Tan was one of the prominent ethnic Chinese to financially support Chinese efforts in the Second Sino-Japanese War--he organised many relief funds under his name, one of which alone managed to raise ten million Straits dollars in 1937.
Tan was one of the prominent ethnic Chinese to financially support Chinese efforts in the Second Sino-Japanese War, which broke out in 1937, and he organised many relief funds under his name. One of the relief funds alone managed to raise ten million Straits dollars at one point in 1937.