businessman and philanthropist, Chinese community leader. Lee Kong Chian, prominent Chinese businessman and philanthropist, founder of Lee foundation, one of the richest men in South East Asia. Tan Lark Sye, prominent Chinese businessman and philanthropist, founded Nanyang University in the 1950s. Lee Choon Seng, prominent Chinese businessman and philanthropist, prominent lay Buddhist leader. Khoo Teck Puat, founder of Malayan Banking, largest single shareholder of the British bank Standard Chartered and owned the Goodwood Group. Kwek Hong Png, entrepreneur and founder of Hong Leong Group. Goh Cheng Liang, founder of Wuthelam Holdings. Sim Wong Hoo, founder, CEO and Chairman of Creative Technology. Wee Cho Yaw, chairman emeritus of the United Overseas Bank (UOB) and United Industrial Corporation (UIC) in Singapore. Kwek Leng Beng, executive chairman of Hong Leong Group Singapore. Cheong Eak Chong, prominent businessman and philanthropist. Tan Kim Seng, Chinese community leader (Hokkien) and first magistrate of Chinese descent in Singapore Seah Eu Chin, Chinese community leader (Teochew), also known as the "Gambier King". Lim Nee Soon, Chinese community leader (Teochew), the town of Yishun is named after him. Gan Eng Seng, Chinese businessman and philanthropist, who founded a school which was later renamed after him. Aw Boon-Haw, a Hakka Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist, best known as the founder of Tiger Balm. Song Ong Siang, Chinese community leader. Neo Ao Tiew, best known for developing the Lim Chu Kang area of Singapore. Lim Bo Seng, prominent businessman and resistance fighter during War World II, a war hero in Singapore. Military Winston Choo, 1st Chief of Defence Force Ng Jui Ping, 2nd Chief of Defence Force Bey Soo Khiang, 3rd Chief of Defence Force Lim Chuan Poh, 4th Chief of Defence Force Ng Yat Chung, 5th Chief of Defence Force S.T.E.M. Lim Boon Keng, Peranakan physician and Chinese community leader, the first Singaporean to receive a Queen's Scholarship and promoted social and educational reforms in Singapore in the early 20th century. Handong Sun, physicist currently at Nanyang Technological University and an Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society Peng Tsu Ann, mathematician and the first University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore, Abbreviation: NUS) graduate to obtain a PhD in mathematics. Peng was the Head of the Department of Mathematics at NUS from 1982 to 1996 Chong Chi Tat is University Professor and Director of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Xian Jun