Hwa Chong Institution
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Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) is an independent secondary educational institution in Bukit Timah, Central Region, Singapore. It was established in 2005 by the merger of The Chinese High School (1919–2004) and Hwa Chong Junior College (1974–2005).
Hwa Chong Institution | |
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Location | |
661 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 269734 | |
Coordinates | 1.326540°N 103.803491°E / 1.326540; 103.803491 |
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School type | Independent Boys (secondary) Co-educational (junior college) |
Motto | 自强不息 (Live with Passion, Lead with Compassion) |
Established | 1 January 2005; 19 years ago (2005-01-01) |
Principal | Lee Peck Ping[1] |
Enrollment | ~4000 |
Campus size | 29 hectares (0.29 km2) |
Campus type | Urban |
Color(s) | Red Yellow |
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Mission | 培育为国为民之科研、商企与政界领袖 (Nurturing leaders in Research, Industry and Government to serve the nation) |
Vision | 实践全方位教育、陶铸热爱生活、关爱别人、为社群谋福利的未来领袖 (Defining Holistic Education, and Empowering our Future Leaders to Live with Passion and Lead with Compassion) |
Guiding Principle | 饮水思源 (Have Gratitude) |
Philosophy | 己立立人、 己达达人 (Establish people if you want to stand, and achieve people if you want to achieve) |
Website | hci.edu.sg |
HCI provides secondary education for boys only from Years 1 to 4, and pre-university education for both boys and girls in Years 5 and 6. Since 2005, HCI and its affiliated school Nanyang Girls' High School have offered a six-year Integrated Programme, which allows students to skip the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examinations and proceed to take the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examinations at the end of Year 6. Its name "Hwa Chong" ("Hua Zhong" or "华中") is an abbreviation of The Chinese High School's Chinese name, "Hua Qiao Zhong Xue" or "华侨中学".
A Ministry of Education-designated FutureSchool, HCI operates under the Special Assistance Plan (SAP) for bilingualism, and offers the Integrated Programme and the Gifted Education Programme. HCI has been a top feeder school for international students to the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge.[2] The institution is also a member of Strategic Alliance of Global Educators, Strategic Educational Alliance of Southeast Asia and the Global Learning Alliance which involves some of the world's most innovative schools from the highest performing nations, including Australia, Canada, China, Finland, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden, and the United States.[3] HCI has also forged partnerships with educational institutions across five continents, including cross-border research collaboration with the Dominion High School in Virginia and Staples High School in Connecticut.[4]