OCBC Centre : interior [22]



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01 Oct 1976

Photographed By Kouo, Shang-Wei, 1924-1988

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This is a photograph showing a group of men, including Tan Sri Tan Chin Tuan, during the OCBC Centre Inauguration. They are standing in a carpeted room with a partially hidden grand piano on the right. Physical dimensions of original: 35 mm. Title devised by Library staff.


Subjects

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation--Photographs

Tan, Chin Tuan, Tan Sri, 1908-2005--Photographs

Men--Singapore--Photographs

Categories

Banking and finance

Interior architecture

Bankers

Tan, Chin Tuan

Business enterprises

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All rights reserved, Family of Kouo Shang-Wei and National Library Board Singapore 2007

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