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The late Tong Keng Tatt was born in Segamat, Johore the sixth of eight children. His childhood was difficult as his father died when he was only four years of age.

Despite starting school late because of the war, his scholastic achievements gained him entry into the King Edward VII Medical College, University of Malaya in Singapore, in 1956. The young Dr. Tong started his medical career in 1963. In the same year in which he married Sarah Chia, a staff nurse. In 1967, he ventured into private practice when he took over Chong Clinic in Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur in 1967. From that beginning, he expanded into a group practice with fourteen doctors in four clinics in Kuala Lumpur today.

Dr Abraham Peter Tong Keng Tatt
Late Dr Abraham Peter Tong Keng Tatt

Dr Tong, who was born into a Catholic family, was born again during his varsity days. For many years he attended the Jalan Imbi Chapel until he experienced a personal revival and was baptized in the Holy Spirit after the miraculous healing of his wife from endometriosis. He and his family then started to attend Calvary Church in 1976.

In his love and passion for the Lord, Dr. Tong opened his clinic premises for Bible Study sessions and evangelistic meetings. These led to him to start the Abundant Life Centre which grew rapidly into an interdenominational charismatic outreach.

In August 1979, Dr Tong together with nine others founded the Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship in Malaysia and he remained its National President until his death. By God's grace, there are now 101 chapters throughout Malaysia. In 1995, he was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer. Throughout the past nine years, he never wavered in his walk with the Lord and he served God faithfully until the very end.

He leaves behind his wife Sarah, his children, David and Melinda (who are both medical doctors) and two grandchildren, Rachael and Joshua Fung (children of Melinda and Dr. David Fung).