Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall

The Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall (Chinese: ????????, also known as Wan Qing Yuan, ???, and Sun Yat Sen Villa, ?????) is a villa in Singapore which commemorates Dr Sun Yat Sen who visited Singapore 8 times between 1900 and 1911.

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Chinese - Villa - Singapore - Dr Sun Yat Sen - 1900 - 1911

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The villa was built in late 19th Century and was bought by rubber magnate Teo Eng Hock for his mother, Mdm Tan Poh Neo. A fervent supporter of the Chinese revolution movement to overthrow the Qing dynasty in China, Teo Eng Hock later offered the place to Dr Sun Yat Sen for his revolutionary activities in February 1906 until the successful Xinhai Revolution in 1911. During the Japanese Occupation of Singapore in World War II, the villa was used as a communications hub by the Japanese.

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Teo Eng Hock - Qing dynasty - China - Dr Sun Yat Sen - Xinhai Revolution - Japanese Occupation of Singapore - World War II

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Gazetted a national monument on 28 October 1994, it symbolises the contributions of the overseas Chinese to the revolutionary movement in China, as well as the inspiration of Dr. Sun's nationalist ideals on the people of Singapore, which was formerly a British Colony.

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National monument - 28 October - 1994 - Overseas Chinese - Nationalist

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