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336: 307:. It has provided opportunities for its feeder students to continue with an ACS Education at a secondary level. ACS was also the first school in Singapore to have a flower named after it, the Ascocenda Anglo-Chinese School orchid, a hybrid created by the school to mark its 116th Founder's Day on 1 March 2002. ACS has many partner schools such as Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) and Anglo Chinese Junior College. The school is close to 390:) have also been relocated to the redeveloped Barker Road campus. ACS Oldham Hall has also been renovated with improved facilities, such as air-conditioning in some rooms, a cafeteria, and the capacity to house 500 borders. The Barker Road campus was designed by SAA Architects Pte and the entire project cost was 401:
Construction is underway for a new sports facility featuring two indoor sports halls and an artificial field, known as the AstroTurf. Along with this, a new 7-story building is being built for academic purposes, near the site of the clock tower. Construction was expected to be completed by the end of
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as its primary school section until 1998, when the school split into two. The school has been based at the newly rebuilt Barker Road campus since 2003. Its current principal is Mr. Khoo Tse Horng, while long-serving principal Mr. Ng Eng Chin is now retired and Mr. Peter Tan Chong Tze became principal
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and ACS (Barker Road) respectively. In between the primary and secondary buildings is an administrative block housing the administrative office as well as the two libraries. The landscaped, open-air Student Plaza links the three buildings together. The cafeteria, bookstore, CCA rooms and Music
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Sports Hall. The Sports Hall has three basketball courts, a racket centre, full recreational facilities including a gym and changing rooms. The Olympic-size pool has eight lanes. The Transport Centre/carpark is below the complex.
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due to safety concerns. This conflict was resolved and the dismantling went ahead. A replica now stands 20 metres from the old clock tower, with the original clock mechanism installed in the new tower.
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In 1999, ACS (Barker Road) moved out of the campus after a closing ceremony on 4 November, to allow the campus to be redeveloped. An issue developed after plans were revealed to dismantle the historic
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and SBB full subject based banding G1 G2 G3course for its students from Sec 1 to Sec 4/5. Students may then move on to
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15 million had to be raised by the school. In 2004, the campus won the CIDB Award for Construction Excellence.
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until 2023. Mr. Loo Ming Yaw headed the school as Principal from 2018 to 2023 before his posting as principal of
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Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) with its distinctive clock tower. The Barker Road Campus also houses
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Studios are one floor below the Plaza. The Arts Centre contains the Mrs Lee Choon Guan Concert Hall,
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The sports complex also sits on the campus, containing the Shaw Pool and the
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The 5.2-hectare campus now contains the primary and secondary blocks of
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Auditorium which can seat 830, 270 and 1,200 respectively.
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2020, however due to Covid-19 the project was delayed.
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Coordinates
1°19′10.9″N 103°50′8.7″E / 1.319694°N 103.835750°E / 1.319694; 103.835750
Methodist
William Fitzjames Oldham
Sister school
Methodist Girls' School, Singapore
Anglo-Chinese Junior College
www.acsbr.moe.edu.sg
Newton, Singapore
Anglo-Chinese family of schools
Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level
Anglo-Chinese Junior College
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
Newton MRT station
Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)
Queensway Secondary School
Millennia Institute

Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)
Art Deco
Dunearn Road
ACS (Primary)
Tan Cheng Siong
Lee Kong Chian
Tan Chin Tuan
Barker Road Methodist Church
Methodist Church in Singapore
S$
S$
Nathan Hartono

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