Hwa Chong Institution (Former Chinese High School) Celebrating 100th Anniversary

Although I'm not Hwa Chong Institution/ Former Chinese High School alumnus, but I really like their motto 

自强不息(Unrelenting Self-Empowerment), always improving oneself and never give up. They are celebrating 100th anniversary today. They are lucky to have notable alumnus, Dr Liang Wern Fook, one of Xinyao founders to compose and write a song to commemorate this special occasion. Another popular alumnus illustrator Ah Guo also drew to commemorate  his school centennial celebration. I really like their drawing and song. How about you? 

In Singapore, due to declining birth rate, many schools are merging and now there are lesser schools in Singapore. I hope Hwa Chong Institution, former Chinese High School continues to stay strong, to help preserve and promote Chinese culture in multi-racial and cosmopolitan Singapore and not just let it be another archaic former colonial society where the people don't understand their own cultures and languages. 

Image from Ah Guo Illustration.

《钟声依旧》

About Chinese High School from Wikipedia

The Chinese High School (simplified Chinese: 南洋华侨中学; traditional Chinese: 南洋華僑中學; pinyin: Nányáng Huáqiáo Zhōngxué) was a former independent school in Singapore offering secondary education. The school merged with Hwa Chong Junior College on 1 January 2005 to form the integrated Hwa Chong Institution.

Founded on 21 March 1919, The Chinese High School was the first high school in Southeast Asia to cater to different dialect groups among overseas Chinese in the region.

As early as May 1913, Tan Kah Kee, a prominent businessman, proposed setting up a secondary school for Chinese boys in Singapore. Tan's proposal was supported by the Tung Teh Reading Club and a dance troupe, claiming to have raised S$20,000 as funds for building the school. On 21 March 1919, the Singapore Nanyang Overseas Chinese Middle School was formally opened at Niven Road with an enrolment of 78 students. Six years later, with an additional funding of S$600,000, the school moved to its new campus at Bukit Timah Road, covering an area of 79 acres (320,000 m²), and officially renamed The Chinese High School.