New Town Secondary School

New Town Secondary School is a government, co-educational secondary school in Singapore located at Dover Road.

New Town Secondary School
光伟中学
Address
1020 Dover Road

139657

Singapore
Coordinates1.3100°N 103.7732°E / 1.3100; 103.7732
Information
TypeGovernment
MottoTo Forge a Better Life
Established1965
SessionSingle
School code3507
PrincipalSng Siew Hong
Enrolment~1000 (as of 2020)
Colour(s) Blue  White 
Websitewww.newtownsec.moe.edu.sg

History

New Town Secondary School was initially located in Queensway. At the start, it was known as Queensway’s Third Secondary School (the other two being Queensway and Queenstown Secondary Schools), aimed in providing english-medium education to the children of the Queenstown’s residents. It was then officially named New Town Secondary School in mid-1965. When the school first started, it had an intake of more than 1,800 students in 45 classes, across Secondary 1 to 4. [1]

New Town Secondary School was officially opened on 17 September 1966 by then-Minister For Labour Jek Yeun Thong.[2]

In 1969, New Town Secondary School merged with the neighbouring Baharuddin Vocational School, doubling the size of its school compound and increasing its students intake to more than 3,000.

Former Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew and former Singapore President Benjamin Sheares had visited the school in 1967 and 1971 respectively.

By the mid-seventies, New Town Secondary School was the largest secondary school in Singapore.

In 1974, a 400-metre bitumen athletic track was constructed.[3]

In 1998, it moved to its current site at Dover Road. A tree was removed and shifted to the new Dover Road campus as part of the symbolic move.

In 2015, the school celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Principals
Principal Years served
Ms Yeo Lai Cheng 1965 - 1970
Mr J. Doray 1970
Mr John Tseng 1970
Mr John Yip Soon Kwong 1971 - 1973
Mr Ng Soo Boon 1973 - 1974
Mr Wee Teck Yam 1975 - 1983
Mr Chiu Hock Seng 1984 - 1988
Mr Kiat Jun Ngin 1988 - 1994
Mr Ong Soo Kiong 1995 - 1997
Mdm Oen Siew Yock 1998 - 2004
Mdm Neo Lay Wah 2004 - 2010
Ms Wong Yu Yuh[4] 2010 - 2015
Mrs Sng Siew Hoong 2016 - Present

CCAs offered

Sports
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Football (Boys)
  • Softball (Girls)
  • Table Tennis

Clubs & Societies
  • Creative Readers Club
  • Media and Communications Club

Visual & Performing Arts
  • Art Club
  • Concert Band
  • Chinese Contemporary Dance
  • Ethnic Fusion Dance Group
  • Guzheng Ensemble

Uniformed Groups

Notable alumni

References
  1. hermes (2015-08-05). "Big cohort, but more time to know students". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  2. "New school". The Straits Times. 14 September 1966. Retrieved 17 November 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
  3. "New Town to have $120,000 bitumen athletic track". New Nation. 2 July 1974. Retrieved 17 November 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
  4. http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/pdf/20101025/a8.pdf

See also


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