“My father was already a physician in China,” said Madam Teo Buck Lang, 90, the second of Mr Teo’s four children. Mr Teo Peck Hiang was a Chinese scholar well versed in painting, calligraphy and poetry, and a physician who taught and edited magazines on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). He born in Puning, Chaozhou, he moved with his family to Thailand and became a school principal. When the Thai authorities banned the study of Chinese language, he moved to Singapore in the 1930s. He opened a medical stall in Tan Quee Lan Alley and saw patients for a token fee. “All kinds of people came to see him,” said Madam Teo in Mandarin.

“我父亲在中国已经是一名医师”, 九十岁的张木兰女士说，她是张先生四个孩子中的第二个。张伯贤先生是一位精通绘画、书法和诗词的中国学者，也是一位教授和编辑传统中医杂志的医师。他出生于潮州普宁，随家人移居泰国，成为一名校长。当泰国当局禁止学习中文时，他于1930年代移居新加坡。他在陈桂兰巷开了一间药行，以象征性的收费为病人看病。张女士用普通话说,”各种各样的人都来找他看病.”