoe
Tan Swee Hoe
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A view of the mansion and its grounds (with roof intact)
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160 Jalan Kluang, 83000 Batu Pahat, Johor |
160 Jalan Kluang, 83000 Batu Pahat, Johor |
Beautiful Entrance Columns |
Close to his mansion is a major street, and the name of the Street is Jalan Tan Swee Hoe (1.861872, 102.952064) and a Chinese Temple whose patron was Tan Swee Hoe and its renovation was made possible by one of Tan Suan Khiong's son.
Further Reading
Tan Swee Hoe (Bukit Brown), posted on 5 August 2012
Tan Swee Hoe (Batu Pahat), posted on 19 February 2014
It was actually leased for 99 years to Tan Swee Hoe and family by the then Sultan of Johor, once the tenure was up, they took it back. But to keep it formal in papers, they bought it back for RM1 just for formality.
ReplyDeleteI am Lim Sey Peng living in Singapore. I am trying to reconnect with the great grand daughters of Tan Swee Hoe who were studying in TIGS IN 1969. I TAUGHT them early that year. Please email me if anyone knows their whereabouts at petersplim@gmail.com or pete01112000@yahoo.com Thanking you in advance. They should be in their mid or Late 60's
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