Sin Chew Reading Room was founded by Tay Sek Tin (Alias Tay Peng Ting) in 1903 to provide reading materials for the poor Chinese in Singapore as well as to evangelise.

• 星洲书报社（后来也有被称为星洲阅读书报社）是在1903年由华人牧师郑席珍（聘延）所创立，目的在于替在新加坡较为贫穷的华人免费提供阅读的机会并且传教。