Major tremors have always produced aftershocks. Tan's son-in-law, the richest man in Singapore, Lee Kong Chian, donated most of his wealth in l980 towards helping to fund the Lee Foundation to subsidize education in Southeast Asia. Tan Kah Kee's relative Keong Choon Tan founded the Tan Kah Kee Science Award.
感人的故事，一向餘波盪漾：陳嘉庚女婿，也是新加坡首富李光前，也在一九八○年代將畢生大部分財產捐出，成立李氏基金會，資助南洋教育；陳嘉庚的族親陳共存，則成立陳嘉庚科學獎。