Talk:Tan Kim Seng

A fact from Tan Kim Seng appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 October 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a fountain (pictured) was built by the British colonial government to commemorate Tan Kim Seng's $13,000 contribution towards Singapore's first public waterworks?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/October.

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Donation

Quick question: is the donation sum of $13,000 in United States Dollars, Singapore dollars or Straits dollars? Is it adjusted for inflation or just accurate at the time? GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 22:39, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It should be in Straits dollars, accurate as at that time, which I believe was a huge amount. —Sengkang 00:55, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]