Photo gallery: Four generations, 80 members, all under one roof
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Chairman and President of Prime Group International Mr Tan Hong Khoon, poses outside the family home in Toh Crescent. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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Deputy General Manager of Prime Supermarket Limited Mrs Sally Tan and her husband, managing director of Prime Supermarket Limited Mr Tan Hong Chiew, at the Tan family home in Toh Crescent. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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The Tan family residence in Toh Crescent. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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A group family photograph taken almost 20 years ago of the Tan family outside their family home. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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A room within the Tan family residence in Toh Crescent. Each room is numbered and occupied by a smaller family unit. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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A room within the Tan family residence in Toh Crescent. Each room is numbered and occupied by a smaller family unit. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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A room within the Tan family residence in Toh Crescent. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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A room within the Tan family residence in Toh Crescent. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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The central kitchen of the Tan family where meals for the entire family are prepared. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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Food items are seen on shelves in the central kitchen of the Tan family where meals for the entire family are prepared. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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A family member hangs up laundry at the communal laundry area at the Tan family home. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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The central kitchen of the Tan family house, where meals for the entire family are prepared. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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A room within the Tan family residence in Toh Crescent. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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A room within the Tan family residence in Toh Crescent. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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Sally Tan ducks to bring the photographer to the communal laundry area where all of the family's washing is done. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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Mdm Lim Ah Moy (left) carries her great-grandson Govin Seow, the youngest family member in the Tan house, as Mdm Lim's niece Ms Tan Siew Khim, looks on. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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Mdm Peck Kim Kiat, a famiy member staying in the Tan family house, hangs up laundry at the communal laundry area. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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A room within the Tan family residence in Toh Crescent. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
Chairman and President of Prime Group International Mr Tan Hong Khoon, poses outside the family home in Toh Crescent. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
Deputy General Manager of Prime Supermarket Limited Mrs Sally Tan and her husband, managing director of Prime Supermarket Limited Mr Tan Hong Chiew, at the Tan family home in Toh Crescent. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
The Tan family residence in Toh Crescent. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
A group family photograph taken almost 20 years ago of the Tan family outside their family home. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
A room within the Tan family residence in Toh Crescent. Each room is numbered and occupied by a smaller family unit. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
A room within the Tan family residence in Toh Crescent. Each room is numbered and occupied by a smaller family unit. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
A room within the Tan family residence in Toh Crescent. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
A room within the Tan family residence in Toh Crescent. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
The central kitchen of the Tan family where meals for the entire family are prepared. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
Food items are seen on shelves in the central kitchen of the Tan family where meals for the entire family are prepared. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
A family member hangs up laundry at the communal laundry area at the Tan family home. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
The central kitchen of the Tan family house, where meals for the entire family are prepared. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
A room within the Tan family residence in Toh Crescent. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
A room within the Tan family residence in Toh Crescent. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
Sally Tan ducks to bring the photographer to the communal laundry area where all of the family's washing is done. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
Mdm Lim Ah Moy (left) carries her great-grandson Govin Seow, the youngest family member in the Tan house, as Mdm Lim's niece Ms Tan Siew Khim, looks on. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
Mdm Peck Kim Kiat, a famiy member staying in the Tan family house, hangs up laundry at the communal laundry area. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
A room within the Tan family residence in Toh Crescent. Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in the house with 32 rooms. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
Four generations - or more than 80 members - of the Tan family live in a house with 32 rooms in Toh Crescent. The household is run like a large company, with a heirarchy as well as rules and SOPs.
A book on the 100th year history of the Tan family, former pig farmers in Singapore-turned-supermarket chain operator here and holiday resorts owners in China will be launched this weekend.
The book details the ups and downs of the family and how, after all these years, the family members still stay together and how the family spirit and discipline have helped in the family's businesses led by Mr Tan Hong Khoon.
