Stele with inscription of the founding history of the Chui Eng Free School

Title
Stele with inscription of the founding history of the Chui Eng Free School
Year/Period
1861
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Object size: ,
Object Size: H:209.0 x W:107.0 x D:19.5 cm
Accession No.
2011-02244
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore
Credit Line
Gift of SFCCA Chui Eng Free School

The Chui Eng Free School was built in 1854 with and endowment by early pioneer Tan Kim Seng for boys in the Hokkien community. Marking the occasion was the erection of two large steles in 1861, on which the school’s founding history and the names of donors were inscribed.

 

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