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Belakang SMJK Hua Lian, Taiping |
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HUA
LIAN INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM |
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Past... |
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all began with the establishment of Xiu Qi School in 1913, with Mr. Tan
Fang Pu as headmaster. In 1921, Mr. Loh Chen Ching started Chen Hua Night
School headed by Mr. Tan Hooi Nong. The third school Li Qun was set up in
1926 with Mr. Xu Jue Fei as its headmaster. |
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1932, the organizers of these three schools formed the Taiping Chinese
Schools Joint Committe, using the Hokkien Association as its office. In
1937, the three schools were merged and named Hua Lian Public School, with
Mr. Chin Tien Fang as its first headmaster and Mr. Toh Eng Hoe as the
chairman of the Board of Governors. The design of the school badge was
based on the plum blossom. In 1938 Mr. Gooi Chang Fong became the
headmaster. In 1941 when the Japanese invaded the country, the school was
closed. After the Japanese Occupation, on 12 November, 1945 the school was
revived at a Rehabilitation Ceremony with Mr. Gooi Chang Fong as its
headmaster. Mr. Huang Chi Wu took over the headmastership in 1947 and the
school was renamed Hua Lian High School. After Mr. Huang, the headmaster
was Mr. Yap Shen San (1950), then followed by Mr. Yau Wen Xun in 1951. In
1953, Mr. Yau Wen Xun with Mr. Loh Thow Yoong, Chairman of the Board,
completed the new school buildings at Temple Road. Among the Board
members, Mr. Loh Thow Yoong was the longest-serving Chairman of the Board,
serving Hua Lian for 6 terms, a total of 12 years. In 1954, Mr. Peh Giong
Hong, Chairman of the Board, applied to the government for a piece of land
at Thompson Road to build a new school. In 1958, Hua Lian was split into
Secondary and Primary schools, with Mr. Yau Wen Xun as headmaster of the
Secondary School and Mr. Loo Wen Liu as headmaster of the Primary School.
When the buildings in Thompson Road were completed in 1960, the secondary
school was shifted there and the primary school took over the premises at
Temple Road. |
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SMJK Hua Lian, Thompson Road, began as a fully-government-aided school in
1962, with 36 classes, made up of 8 Remove, 10 Form 1, 4 Form 2, 6 Form 3,
1 Form 4 and 4 Form 5 with a total enrolment of 1,324 pupils. The first
headmistress was Madam Woo Shao Ming. Mr. Liew Kok Teng took over as
acting headmaster when Madam Woo passed away in 1962. Mr. Lean Teng Meng
was appointed by the Board in 1963 to head the school but left in October
in the same year. Mr. Liew Kok Teng was reappointed as acting headmaster
until September 1965 when Mr. Ding Huang Doh was appointed by the
Ministry. Mr. Ding left to join the Federal Inspectorate after a year and
for the third time, Mr. Liew served as acting headmaster. |
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school shifted to the present site in Jalan Lumba Kuda, in the Lake Garden
in January 1967, with Mr. Chan Sek Hoy as its Principal. During Mr. Chan's
tenure, a piece of land beside the school buildings was reclaimed and
turfed. Donations from teachers and pupils were used to instal more than
40 fans in the classrooms. He also organised fun fairs to settle the
school's outstanding debts of RM17,000. When Mr. Chan fell ill and Mr.
Leong Wai Min took over as acting headmaster. Mr. Chin Tee Loong took over
the acting post when Mr. Leong was transferred Chung Hua Secondary School
in Kota Bahru, Kelantan. In 1969, Mr. Chan resigned for health reasons and
Mr. Chin Tee Loong was appointed the new Principal. He improved school
discipline and added on to existing facilities. Mr. Chin left a year later
to study for his Master's degree at the University of Malaya. |
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Ministry sent its Principal Registrar of Schools, Mr. U Yong Leong to head
the school in 1970. Form 6 classes were started on 1 May 1970. Mr. U
obtained a five-and-the-half-acre piece of land beside the school to build
a field and a bicycle shed. He improved the drainage system of the field
and carried out repairs on the school buildings. He was instrumental in
getting Mr. Lau Po Yee appointed the Senior Assistant. Mr. Lau Po Yee was
appointed to the post of acting headmaster when Mr. U retired on 6 July
1978. With government grant and public donations, Mr. Lau built a 2-storey
block to house the library, a Science Lab and a Domestic Science Room.
With the help of Datuk Mah Kheng Yew, the Board Chairman, the Certificate
of Occupation was obtained with effect from January 1980. |
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| Mr.
Chong Kah See was appointed the new Principal on 1 January 1980. With the
help of the then Minister of Primary Industires, Datuk Paul Leong, he
built a half-million ringgit hall in 1982. Two badminton courts were
constructed beside the hall in 1985 and two science laboratories were
built in 1986. When Mr. Chong took optional retirement in 1986, Mr. Lau Po
Yee was reappointed acting headmaster until February 1988 when Mr. Ong
Teow Leng was appointed Principal. Mr. Ong further improved discipline in
the school. The school gate was constructed in 1989. Two new classrooms
and a pavillion were completed in 1991. |
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1992 when the school celebrated its 30th Anniversary, the 7th batch of
graduating students donated RM20,000 to the school. With the cooperation
of the Board and its Chairman Dr. Ng Cheng Kooi, the PTA under Mr. Teoh
Kok Tong, and the Hua Lian Old Boys'Association under Mr. Yew Bung Ching,
a walkathon was held in 1993 which raised RM1 million to build a
4-storey-new-block. It was completed in March 1994 and declared open on 7
May 1994 by Datin Wong Chew Mooi, wife of Datuk Mah Kheng Yew. With the
support of the Principal, the Board and the PTA, Mr. Quah Chin Eng, the
then Afternoon Supervisor, initiated the Computer Class of Hua Lian in
June 1994. |
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Ling Tiong Soon took over as acting Principal when Mr. Ong retired in
September 1994. Mr. Ling, a computer enthusiast, gave full support to the
development of IT education in the school. Mr. Leong Soong Tuen was
transferred from SMJK Yuk Kwan, Batu Gajah to head the school from
February 1995. Mr. Quah was appointed the Senior Assistant of the school
in June 1995 after the retirement of Mr. Ling. |
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| Mr.
Leong resurfaced the teachers' car park and built an alternative route for
students' motor-cycles at the back of the school compound. He also planted
many trees to beautify the school surroundings. Under Mr. Leong, computer
education in Hua Lian continued to grow, encouraging more students and
teachers of the school to acquire knowledge and skills in IT, while the
school administration was computerised stage by stage. |
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When Mr. Leong retired in 19 August 1997, Mr. Quah Chin Eng, who had
served in the school as Afternoon Supervisor and Senior Assistant for a
total of 9 years, took over as acting Principal. With effect from 16
January 1998, Mr. Quah was officially appointed the Principal of the
school. In December 1998, a new fence in front of the school and a stage
for school assembly in the school field, were built by the Board. In
September 1999, the PTA built a Guard House beside the Main Gate and
employed security guards to strengthen the security of the school. |
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