Everything about The Chinese High School Clock Tower Building totally explained
The
Chinese High School Clock Tower Building is situated in what is now the campus of the integrated
Hwa Chong Institution after the merger of
The Chinese High School with
Hwa Chong Junior College on
1 January 2005. Standing at 31 metres tall atop a small knoll on which parts of the campus was built on, it was completed in
1925, a few years after the Chinese High School opened in
1919. It served as an imposing landmark for the
Bukit Timah area where it's surrounded by relatively low-rise private housing estates.
It was used in
tactical military situations during the
Pacific War. Its strategic location atop a hill gave any troops stationed in it a good view of the island. It was used by the
Allied defenders during the
Battle of Singapore, as well as during the
Japanese Occupation of Singapore, it was occupied by the
Imperial Japanese Army for the purpose of surveillance.
On
19 March 1999, 2 days before the 80th anniversary of the school, the clock tower was gazetted as a
national monument, to mark the significance of the institution as the first Chinese-medium
secondary school to be built in
Southeast Asia catering to the
Overseas Chinese by its founder,
Tan Kah Kee. The four clocks on the tower were donated by
Seiko.
Gallery
Image:CHS Tower Block.jpg|Clock Tower Building
Image:CHS clock tower block sunset.JPG|As seen from a distance during sunset
Image:CHS_old.JPG|Old photo, the clock tower building before renovation
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