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The Chinese High School Clock Tower Building

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144: 319: 463: 307: 151: 291:. Neoclassical architectural elements, including a symmetrical plan, the frontal triangular pediment, stately Ionic columns, and arched doorways and windows form distinctive traits of the iconic building. The 36-metre-high clock tower and a cupola, supported by eight small Ionic columns, crowns the tower. 294:
The Clock Tower building features eight high roof classrooms catering to the high school section of the institution, previously reserved for the top performing classes. Currently, it serve as venues for students in academic special programmes.
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The tower's four-faced clock was destroyed and removed during World War II, and was restored in the early 1970s, with replacements donated by
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in 1925, funded by generous donations from the Chinese community leaders. It served as an imposing landmark for the
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Nanyang University Arch, Nanyang University Memorial and Nanyang University Library and Administration Building
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On 19 March 1999, two days before the 80th anniversary of the school, the clock tower was gazetted as a
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on which parts of the campus was built on, the building was completed as part of the campus of
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Hwa Chong Institution Clock Tower Building with a statue of the school's founder,
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area where it is surrounded by relatively low-rise private housing estates.
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Location of The Chinese High School Clock Tower Building in Singapore
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and Former Raffles College, currently the Bukit Timah campus of
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Tan Kah Kee
National Heritage Board
National monument of Singapore
The Chinese High School Clock Tower Building is located in Singapore
Singapore
Hwa Chong Institution
The Chinese High School
Hwa Chong Junior College
knoll
The Chinese High School
Bukit Timah
tactical military
Pacific War
World War II
Allied
Battle of Singapore
Japanese Occupation of Singapore
Imperial Japanese Army
Seiko
national monument
secondary school
Southeast Asia
Overseas Chinese
Tan Kah Kee
Swan & Maclaren
Sultan Mosque
Former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station
Civilian War Memorial

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