Tan Tiang Swee, death 21 October 1929, Penang

The death of Mr. Tan Tiang Swee, aged seventy-nine years, took place at his residence, No 16, Green Hall, Penang, on October 21st. He leaves a widow, a son and fourteen grandchildren to mourn his loss. Mr. Tiang Swee, better known as the "Bengala" (Bengal) Merchant, was once the Managing Partner of the well-known firms ofHo Thye and Company of Calcutta and Rangoon, which is still carrying on business under the same name, and Sin Swee Bee and Company of Penang. He retired from business about twenty-seven years ago.--Straits Echo. [The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 October 1929, Page 4]