The chendol maker is a homemade device constructed by one of the members of the family in order to produce strings of green chendol for the dessert. The chendol would have been made in a large batch and squeezed through the holes in the maker to create the individual worm-like pieces.Tan Kheam Hock was a prominent Peranakan Chinese from Penang who made his wealth in finance and banking. In Singapore, he was a Municipal Councillor, Justice of Peace, member of the Chinese Advisory Panel, the Straits Chinese British Association and Chairman of the Eastern United Assurance Cooperation. Most importantly, in his time as Municipal Councillor, he conceptualised the setting aside of Bukit Brown as a public cemetery for all Chinese irrespective of dialect together with See Tiong Wah and other Hokkien community leaders.
