Tan Tong Hye, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tan Tong Hye

Malay journalist

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1914

Place of Birth: Singapore

Date of Death: 03-Nov-1985

Profession: writer, politician, journalist

Nationality: Malaysia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Tan Sri Mohammed Tahir Tan Tong Hye, also known as T.
H.
Tan (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; Pe?h-oe-ji: Tân Tong-hái) (31 October 1914 - 3 November 1985), was a Singapore-born journalist and politician who became the Secretary of the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) and the first honorary Secretary-General of the Alliance Party in Malaya.
He is mainly remembered for being among the three men (the others being Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tun Abdul Razak) who took part in the UMNO-MCA Alliance delegation to London in 1954 to demand for an effective elected majority in the Federal Legislative Council of Malaya.